Taiwan-1982: Man Walking Near Moving Train On Platform

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Year1982
Decade1980s
LocationTaiwan
Duration5s
Price$149 USD
Collection1982 Taiwan

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Man Walking Near Moving Train On Platform — Clip Details

Vintage 8mm home movie footage from Taiwan in 1982 showing a man walking along a train platform as a long passenger train moves slowly alongside. The dark green train cars feature multiple windows, some with passengers visible, and run on gravel tracks under overhead electrical lines. The man, wearing a light-colored shirt and dark pants, walks parallel to the train, creating a sense of motion and everyday travel. The image has the characteristic grain, color fading, and slight blur of analog film, capturing a nostalgic moment of mid-20th century rail travel in Asia.

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: 122798902

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: No
Audible music: No

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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

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Archive Intelligence

Archive brief fit: Fits requests for 1980s East Asian rail infrastructure, Taiwan documentary context, or everyday travel footage for social history and transportation-themed productions.
Period detail: Dark-painted passenger cars with rectangular windows and visible overhead catenary electrification may reflect Taiwan Railways Administration fleet of the early 1980s.
Home-movie behavior: A traveling companion films casually from the platform as a man walks alongside a moving train, capturing an unguarded moment of ordinary station life rather than a staged scene.
What appears in frame: Long dark green passenger train, multiple rectangular carriage windows, overhead catenary wires and poles, gravel trackbed, low platform structure, walking figure in light shirt, hazy hills, pale overcast sky.
Film character: Pronounced 8mm grain throughout, mild color desaturation toward cool blue-green tones, and slight motion blur on the moving train give the clip the tactile texture of handheld home-movie stock.
Edit role: Works as a transitional insert or travel-montage cut; the lateral train movement creates natural screen direction for continuity editing in documentary or social-history sequences.
Historical context: Overhead catenary infrastructure and carriage style are consistent with Taiwan's electrified railway network as it existed in the early 1980s; no specific station is identifiable from the frames.
Research note: One adult male is visible and identifiable in later frames; copyright likely resides with the original home-movie filmmaker; the platform appears to be a public space with no private property concerns.
Research search match: Likely found via queries such as '1980s Taiwan train station,' 'East Asian railway home movie,' 'electrified passenger train Asia 8mm,' or 'vintage rail platform footage.'
Archive pairing path: Pair first with other clips from the same apparent Taiwan 1982 reel; then with East Asian railway footage from the same decade; then with travel or transportation montage sequences.

Still Frames From This Clip

8mm home movie frame from Taiwan, 1982, showing a long dark green passenger train passing a platform with overhead catenary electrification and a figure standing near the edge. — Passenger train moving past platform, Taiwan, 1982.

8mm footage from Taiwan, 1982, showing a multi-car electrified passenger train moving past a platform with a figure standing near the platform edge and hills visible in the distance. — Electrified passenger train at platform, Taiwan, 1982.

8mm home movie frame from Taiwan, 1982, with a long passenger train passing and a man walking along the platform edge, overhead catenary infrastructure clearly visible. — Man walking near moving train on platform, Taiwan, 1982.

8mm footage from Taiwan, 1982, showing a man walking along a station platform as a long electrified passenger train passes alongside, catenary wires overhead and hills faintly visible in the distance. — Man walking parallel to passing train, Taiwan, 1982.

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