Taiwan-1982: Tan And Black Train Drives Along Train Tracks Alongside City

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Year1982
Decade1980s
LocationTaiwan
Duration5s
Price$149 USD
Collection1982 Taiwan

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Tan And Black Train Drives Along Train Tracks Alongside City — Clip Details

Vintage 8mm home movie footage from Taiwan in 1982 captures a tan and black passenger train moving along electrified tracks. The view, shot from a moving vehicle, shows the train passing alongside modern high-rise apartment buildings and an elevated roadway under an overcast sky. The film exhibits characteristic Super 8 grain, color fading, and a slightly soft focus, conveying a nostalgic mid-1980s urban commute. The scene highlights the integration of rail transport within a growing cityscape.

Licensing & Technical Details

Original Format: 8mm / Super 8 Home Movie
Resolution: 4K restored master (MP4)
License: Direct license: commercial and editorial use
Delivery: Instant Digital Download
Duration: 5s
Price: $149 USD
Clip ID: 122799519

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

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Archive Intelligence

Archive brief fit: Suits documentaries or educational productions needing 1980s East Asian rail transport or Taiwan urban-growth footage; useful as a period establishing shot or transit insert.
Period detail: Tan-and-dark livery electrified passenger carriages, concrete-slab apartment blocks, and overhead catenary infrastructure appear consistent with early-1980s Taiwan rail stock and urban expansion of the period.
Home-movie behavior: Shot from what appears to be a moving vehicle window, capturing a traveller's impromptu view of a parallel train — unstaged, hand-held, and observational in character.
What appears in frame: Tan-and-dark passenger carriages, parallel rail tracks with ballast, overhead electrification catenary, concrete utility poles, mid-rise apartment blocks, elevated roadway structure, hazy overcast sky, and a strip of low grass between the tracks.
Film character: Visible 8mm grain, a greenish-yellow colour shift from dye fade, and the slight softness of a handheld consumer camera give the footage an authentic early-1980s home-movie texture.
Edit role: Works as a brief transit cutaway or period insert within sequences about East Asian urbanisation, rail travel, or 1980s Taiwan; its five-second duration suits a single edit cut.
Historical context: The electrified multi-track corridor alongside dense mid-rise housing may reflect Taiwan's rapid urban and infrastructure expansion during the early 1980s economic growth period.
Research note: No identifiable faces are distinguishable in these frames; verify any figures present in the full-resolution scan before broadcast use, as standard talent clearance review is advised.
Research search match: Researchers may find this via queries such as '1980s Taiwan train', 'electrified railway Asia vintage', '8mm home movie rail commute', or 'Taiwan urban development archival footage'.
Archive pairing path: Pair first with other footage from the same reel or visit; then with 1980s Taiwan street or transport scenes; then with East Asian rapid-urbanisation or commuter-rail themes from the same decade.

Still Frames From This Clip

8mm home movie frame, c. 1982, Taiwan — tan-and-dark passenger train on electrified multi-track line, mid-rise apartment blocks and elevated roadway in background. — Electrified passenger train, Taiwan, c. 1982.

8mm archival frame, c. 1982, Taiwan — electrified passenger train moving alongside multi-track corridor; concrete apartment blocks and overpass visible in mid-distance. — Taiwan railway and urban skyline, c. 1982.

8mm home movie frame, c. 1982, Taiwan — locomotive end of passenger train at left, electrified corridor and concrete housing blocks in background under overcast sky. — Locomotive and urban backdrop, Taiwan, c. 1982.

8mm archival frame, c. 1982, Taiwan — tan-and-dark passenger train on electrified line, distant apartment towers and overpass visible, characteristic film colour fade. — Taiwan electrified railway, c. 1982 — final frame.

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