Los Angeles California USA-1962: A Matador in a Pink Cape Faces a Bull in the Arena Ring

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

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A Matador in a Pink Cape Faces a Bull in the Arena Ring — Clip Details

A vintage 8mm home movie from 1962 captures a bullfighting scene in Los Angeles, California. A matador in a traditional white suit and pink cape maneuvers in the dusty arena ring, facing a dark bull. The footage shows the arena's red barriers, spectators in the stands, and period advertisements for brands like Waterford & Frazier. The grainy, color-bleached quality of the Super 8 film evokes a nostalgic, archival feel, with the camera capturing the action from a fixed, slightly obscured viewpoint.

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: 123755999

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: Yes
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: Fills a 1960s American spectator-sport or cultural-history brief; rare editorial-use bullfighting footage with English-language arena signage suggesting a California venue.
Period detail: Arena billboards advertising Straight Bourbon Whiskey and a downtown venue notice are consistent with early-1960s American commercial advertising; metadata dates this to 1962.
Home-movie behavior: Shot from a fixed spectator position behind a metal railing, the framing reflects an amateur fan's vantage point rather than any staged or professional camera placement.
What appears in frame: Matador in white suit carrying a vivid pink cape, sandy arena floor, red painted barrera wall, TORILES gate marking, bourbon whiskey billboard, partial Mexico venue sign, spectators behind barrier, blue metal railing in foreground.
Film character: Faded 8mm colour stock renders the sandy arena in warm ochre tones; motion blur on the moving figure and visible film grain give the footage an authentic handheld home-movie texture.
Edit role: Works as a brief action cutaway or period-atmosphere insert within a mid-century American sports, cultural, or travel documentary sequence.
Historical context: Bullfighting events were staged periodically in Southern California in the early 1960s; English-language venue advertising visible here is consistent with that regional context, though venue identification warrants researcher verification.
Research note: Matador and background spectators are visible; faces are not clearly discernible at this scale; arena brand signage (bourbon whiskey billboard) may require assessment for commercial use; no minors flagged.
Research search match: 1960s California bullfighting home movie, 8mm matador pink cape arena footage, vintage 1962 spectator sport Los Angeles.
Archive pairing path: Pair first with other 1962 Los Angeles home-movie reels from the same collection; then mid-century California spectator-sport footage; then archival bullfighting or rodeo arena material.

Still Frames From This Clip

8mm home-movie frame, c.1962 Los Angeles: matador in white suit walks with pink cape across arena sand; red barrera wall with bourbon whiskey billboard and spectators behind. — Matador crosses the arena floor carrying a pink cape, c.1962.

8mm home-movie frame, c.1962 Los Angeles: motion-blurred matador with pink cape in mid-arena action; bourbon whiskey billboard and red barrera wall visible in background. — Motion-blurred matador with pink cape in mid-arena action, c.1962.

8mm home-movie frame, c.1962 Los Angeles: arena interior with red barrera, bourbon whiskey and Mexico venue billboards, spectators in stands, blue railing across foreground. — Bullfighting arena interior with red barrier and period advertisements, c.1962.

8mm home-movie frame, c.1962 Los Angeles: end-of-clip arena composition showing red barrera, bourbon whiskey sign, partial Mexico venue sign, spectators, and blue railing obscuring foreground. — Arena barrier and billboard detail, bullfighting venue, c.1962.

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