Los Angeles California USA-1962: Matador In Pink Cape Engages Aggressive Bull In Arena

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

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Matador In Pink Cape Engages Aggressive Bull In Arena — Clip Details

A vintage 8mm film clip from 1962 captures a dramatic bullfighting scene in Los Angeles, California. A matador in a traditional white suit and black hat skillfully maneuvers a vibrant pink cape to engage a large, dark bull in the sandy arena. The crowd watches intently from the stands behind red barriers, with period signage visible. The footage exhibits classic Super 8 grain and color saturation, offering authentic archival footage of this traditional sport.

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: 123756072

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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Topics & Keywords

Archive Intelligence

Archive brief fit: Answers 1960s cultural and sports documentary briefs on bullfighting tradition, arena spectacle, or Latin cultural events staged in the American West.
Period detail: Spectator clothing in the stands and arena advertising banners — including text reading 'B.CAL' — suggest an early 1960s commercial bullring venue.
Home-movie behavior: Filmed from the spectator stands, this is a visitor's personal record of the event rather than a staged or broadcast production perspective.
What appears in frame: Matador in light suit and black hat, vibrant pink capote, dark bull, sandy arena floor, red-painted barrera, 'B.CAL' advertising banners, crowded spectator stands, and arena assistants near the barrier.
Film character: 8mm color stock from circa 1962 shows warm saturation shifts, visible grain, and slight exposure variation typical of handheld amateur cinematography of the period.
Edit role: Works as an action cutaway or cultural insert in a 1960s documentary sequence on bullfighting, traditional spectacle, or American border-region leisure culture.
Historical context: Bullfighting events were staged at California and border-region venues in the early 1960s; this footage may document one such occasion, though the specific venue has not been confirmed.
Research note: Matador and crowd faces are potentially identifiable; advertising signage including 'B.CAL' banners may carry trademark considerations; performer and venue identities unconfirmed — independent clearance review required.
Research search match: Researchers may search for 1960s bullfighting footage, vintage matador cape pass, California arena event, or early-sixties home movie of traditional sporting spectacle.
Archive pairing path: Pair first with footage from the same reel or 1962 California source; then with period arena or cultural event clips from the American Southwest; then with 1960s Latin American spectacle footage.

Still Frames From This Clip

Matador in light suit and black montera holds pink capote toward a dark bull in a sunlit arena, early 1960s 8mm archival footage. — Matador confronts bull with pink capote, arena stands packed with spectators.

Matador extends pink capote toward a dark bull in a circa-1962 arena; period advertising banners including 'B.CAL' line the red barrera in the background. — Bull squares off against matador as cape is poised for the next pass.

Close-action frame of a matador executing a cape pass with a charging dark bull in an early 1960s arena; arena assistants stand near the red barrera. — Cape pass in progress as the bull charges low and close past the matador.

Final frames show matador in very close engagement with a charging bull in a circa-1962 arena; a second cape visible alongside the pink capote near the red barrera. — Matador holds ground as bull charges in a close-quarter pass near the arena barrier.

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