Taiwan-1982: Yellow and Blue Train on Elevated Tracks

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Year1982
Decade1980s
LocationTaiwan
Duration5s
Price$149 USD
Collection1982 · Taiwan
StatusDirect License

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Yellow and Blue Train on Elevated Tracks — Clip Details

Vintage 8mm home movie footage from Taiwan in 1982 shows a yellow and blue passenger train moving along elevated tracks. The train travels past a modern urban landscape with high-rise apartment buildings and a concrete overpass under an overcast sky. The shot is framed with dark borders, capturing the authentic look of a handheld Super 8 film recording with natural grain and color fading. A lone figure walks along the tracks in the distance, adding a sense of scale and daily life. The scene captures mid-20th century transportation and urban development in Taiwan.

Licensing & Technical Details

Original Format: 8mm / Super 8 Home Movie
Shot details: Handheld
Resolution: 4K restored master (MP4)
License: Direct license: commercial and editorial use
Delivery: Instant Digital Download
Duration: 5s
Price: $149 USD
Clip ID: 122799577

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$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: Serves documentary or educational requests for 1980s Taiwan transportation infrastructure, urban development, or East Asian railway history.
Period detail: Cream and dark-striped passenger carriages, electrified catenary wires, and dense concrete housing blocks in the background may reflect Taiwan's rail and urban expansion of the early 1980s.
Home-movie behavior: Shot from trackside at low angle, the handheld framing captures the train's passage as a candid personal record rather than a staged or broadcast production.
What appears in frame: Cream and blue-striped passenger train, gravel-ballast parallel tracks, overhead catenary wires on poles, concrete overpass, large high-rise apartment blocks, hazy distant hills, overcast sky, and a distant lone figure.
Film character: 8mm grain, mild color fade to muted yellows and blues, slight depth softness, and dark film-gate borders give the footage the unmistakable texture of scanned original home-movie film.
Edit role: Works as a transitional insert or establishing cutaway in a documentary on Asian urban transit, 1980s Taiwan, or rail development; the train's receding motion suits a clean scene break.
Historical context: The electrified rail infrastructure and large-block high-rise housing visible in the background are consistent with Taiwan's rapid urban and industrial expansion during the early 1980s.
Research note: One distant figure is visible but unidentifiable at this scale; standard editorial review recommended; no logos or private interiors detected; copyright rests with the original filmmaker.
Research search match: Researchers may find this via queries such as '1980s Taiwan train,' '8mm electrified railway Asia,' 'vintage Taiwan urban transit,' or 'home movie railway 1982 archival.'
Archive pairing path: Pair first with other clips from the same reel; then with 1980s Taiwan street or cityscape footage; then with electrified railway or East Asian transit clips from the same decade.

Still Frames From This Clip

Cream and blue-striped passenger train moving along electrified railway tracks in Taiwan, circa 1982, with apartment blocks and a concrete overpass behind. — A passenger train passes beneath catenary wires with urban apartment towers visible in the background, Taiwan, 1982.
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Yellow and cream passenger train moving away along electrified tracks in Taiwan, circa 1982; urban housing blocks and a concrete bridge visible in background. — Train carriages recede along the track corridor with apartment towers on the horizon, Taiwan, 1982.
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Passenger train receding further along electrified railway in Taiwan, circa 1982; gravel ballast, catenary poles, and high-rise housing blocks fill the frame. — Track infrastructure dominates the foreground as the train recedes, with urban apartment blocks behind, Taiwan, 1982.
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Electrified railway tracks in Taiwan, circa 1982, with a receding passenger train, high-rise housing blocks, and hazy hills visible under an overcast sky. — The train has nearly passed; tracks, catenary wires, and urban apartment towers remain in view, Taiwan, 1982.
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