Bullfighting Newsreels, 1940s & 1950s
Bullfighting Newsreels, 1940s & 1950s
Various newsreels about bullfighting in Spain, many of which feature writer Ernest Hemingway watching from the spectator stands.
Bullfighting Newsreels, 1940s & 1950s
"Toros" (newsreel about bullfighting in Spain, with Spanish VO): high angle TLS matadors in traje de luces (suit of lights) walking into arena (plaza de toros); MSs of veronica, bull passing through cape while matador poses; C/As of audience and fellow matadors watching on; MSs matadors sinking barbed swords into neck muscles of bulls; MSs bloodied and battered bulls falling to ground, expiring; TLS matadors walking about plaza de toros.
Bullfighting Newsreels, 1940s & 1950s
Spanish newsreel about bullfighting: MSs veronica, bull vigorously passing through cape while matador in traje de luces holds it and poses; MS white bearded ERNEST HEMINGWAY in stands, watching; MS matador collecting swords and black astrakhan at side of plaza de toros; more shots of veronica, the matador quite pleased with himself; low angle wide MS Spanish crowd giving standing ovation; TLS banderillero (running torero who inserts barbed wooden sticks into neck muscles of bull); MSs veronica, matador getting particularly fancy and bold; TLS matador sinking sword into bull, the crowd in BG standing and applauding; TLS kill, matador brutally sinking killing sword into bull's brain, the bull falling quickly to the ground.
Bullfighting Newsreels, 1940s & 1950s
Spanish newsreel about bullfighting: EST shots arena; TLS matadors and toreros in suits of light entering plaza de toros; TLS/MSs veronicas; MS/CUs actress DEBORAH KERR sitting in stands, watching intently and applauding; MS veronica, bull with decorated wooden sticks embedded in neck muscles; quick MSs white bearded ERNEST HEMINGWAY in crowd; MS LUIS MUGUEL DOMINGUIN in stands; MS matador sticking sword into battered bull's neck; LS crowd standing, applauding.
Bullfighting Newsreels, 1940s & 1950s
Newsreel about bullfighting (swooning symphonic soundtrack; no VO): MSs man attaching a pigtail to the back of a matador's head; MS matador donning traje de luces (suit of lights); MS matador stoically praying before Christian iconography on table in room; MSs men attaching decorations to horse's tails; MSs matadors and toreros entering arena, posing for camera; MSs audience entering arena; LSs filled parking lot and spectator stands; MS smiling ERNEST HEMINGWAY (white beard, glasses, black beret) sitting in stands; LSs matadors entering plaza de toros.
Bullfighting Newsreels, 1940s & 1950s
"Pamplona San Fermin", a Spanish newsreel about the annual quasi-religious San Fermin Festival in Pamplona, Spain: EST shots Pamplona; TLSs crowded urban streets; MSs white bearded ERNEST HEMINGWAY in streets, posing with friends for camera; TLS/MSs San Fermin parade (marching bands, fireworks, large crowds, paper mache costumes and effigies, banners, dancers,etc); MSs joyous nighttime fireworks displays. LSs plaza de toros on bullfight day, matadors and toreros entering; MS Ernest Hemingway in crowd, talking with friends; LS bull entering ring; wide MSs veronicas (the bull, though bloodied, repeatedly gores the matador who eventually rolls away when the bull separates the cape from the bullfighter); MS veronicas with another matador and bull.
Bullfighting Newsreels, 1940s & 1950s
Spanish newsreel about bullfighting class: MS confused young bulls (essentially calves) entering small outdoor corridor; TLS young bull entering practice ring; MS veronicas by teacher LUIS MIGUEL DOMINGUIN; MSs veronicas between calf bull and visibly inexperienced yet determined young woman; MSs AVA GARDNER happily watching from inside plaza de toros; MSs Luis assisting Ava in learning to veronica with calf bull.