Taiwan-1982: Train Going By In The Daytime And Approaching An Overpass

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Year1982
Decade1980s
LocationTaiwan
Duration5s
Price$149 USD
Collection1982 Taiwan

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Train Going By In The Daytime And Approaching An Overpass — Clip Details

Vintage 8mm home movie footage from Taiwan in 1982 captures a dark blue and cream-colored electric locomotive approaching and passing on a railway line. The train, featuring a distinctive logo and Chinese characters, moves through a suburban landscape with overhead power lines and distant mountains. The film exhibits classic Super 8 grain, color fading, and slight motion blur, conveying a nostalgic, authentic mid-1980s travel memory. The camera appears to be positioned from a moving vehicle, capturing the train's approach, side profile, and departure past an overpass and modern buildings.

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: 122799497

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: No
Logos / trademarks: Yes
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: A 5-second 8mm clip of a Taiwan Railways-style locomotive in 1982 suits documentary or educational productions covering Asian transport history, 1980s travel narratives, or regional rail infrastructure segments.
Period detail: The dark navy-blue locomotive bearing what appears to be a circular railway authority emblem and Chinese-character destination boards is consistent with early-1980s Taiwan rail rolling stock livery.
Home-movie behavior: Shot apparently from a moving vehicle alongside or opposite the track, the camera follows the train's full approach and pass-by in the unstaged manner of a traveller recording a transport encounter.
What appears in frame: Frames show a dark navy-blue locomotive with cream stripe and circular logo, Chinese destination board and number plate, overhead catenary wires and poles, parallel tracks, trackside ballast, hazy mountains, and a distant overpass.
Film character: Classic 8mm grain, warm colour drift, and motion blur on the approaching locomotive give the footage an authentic mid-1980s home-movie texture consistent with hand-held travel shooting.
Edit role: Works as a travel-memory insert or documentary cutaway illustrating 1980s East Asian rail infrastructure; the close-up nose shot offers a strong detail moment before cutting to the passing profile.
Historical context: Taiwan's rail network was expanding and undergoing electrification in the early 1980s; the locomotive livery and overhead catenary infrastructure may reflect that transitional period.
Research note: A circular railway authority logo and Chinese-character destination markings are visible on the locomotive; verify institutional IP position before commercial use, though government transport markings are often unencumbered.
Research search match: Researchers may seek this via 'Taiwan train 1980s,' '8mm Asia railway footage,' 'vintage locomotive home movie,' or 'early 1980s East Asian transport.'
Archive pairing path: Pair first with other Taiwan 1982 travel clips from the same reel, then with 1980s East Asian railway or transport footage, then with vintage locomotive cutaways from the same decade.

Still Frames From This Clip

Locomotive approaching head-on, electrified railway, Taiwan 1982.

Close-up of Taiwan Railways locomotive nose with Chinese destination characters, number plate, and red emblem badge; 8mm film, Taiwan 1982. — Locomotive nose detail: Chinese destination board and number plate.

Train passing in profile, electrified line, mountains behind, Taiwan 1982.

Taiwan Railways carriages receding past catenary poles toward a distant overpass, hazy hills visible; 8mm home movie, Taiwan 1982. — Train departing past catenary poles toward overpass, Taiwan 1982.

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