Los Angeles California USA-1962: Bleeding Bull Walks Around With Multiple Arrows

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

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Bleeding Bull Walks Around With Multiple Arrows — Clip Details

Shot on 8mm film in 1962, this vintage footage captures a bull in a dusty arena, its body marked with blood and multiple arrows piercing its back. A matador in a traditional white and gold suit stands in the foreground, observing the animal. The bull turns and walks slowly across the dirt, its movements captured with the grainy, color-bleached quality of a classic home movie. The scene evokes the raw intensity and historical spectacle of traditional bullfighting, preserved in nostalgic Super 8 film.

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: 123755737

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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Archive Intelligence

Archive brief fit: Serves documentary editors and cultural-history producers seeking authentic 1960s bullfighting footage in 8mm format for editorial, education, or animal-welfare history projects.
Period detail: Faded 8mm color stock shifted to blue-violet tones and a matador in ornate traje de luces suggest early 1960s; the arena setting may indicate Mexico or Spain rather than California.
Home-movie behavior: Shot from an elevated spectator position in the stands, the camera tracks the bull across the arena without professional framing, recording the corrida as a personal travel document.
What appears in frame: Gray bull bearing multiple banderillas in its withers, blood on the animal's flank and hide, sandy dirt arena floor, matador in gold-and-white traje de luces, black montera hat, colorful decorated banderilla ribbons.
Film character: 8mm color stock shows prominent blue-violet color shift, visible grain across the arena floor, and sprocket-edge framing characteristic of home-movie scanning from original physical film.
Edit role: Functions as a cutaway or observational insert within a bullfighting sequence, or as a visceral archival beat in a documentary on 20th-century cultural spectacle or animal welfare history.
Historical context: The banderillas and matador's costume place this in a formal corrida; bullfighting with this ritual structure was common in Mexico and Spain in the 1960s and remains culturally contested.
Research note: The matador is visible as a recognizable figure from behind; likeness considerations may apply depending on jurisdiction. The stated Los Angeles origin is inconsistent with California bullfighting law and warrants independent location verification.
Research search match: Researchers may search for 1960s bullfight, vintage corrida footage, 8mm matador film, banderillas archival, or mid-century bullfighting home movie.
Archive pairing path: Pair first with other clips from the same reel; then 1960s Mexican or Spanish arena footage; then archival clips documenting cultural spectacle or ritual animal events from the same era.

Still Frames From This Clip

Gray bull with banderillas in its withers stands in a bullring arena circa 1962; a matador in an ornate gold jacket is seen from behind in the lower foreground. — Bull with banderillas; matador observing from the foreground, 1962 bullfight.

A gray bull bearing banderillas turns in a bullfighting arena circa 1962; a matador in a gold traje de luces is visible from behind at the right edge of the frame. — Bull turning in the arena with banderillas visible; matador at right, 1962.

Bull with blood on flank and banderillas; matador partially visible below, 1962 bullring.

A tight shot of a bull's back in a bullfighting arena circa 1962 reveals multiple banderillas (barbed sticks with red, white, and striped ribbons) alongside heavy blood staining on the gray hide. — Close detail of banderillas and blood staining on bull's back, 1962 corrida.

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