Los Angeles California USA-1962: A Matador Manipulating A Black Bull With A Pink Cape

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

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A Matador Manipulating A Black Bull With A Pink Cape — Clip Details

A vintage 8mm home movie from 1962 captures a dramatic bullfight in Los Angeles, California. A matador in traditional attire skillfully manipulates a powerful black bull with a vibrant pink cape inside a sunlit arena. The crowd watches intently from the stands as the bull charges and the matador evades with precision. Shot on 8mm film, the footage displays natural grain, rich color saturation, and authentic period detail, offering a nostalgic glimpse into mid-century entertainment and cultural traditions.

Licensing & Technical Details

Original Format: 8mm / Super 8 Home Movie
Resolution: 4K restored master (MP4)
License: Direct license: editorial use only Editorial use only: documentary, news, educational, internal and organic social use. Not permitted in advertising, sponsored or branded content, broadcast promotion or any paid commercial placement.
Delivery: Instant Digital Download
Duration: 5s
Price: $149 USD
Clip ID: 123755359

Rights & Clearance

$149 · Editorial only Direct license: editorial use only. Editorial use only: documentary, news, educational, internal and organic social use. Not permitted in advertising, sponsored or branded content, broadcast promotion or any paid commercial placement.

Editorial use only; commercial use is not offered for this clip. Review the flags below for your editorial context.

People visible: Yes
Minors visible: No
Logos / trademarks: Yes
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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Archive Intelligence

Archive brief fit: Suits documentary editors researching mid-century border-region entertainment or American leisure culture; also useful for corrida, spectator-sport, or 1960s cultural-tradition sequences.
Period detail: Arena banners including a legible 'BCAL' sign and text that may read 'CENTRO' and 'TIJUANA' suggest the venue may be in Tijuana rather than Los Angeles; matador's embroidered costume is consistent with 1960s corrida dress.
Home-movie behavior: Shot from the spectator stands, the framing loosely tracks the matador and bull across the sandy ring in the handheld, participatory way typical of amateur 8mm coverage of live arena events.
What appears in frame: Dark bull with visible horns, matador in magenta sequined and embroidered costume, flowing pink cape, red curved barrera barrier wall, yellow 'BCAL' advertising banner, ochre sand arena floor, packed spectator stands.
Film character: Warm Kodachrome-style color saturation renders the magenta costume vividly against the ochre sand; 8mm grain is visible in wider frames and shadow areas, lending the footage its authentic mid-century texture.
Edit role: Functions as a cultural cutaway or illustrative insert in documentaries on 1960s leisure or border-region traditions; the tightest frame offers a usable detail beat showing bull and matador at close range.
Historical context: Bullfighting was a popular spectator outing for Americans visiting Tijuana and northern Baja California venues in the 1950s–60s; visible signage may help researchers identify the specific plaza de toros.
Research note: Arena advertising including the 'BCAL' banner is legible and warrants assessment; matador may be identifiable by costume; location metadata states Los Angeles but banner text may indicate a Tijuana venue — verify before use.
Research search match: 1960s bullfight home movie, matador and bull 8mm footage, mid-century corrida color film, border-region spectator sport 1962.
Archive pairing path: Pair first with other footage from this reel; then with 1960s California or Baja border-region leisure clips; then with corrida or live-spectacle sequences from the same decade.

Still Frames From This Clip

8mm home movie, c. 1962 — matador and dark bull at center of a corrida ring; red barrera with legible 'BCAL' advertising banner and crowded stands fill the background. — Wide arena view: matador and bull mid-pass, stands packed with spectators.

8mm home movie, c. 1962 — wide shot of corrida arena; matador executing a cape pass with a dark bull, advertising banners including 'BCAL' legible on the red barrera. — Matador extending cape toward bull, full arena in view.

8mm home movie, c. 1962 — medium arena view; matador holds a sweeping pink cape as a dark bull approaches, red barrera and advertising signage behind. — Matador holding cape spread wide as bull approaches from the left.

8mm home movie, c. 1962 — closest frame in clip; dark bull pausing before a matador's outstretched pink cape, sandy arena floor and curved red barrera in background. — Bull and matador face to face on the arena sand.

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