Los Angeles California USA-1962: Spanish Matador Performing In Bullfight Arena

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

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Spanish Matador Performing In Bullfight Arena — Clip Details

Shot on 8mm film in 1962, this vintage footage captures a matador in a traditional pink and gold suit performing in a bullfighting arena. The bull, a large grey and white animal, charges as the matador skillfully maneuvers a red cape. The scene unfolds in a dusty, sunlit ring with red barriers and spectators visible in the background. The grainy, color-bleached quality of the Super 8 home movie evokes a nostalgic, historical feel. The footage is framed by dark borders, suggesting it was filmed through a window or screen. This raw, unfiltered archival clip offers a dramatic glimpse into mid-century Spanish 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: 123755821

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: Documentary editors and history producers researching mid-century bullfighting or Spanish cultural traditions in 1960s California will find this 8mm home-movie footage useful as period B-roll.
Period detail: Matadors in traje de luces (pink and gold suit of lights) and the red barrera barrier are consistent with mid-20th-century corrida practice and the 1962 date in metadata.
Home-movie behavior: Filmed from elevated spectator seating, the tourist-perspective captures the action at distance, offering an authentic amateur witness angle rather than a produced broadcast close-up.
What appears in frame: Sandy arena floor, grey-blue bull with horns, matador in pink and gold suit, red muleta cape, red barrera barrier, multiple ring figures, dark film-gate borders, elevated distant viewpoint.
Film character: 8mm color film presents visible grain, cool-shifted color fading, and dark frame-gate borders along the image edges that confirm home-movie origin and help anchor the footage's era.
Edit role: At five seconds this suits a quick insert or memory-beat cutaway in documentary sequences covering mid-century bullfighting, Spanish cultural tradition, or 1960s tourist travel experiences.
Historical context: Bullfighting venues operated near the California-Mexico border in the early 1960s; the Los Angeles location attribution in metadata may reflect the filmmaker's home city rather than the actual venue.
Research note: Matadors and arena personnel are visible and potentially identifiable; likeness rights for any named performers should be investigated before editorial or commercial licensing.
Research search match: Researchers may use terms such as 1960s bullfight footage, vintage corrida 8mm, matador home movie, or mid-century Spanish cultural event amateur film.
Archive pairing path: Pair first with other clips from the same 1962 home-movie reel; then with 1960s Los Angeles or Southwest US tourist footage; then with other bullfighting or arena sport clips.

Still Frames From This Clip

8mm home-movie frame c. 1962 showing two toreros near the red barrera in what may be a California-area bullfighting arena, viewed from spectator seating. — Two ring figures near the barrera, one in motion with a red cape, c. 1962.

8mm color frame from an apparent 1962 corrida: matador in traje de luces beside a large grey bull near the red barrera. — Matador in pink suit beside the bull near the arena barrier, c. 1962.

8mm home-movie frame from an apparent 1962 bullfight: matador working a grey bull with a red muleta in a wide sandy ring, viewed from spectator seating. — Matador and grey bull in mid-ring pass, c. 1962.

8mm color home-movie frame c. 1962: matador in traje de luces in a close pass with a large grey bull in a sandy bullring. — Matador at close quarters with grey bull, c. 1962.

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