Taiwan-1982: An Old Fashioned Passenger Train Car Travelling Down A Track At

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Year1982
Decade1980s
LocationTaiwan
Duration5s
Price$149 USD
Collection1982 Taiwan

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An Old Fashioned Passenger Train Car Travelling Down A... — Clip Details

Vintage 8mm home movie footage from Taiwan in 1982, showing a dark green passenger train traveling along a railway track. The clip is shot from a moving vehicle, capturing the train from the side as it moves parallel to the camera. Passengers are visible in the open doorway of a car, with one person standing in the doorway. The scene includes overhead electrical lines, multiple tracks, and a distant bridge, all under an overcast sky. The film exhibits classic Super 8 grain and color saturation, evoking a nostalgic, mid-20th century travel atmosphere.

Licensing & Technical Details

Original Format: 8mm / Super 8 Home Movie
Shot details: InteriorExterior
Resolution: 4K restored master (MP4)
License: Direct license: commercial and editorial use
Delivery: Instant Digital Download
Duration: 5s
Price: $149 USD
Clip ID: 122798872

Rights & Clearance

$149 · Commercial Direct license: commercial and editorial use. $149 flat from Stockfilm. Royalty-free worldwide license for commercial and editorial use, delivered as the restored 4K master.

Editorial use is the safest path. For commercial use, a clearance review is recommended for the flags below.

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 1805 · Super 8 · 7″ reel
Reel-level year note: 1982
Reel-level location note: hong kong,taiwan
Date: 1982 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: Taiwan 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 1980s Asian rail or Taiwan travel documentary needs; useful as establishing or cutaway footage for transport history productions.
Period detail: Dark green passenger rolling stock, open-door carriage design, overhead catenary wiring, and gravel trackbed suggest Taiwanese Railways infrastructure as it appeared in the early 1980s.
Home-movie behavior: Shot from a stationary or slow-moving position alongside the tracks, the footage captures the informal traveler's perspective of a passing train from the trackside.
What appears in frame: Dark green passenger cars, open inter-car doorway, figures near train doors, overhead catenary wires and poles, parallel gravel-bed tracks, low white platform structure, distant hills, bridge in background.
Film character: The 8mm stock shows moderate grain, slightly muted tonal range, and hazy overcast palette typical of the era, with visible film-edge framing that authenticates the archival origin.
Edit role: Works as a transit cutaway or period establishing shot in a documentary on Taiwan, East Asian rail history, or 1980s travel; suits a memory or travel-journal sequence.
Historical context: Open-door passenger cars with figures standing near doorways reflect everyday public transport culture on Taiwan Railways in this period, before widespread adoption of closed air-conditioned stock.
Research note: Identifiable adult figures are visible near train doorways; editorial consent review is advised — public-place footage generally carries reduced privacy expectation, but confirm with licensing counsel.
Research search match: Researchers may query for 1980s Taiwan railway footage, vintage Asian train travel, Super 8 transit Asia, or archival passenger rail Taiwan.
Archive pairing path: Pair first with other clips from the same reel or Taiwan 1982 shoot; then Asian rail footage from the 1970s–80s; then broader transit or travel sequences from that era.

Still Frames From This Clip

Dark green passenger train car with a figure visible in the open doorway, overhead catenary wires and parallel tracks, Taiwan 1982, 8mm footage. — Passenger train with open doorway and figure, Taiwan, 1982.

Dark green passenger train with figure standing near open door, catenary poles and wires overhead, distant hills visible, Taiwan 1982, 8mm. — Train car with figure at doorway, catenary wires and hills in background.

Dark green passenger train with yellow trim stripe and a figure in light clothing standing beside it, overhead catenary wires, Taiwan 1982, 8mm. — Passenger train with yellow stripe and figure beside the track.

Dark green passenger train with multiple figures near doorways, overhead electric wires, bridge structure and hills in background, Taiwan 1982, 8mm footage. — Multiple figures near train doorways with bridge and hills in background.

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