Taiwan-1982: Long Passenger Train Moving Along Electrified Tracks

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Year1982
Decade1980s
LocationTaiwan
Duration5s
Price$149 USD
Collection1982 Taiwan

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Long Passenger Train Moving Along Electrified Tracks — Clip Details

Vintage 8mm footage from Taiwan in 1982 captures a long passenger train with cream and dark blue livery moving along electrified tracks. The train, likely a diesel-powered locomotive, travels through an urban landscape with high-rise apartment buildings in the background and distant mountains. A lone figure walks along the tracks in the distance, adding a human element to the scene. The film exhibits classic Super 8 grain, color fading, and slight motion blur, characteristic of home movie footage from the era. The perspective is from a stationary position beside the tracks, offering a nostalgic view of mid-1980s transportation infrastructure.

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: 122799594

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: Serves documentary and educational productions researching 1980s East Asian rail infrastructure or Taiwan's urban development; works well as a mid-decade transportation cutaway.
Period detail: Cream and dark blue passenger rolling stock, overhead catenary masts, and concrete high-rise apartment blocks visible in background suggest early-to-mid 1980s Taiwan rail corridor.
Home-movie behavior: Shot from a fixed trackside position, likely by a traveler or rail enthusiast, capturing the full length of the consist as it passes at close range.
What appears in frame: Cream and dark blue passenger coaches, overhead catenary wires and masts, double ballasted track, high-rise apartment blocks, distant mountain range, overcast sky, gravel trackbed.
Film character: Classic 8mm grain throughout, muted and faded color palette, motion blur on passing coaches, and soft atmospheric haze give the footage its archival home-movie texture.
Edit role: Functions as a transportation cutaway or scene-setter; the length of the passing consist creates a natural pull for transitions into mid-1980s East Asian urban or travel sequences.
Historical context: The visible overhead electrification infrastructure and concrete apartment-block backdrop may reflect Taiwan's rail modernization and rapid urban expansion programs of the early 1980s.
Research note: A small distant figure is visible in at least one frame per metadata; rolling stock and infrastructure are public-domain subjects, but standard rights review is advised before broadcast use.
Research search match: Researchers may find this via queries such as '1980s Taiwan train,' 'vintage East Asian railway,' 'Super 8 passenger train,' or 'archival Taiwan transportation 1982.'
Archive pairing path: Pair first with other clips from the same apparent Taiwan 1982 reel; then with 1980s East Asian urban or infrastructure footage; then with vintage railway documentary B-roll.

Still Frames From This Clip

Cream and dark blue passenger coaches on electrified railway, circa 1982 Taiwan; apartment blocks and distant mountains visible in background. — Long passenger train on electrified tracks with urban and mountain backdrop, Taiwan, 1982.

Cream-and-blue passenger train on electrified tracks, Taiwan, 1982; overhead catenary and high-rise residential blocks visible in mid-background. — Passenger train with cream and blue livery on electrified railway, apartment blocks behind, Taiwan, 1982.

Cream-and-blue passenger coaches passing on electrified railway near apartment towers and mountain backdrop, Taiwan, circa 1982. — Passenger coaches on electrified tracks with high-rise apartment blocks and mountains behind, Taiwan, 1982.

Cream-and-blue passenger coaches close to camera on electrified track, high-rise buildings and mountains behind, Taiwan, 1982. — Cream and blue passenger coaches at close range on electrified railway, Taiwan, 1982.

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