Los Angeles California USA-1962: Bullfighting with Matador and Bull

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

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Bullfighting with Matador and Bull — Clip Details

A vintage 8mm home movie from 1962 captures a dramatic bullfighting scene in Los Angeles, California. A matador in a traditional white and gold embroidered suit and pink stockings skillfully maneuvers a red cape as a powerful black bull charges, its back pierced with colorful banderillas. The footage, shot on 8mm film, shows the intense action within a dusty arena, with spectators visible in the stands and advertisements like 'Cuervo' in the background. The grainy, color-graded quality evokes a nostalgic, archival feel, offering authentic historical footage of a cultural spectacle.

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: 123756168

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: Serves documentary or cultural-history productions seeking 1960s bullfighting footage; useful as a dramatic insert or establishing shot in a Latin spectacle or early-1960s live-event sequence.
Period detail: The matador's white-and-gold traje de luces, colorful banderillas, and Kodachrome-era color palette are consistent with early 1960s; Spanish-language arena signage may indicate a venue outside the titled Los Angeles location.
Home-movie behavior: A spectator repositioned during the corrida, shooting close to the action and then pulling back to a wide arena view — an unscripted tourist's-eye record of the event as it unfolded.
What appears in frame: Matador in white-and-gold embroidered suit and pink stockings, red muleta cape, black bull with colorful banderillas, sandy arena floor, red barrera wall, Cuervo advertisement banner, ARRASTRE sign, spectators in stands.
Film character: Moderate 8mm grain with warm Kodachrome-like color saturation; motion blur during action passes and visible film-edge framing artifacts give the footage an authentic mid-century home-movie texture.
Edit role: Close-up frames serve as dramatic inserts within a corrida or cultural-spectacle sequence; the wide shot with crowd and legible arena signage works as an establishing cutaway.
Historical context: Corridas were staged at Mexican border venues and occasional US exhibition events in the early 1960s; the Spanish-language arena signage warrants verification of the claimed Los Angeles location before use.
Research note: The matador's face is identifiable in multiple frames and performer likeness rights may apply; the Cuervo brand trademark is legible in frame 3; location should be independently verified before editorial use.
Research search match: Researchers may search for 1960s bullfighting film, matador corrida 8mm, vintage bullfight footage, 1962 corrida home movie, or early-1960s live spectator sport.
Archive pairing path: Pair first with other clips from the same reel or 1962 American Southwest home movie collection, then with vintage corrida footage, then with 1960s crowd scenes and live cultural spectacle.

Still Frames From This Clip

Close-up 8mm frame from a circa-1962 bullfight: matador in traje de luces extends red muleta toward a charging black bull with colorful banderillas in its shoulders. — Matador works the muleta at close range as the bull charges; banderillas visible in the animal's back.

8mm close-up from circa 1962: matador in embroidered traje de luces sweeping the muleta as a black bull bearing colorful banderillas passes close. — A cape pass at close range; the bull's banderillas are visible as it moves past the matador.

8mm shot from behind showing a matador in white-gold embroidered suit confronting a black bull bearing banderillas head-on in a sandy arena, circa 1962. — Head-on confrontation: the matador stands his ground as the bull faces him directly in the ruedo.

Wide-angle 8mm frame from circa 1962 showing a bullfighting arena with crowd in the stands, red barrera wall, matador and bull at center, and legible Cuervo and ARRASTRE signage. — Wide arena view places the corrida in context: crowd, red barrera, and Spanish-language signage including a Cuervo advertisement.

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