Los Angeles California USA-1962: Matador In White Suit Teases Dying Bull With Red Cape

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

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Matador In White Suit Teases Dying Bull With Red Cape — Clip Details

Shot on 8mm film in 1962, this vintage footage captures a tense bullfighting scene in Los Angeles, California. A matador in a white suit and pink stockings teases a dark bull with a red cape inside a dirt arena. The bull, visibly injured with blood on its back, stands defiantly before charging. The grainy, color-bleached quality of the Super 8 home movie adds to the raw, archival feel of this dramatic moment. The footage is framed by the film's black borders, emphasizing its authentic 1960s home movie origin.

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: 123755542

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: Fits 1960s cultural history documentary requests; the corrida setting and 8mm home-movie look suit animal rights retrospectives, spectator-sport history, or period California cultural productions.
Period detail: Faded 8mm color palette consistent with early 1960s film stock; matador's traje de luces and placed banderillas are period-appropriate; film-border framing confirms a scanned home-movie source.
Home-movie behavior: Filmed from spectator level at an apparent distance, this is an unmediated visitor's record of a live corrida event rather than a staged or professional shoot.
What appears in frame: Dark bull bearing banderillas, visible wounds on bull's flank, matador in light-colored embroidered suit, red muleta cape, sandy arena floor, red wooden barrier, motion blur in action frames, 8mm film borders.
Film character: Aged 8mm color stock shows a bleached and shifted palette, visible grain, characteristic sprocket-border framing, and motion blur in charging sequences, affirming scanned home-movie provenance.
Edit role: Works as an insert or cutaway in cultural history, animal rights, or 1960s retrospective sequences; brief action frames can anchor a visceral memory beat in a montage.
Historical context: The Los Angeles location claim comes from the clip title; bullfighting was legally restricted in California during this era, so the actual venue may warrant independent verification before factual use.
Research note: The matador is visible at close range in later frames and may be identifiable; likeness rights should be assessed before commercial use regardless of historical distance; no brands or logos detected.
Research search match: Researchers may search for 1960s bullfighting footage, vintage matador home movie, California corrida 8mm, 1962 arena event film, or archival bullfight color film.
Archive pairing path: Pair first with other frames from this reel; then with 1960s California or Southwest public event footage; then with archival corrida or animal performance footage from the same decade.

Still Frames From This Clip

Wounded dark bull with banderillas standing on sandy arena floor, circa 1962, shot on 8mm with a characteristic color-bleached palette and film borders. — Bull bearing banderillas in the arena, circa 1962.

Dark bull with banderillas turned toward camera in what metadata dates to a 1962 arena, seen through faded 8mm color framing with visible film borders. — Bull with banderillas turned toward camera, circa 1962.

Matador in light traje de luces works a red muleta as a wounded bull charges close, in what metadata dates to a 1962 Los Angeles arena, filmed on 8mm with motion blur. — Matador works the charging bull with a red muleta, circa 1962.

Matador in light traje de luces trails the red muleta as a wounded bull charges past, circa 1962, shot on 8mm with visible grain and motion blur. — Matador and charging bull in a close pass, circa 1962.

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