Taiwan-1982: Long Train Passing A Man Standing On Rocks Next To The Train Tracks

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Year1982
Decade1980s
LocationTaiwan
Duration5s
Price$149 USD
Collection1982 Taiwan

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Long Train Passing A Man Standing On Rocks Next To The... — Clip Details

Vintage 8mm home movie footage from Taiwan in 1982 shows a long passenger train with cream and dark blue livery moving along electrified tracks. A man stands on the gravel beside the rails as the train passes, with modern high-rise buildings and a distant mountain range visible under an overcast sky. The shot is framed by dark borders, capturing the authentic grain and color palette of 1980s film. This archival clip offers a nostalgic glimpse of daily transportation and urban development in Taiwan during the early 1980s.

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: 122799562

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 documentary productions covering Taiwan's 1980s transportation history or urban growth; suitable as establishing B-roll for East Asian rail infrastructure or period travel narratives.
Period detail: Overhead catenary wires and multi-track electrified rail, combined with blocky modernist high-rise towers in the background, are consistent with Taiwan's rapid infrastructure expansion of the early 1980s.
Home-movie behavior: A visitor or resident filmed the train from ground-level trackside, capturing the full length of the consist from an unstaged position beside the ballast.
What appears in frame: Cream-and-dark-blue passenger carriages, overhead catenary wires, multiple parallel tracks, gravel ballast, blocky high-rise apartment towers, distant mountain silhouette, overcast hazy sky, and dark 8mm gate borders.
Film character: Moderate 8mm grain with a cool desaturated palette and characteristic dark gate borders; exposure holds under overcast light, producing the muted tonal quality typical of 1980s amateur colour film.
Edit role: Functions as a wide establishing cutaway or transitional insert in documentary sequences on Asian rail infrastructure, urban modernisation, or 1980s period travel.
Historical context: The visible electrified multi-track rail line and dense high-rise construction may reflect Taiwan's infrastructure investment of the early 1980s; specific claims should be verified against historical rail and urban records.
Research note: At least one person is visible trackside; standard editorial likeness review applies even at distance. Copyright rests with the original filmmaker or successor rights holder; clearance is not guaranteed.
Research search match: 1980s Taiwan passenger train home movie, electrified railway Asia 8mm vintage, early 1980s East Asian rail infrastructure film, Taiwan urban development transportation footage.
Archive pairing path: Pair first with other clips from the same Taiwan 1982 reel; then with archival footage of Taiwanese cities or rail lines from the early 1980s; then with Asian urban development or train travel footage from the same decade.

Still Frames From This Clip

8mm home movie frame from Taiwan, circa 1982: long cream-and-navy passenger train on electrified tracks, blocky apartment towers and mountain silhouette behind. — Long cream-and-blue passenger train passes along multi-track electrified line; blocky high-rises and mountains visible in background.

8mm film frame from Taiwan, circa 1982: passenger train with cream and dark-blue livery on electrified tracks, modernist residential towers and hazy mountains beyond. — Passenger train passes along electrified line; housing towers and mountain range visible through overcast haze.

8mm home movie frame from Taiwan, circa 1982: cream-and-navy passenger carriages passing along electrified multi-track line, residential towers and mountain silhouette beyond. — Train on electrified line with high-rise development and hazy mountain range in background.

Final 8mm frame from Taiwan, circa 1982: cream-and-navy passenger carriages on electrified tracks, blocky high-rise towers and hazy mountain range in the distance. — Rear carriages of passenger train beside electrified tracks; apartment towers and mountains frame the background.

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