Los Angeles California USA-1962: Matador Fighting Angry Bull With Pink Cape

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

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Matador Fighting Angry Bull With Pink Cape — Clip Details

Shot on 8mm film in 1962, this vintage home movie captures a dramatic bullfighting scene in Los Angeles, California. A matador in a traditional white suit and black hat skillfully maneuvers a vibrant pink cape as a powerful black bull charges across the sandy arena. The footage shows the intense interaction between man and beast, with the matador dodging and guiding the bull amidst the red-walled enclosure. The grainy, color-bleached quality of the Super 8 film adds authentic retro charm, preserving a moment of high-stakes spectacle from mid-century America.

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: 123755462

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: 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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Archive Intelligence

Archive brief fit: 1960s Los Angeles home-movie footage for edits needing mid-century American spectacle, arena recreation, or bullfighting-related archive context.
Period detail: The clip shows 8mm-era color footage with a sand arena, red barrier walls, and a matador-style performer in white clothing and dark hat.
Home-movie behavior: The handheld viewpoint records the event from a spectator position, emphasizing brief, reactive glimpses rather than staged coverage.
What appears in frame: Visible elements include a black bull, matador, pink and tan capes, sandy arena floor, red enclosure wall, and protruding banderillas.
Film character: The footage has soft focus, visible grain, color fading, slight blur, and handheld framing consistent with scanned 8mm home-movie material.
Edit role: An editor could use this as a short insert, cutaway, or memory beat for bullfighting, mid-century recreation, or contested animal spectacle.
Historical context: The scene documents a public-style bullfighting performance in the Los Angeles area, showing a human performer confronting a bull before spectators off camera.
Research note: Human likeness and animal-harm context should be reviewed, while copyright, publicity, and venue permissions remain separate clearance questions.
Research search match: Useful searches include 1962 Los Angeles bullfighting home movie, 8mm matador bull arena, vintage pink cape bullfight, and mid-century animal spectacle footage.
Archive pairing path: Pair first with neighboring shots from the same reel, then Los Angeles 1962 material, then other bullfighting, arena, or mid-century recreation footage.

Still Frames From This Clip

1962 Los Angeles 8mm frame showing a matador in white using a pink cape as a black bull charges nearby. — A matador turns a pink cape as the bull closes in across the sand.

1962 Los Angeles 8mm frame with a bull facing forward, banderillas visible, and a matador behind it near red arena walls. — The bull faces forward with the matador positioned behind it in the ring.

1962 Los Angeles 8mm frame showing the matador near the bull's rear with a tan cape trailing on the sandy arena floor. — The matador stays close to the bull as the cape drags across the sand.

1962 Los Angeles 8mm frame showing the matador and bull near a red-walled arena boundary, with the pink cape between them. — The matador brings the pink cape between himself and the bull near the red wall.

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