Los Angeles California USA-1962: Matador Confronts Bull With Pink Cape In Dusty Arena

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

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Matador Confronts Bull With Pink Cape In Dusty Arena — 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 silver and purple suit and black hat confronts a dark bull in a dusty arena, using a vibrant pink cape to provoke the animal. The bull charges, stumbles, and collapses to the ground as the matador stands over it. The footage shows natural film grain and color shifts typical of Super 8 home movies from the era, offering a raw, unfiltered look at this controversial spectacle.

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: 123755634

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: Serves documentary and educational requests needing 1960s bullfighting footage in an American context; useful for social-history, sport-history, or animal-welfare productions.
Period detail: Matador's embroidered traje de luces, capote style, and warm 8mm color palette are consistent with early-1960s corrida tradition; metadata identifies this as Los Angeles, 1962.
Home-movie behavior: Filmed from an elevated spectator vantage, this is an amateur audience member's record of the event rather than professional or official arena coverage.
What appears in frame: Matador in silver-and-purple embroidered suit and dark montera hat, magenta capote, dark bull, sandy dusty arena floor, cast shadows, and a second figure in lighter clothing visible in later frames.
Film character: Warm 8mm color saturation, visible grain, slight color shift between frames, and sprocket-border artifacts give the footage an intimate home-movie scanning texture.
Edit role: Works as a short action insert or cutaway within a broader sequence on 1960s American leisure, sports spectatorship, or the history of bullfighting events in the United States.
Historical context: Bullfighting exhibitions were occasionally staged in California in the mid-20th century; this footage documents such a spectacle from an audience perspective shot on amateur film.
Research note: The matador and at least one additional figure are visible and may be identifiable; likeness rights for all persons should be assessed before commercial use; no logos or private property identified.
Research search match: Researchers may query 1960s bullfighting United States, vintage matador footage, 8mm corrida California, amateur home-movie bullfight, or American corrida spectator film.
Archive pairing path: Pair first with other clips from the same reel or shooting event; then 1960s Los Angeles outdoor public spectacles; then broader mid-century animal performance or rodeo footage.

Still Frames From This Clip

8mm footage circa 1962: matador in silver-purple traje de luces extends magenta capote toward a charging bull in a dusty outdoor arena — Matador meets charging bull with cape, arena floor, c.1962

Matador in silver-purple suit executes a cape pass as bull turns; filmed from elevated spectator vantage, Los Angeles arena, circa 1962 — Bull passes the cape; matador holds position, c.1962

Bull down on sandy arena floor, matador in silver-purple suit stands with magenta cape; second figure in light clothing at frame edge, circa 1962 — Bull falls; matador stands with cape over downed animal, c.1962

Wider arena shot showing matador and a second figure near the fallen bull, magenta cape draped, filmed from elevated spectator vantage, circa 1962 — Matador and assistant stand near downed bull, wider arena view, c.1962

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