Taiwan-1982: Passenger Train Moving Slowly Near Another Set Of Train Tracks With

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Year1982
Decade1980s
LocationTaiwan
Duration5s
Price$149 USD
Collection1982 Taiwan

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Passenger Train Moving Slowly Near Another Set Of Train... — Clip Details

Vintage 8mm home movie footage from Taiwan in 1982 showing a dark blue passenger train moving slowly along tracks. The view is from a nearby platform, with a man in a white shirt standing on the gravel beside the rails. Overhead electrical wires and distant hills are visible under a hazy sky. The film exhibits classic Super 8 grain and color saturation, capturing a nostalgic moment of mid-20th century rail travel.

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: 122798917

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

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: Fits archival requests for 1980s East Asian rail travel, useful in documentary segments on Taiwan's infrastructure, transport history, or personal travel diary sequences.
Period detail: The dark blue multi-carriage livery, catenary electrification overhead, and gravel-ballast platform edge may indicate Taiwan Railways Administration rolling stock from the early 1980s.
Home-movie behavior: Shot from trackside by a traveler capturing a passing train, conveying the unhurried observational quality typical of personal travel documentation.
What appears in frame: Dark blue passenger train, parallel rails with gravel ballast, low concrete platform edge, overhead catenary wires and pylons, distant hazy hills, pale overcast sky, and a figure in white visible at platform edge in early frames.
Film character: Super 8 grain, slightly muted color saturation, and visible film-frame borders lend the footage a warm archival texture that reinforces its physical-film provenance.
Edit role: Works as a transitional insert or location-establishing cutaway in documentary or narrative sequences set in 1980s Taiwan or East Asian rail history.
Historical context: Taiwan's railway network was under electrification expansion in the early 1980s; the catenary infrastructure and blue rolling stock are visually consistent with that era's operations.
Research note: One adult figure is visible in early frames; the face is not clearly identifiable at this resolution, but likeness clearance should be assessed before editorial use.
Research search match: Researchers may search for 1980s Taiwan train footage, vintage East Asian passenger rail, railway platform home movie, or Super 8 transport documentary.
Archive pairing path: Pair first with other Taiwan 1982 clips from the same reel, then with 1980s East Asian railway or station footage, then with broader transport or travel documentary material.

Still Frames From This Clip

1982 Taiwan — dark blue passenger train moves past a gravel-ballast platform, overhead catenary wires visible, hazy hills in the distance, shot on 8mm film. — Passenger train at platform, Taiwan, 1982.

1982 Taiwan — blue passenger train carriages pass the platform edge, catenary wires overhead, hazy hills behind, captured on 8mm film. — Train passing the platform, Taiwan, 1982.

1982 Taiwan — long blue passenger train passes the gravel-side platform in mid-shot, catenary infrastructure overhead, hazy mountain horizon behind, on 8mm film. — Train mid-pass, Taiwan, 1982.

1982 Taiwan — final carriages of a blue passenger train pass on 8mm film, open parallel tracks and a hazy mountain horizon coming into view. — Train clearing the platform, Taiwan, 1982.

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