Los Angeles California USA-1962: Trapped Animal Tries Desperately To Flee An

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Year1962
Decade1960s
LocationLos Angeles, California, United States
Duration5s
Price$149 USD
Collection1962 California

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Trapped Animal Tries Desperately To Flee An — Clip Details

Shot on 8mm film in 1962, this vintage home movie captures a bullfighting spectacle in Los Angeles, California. A dark bull charges across the sandy arena, its horns visible as it moves past red barriers and a metal safety structure. Spectators watch from the stands, their silhouettes visible against the bright arena. The footage exhibits classic Super 8 grain, color shifts, and a handheld perspective, offering a raw, unfiltered glimpse into a controversial cultural event from the early 1960s.

Licensing & Technical Details

Original Format: 8mm / Super 8 Home Movie
Resolution: 4K restored master (MP4)
License: Direct license: commercial and editorial use
Delivery: Instant Digital Download
Duration: 5s
Price: $149 USD
Clip ID: 123755297

Rights & Clearance

$149 · Commercial Direct license: commercial and editorial use. $149 flat from Stockfilm. Royalty-free worldwide license for commercial and editorial use, delivered as the restored 4K master.

Editorial use is the safest path. For commercial use, a clearance review is recommended for the flags below.

People visible: Yes
Minors visible: No
Logos / trademarks: No
Audible music: No

Flags come from automated catalog metadata, not a legal opinion. The source is an original 8mm / Super 8 Home Movie reel. For high-stakes commercial use, request a full rights review.

Source & Documentation

Source reel: Reel 1236 · 8mm · 5″ reel
Original reel label: disneyland
Reel-level year note: 1962
Reel-level location note: california
Date: 1962 Estimated (Catalog estimate from the footage and file metadata; not independently confirmed.)
Date evidence: Catalog estimate. A reel-level note shows the same year, but the clip-to-reel link is itself a catalog match, so this is not counted as independent confirmation.
Location: Los Angeles, California, United States Estimated (Catalog estimate from the footage and file metadata; not independently confirmed.)
Location evidence: Catalog estimate. A reel-level location note is linked, but the clip-to-reel link is itself a catalog match, so this is not counted as independent confirmation.
Licensing route: Direct license available from Stockfilm

Confidence labels are defined on Archive Integrity. Fields without a recorded value are shown as not recorded rather than assumed.

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Topics & Keywords

Archive Intelligence

Archive brief fit: Suits documentary or educational requests for early-1960s controversial spectacle footage, particularly for segments on animal rights history, California social history, or popular culture of the period.
Period detail: Red wooden barrera panels, a circular metal burladero structure, and sandy arena floor visible; spectator clothing glimpses may be consistent with early-1960s dress, though close detail is limited.
Home-movie behavior: Shot from audience-level and ringside positions, this is an amateur's firsthand record of a visceral arena event, capturing the bull's movement from an engaged spectator's vantage point.
What appears in frame: Dark bull running across sandy arena, red wooden barrera panels, blue circular metal burladero frame, background spectators in stands, person with camera equipment at ringside, spectator heads in close foreground.
Film character: 8mm stock yields visible grain and a blue-red color shift throughout; handheld drift and one severely underexposed frame give the footage an unmediated, period-authentic texture.
Edit role: Best used as an insert or cutaway within a sequence on early-1960s California popular culture, controversial spectacle, or the history of animal-use events in the United States.
Historical context: Bullfighting events in California were rare and contested by the early 1960s; if the Los Angeles location metadata is accurate, this may document a bloodless or modified-rules spectacle of the era.
Research note: Spectator faces and at least one individual with camera equipment are visibly present; likeness rights for recognizable persons should be assessed before commercial use regardless of footage age.
Research search match: Researchers may search for 1960s arena spectacle footage, vintage bullfighting, early California animal events, or home-movie records of controversial public spectacles.
Archive pairing path: Pair first with other clips from the same reel or 1962 California shooting date; then early-1960s rodeo or arena footage; then material on animal spectacle history or public controversy.

Still Frames From This Clip

Dark bull crossing a sandy bullfighting arena recorded in Los Angeles, California, 1962; red barrera panels and spectators in background stands. — Bull crosses open arena floor, ca. 1962.

Ringside figure operating or looking through a camera at a bullfighting arena, with a prominent blue circular burladero frame; consistent with 1962 Los Angeles arena metadata. — Ringside figure with camera equipment, ca. 1962.

Heavily underexposed 8mm frame showing spectator heads in close foreground with arena detail lost to shadow; characteristic of amateur handheld filming at a 1962 arena event. — Underexposed frame; spectator heads in foreground, ca. 1962.

Bull alongside the red wooden barrera of a bullfighting arena; person standing behind the barrier and spectator heads visible in foreground; consistent with 1962 Los Angeles metadata. — Bull beside arena barrier, spectators in foreground, ca. 1962.

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