Taiwan-1982: Man Wearing Orange Work Vest Crossing Railway Tracks While Train

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Year1982
Decade1980s
LocationTaiwan
Duration5s
Price$149 USD
Collection1982 Taiwan

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Man Wearing Orange Work Vest Crossing Railway Tracks... — Clip Details

Vintage 8mm footage from Taiwan in 1982 shows a railway worker in a bright orange safety vest and dark cap walking along train tracks. The high-angle view captures him moving between multiple rails, with a train engine visible nearby. The film exhibits classic Super 8 grain, color fading, and slight motion blur, characteristic of home movie footage from the era. The scene documents a moment of routine rail maintenance or inspection in an urban setting, with buildings visible in the background.

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: 122799852

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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Topics & Keywords

Archive Intelligence

Archive brief fit: Fits documentary, educational, or commercial briefs requiring 1980s East Asian rail infrastructure footage; useful for labor history, transit development, or archival montage production.
Period detail: Orange-and-yellow safety vest and concrete rail infrastructure suggest early 1980s; color fade and grain of the 8mm stock are consistent with the stated 1982 date.
Home-movie behavior: Shot from an elevated position—likely a station platform or overpass—catching a ground-level rail worker who appears unaware of or indifferent to the camera overhead.
What appears in frame: Railway worker in orange-and-yellow safety vest, multiple parallel steel tracks, wooden sleepers, gravel ballast, concrete access structures with metal grating panels, overhead perspective.
Film character: Warm color shift, visible grain, and slight overexposure typical of 8mm stock from the early 1980s; the elevated angle adds a compressed, observational texture throughout.
Edit role: Works well as an observational cutaway or insert in sequences about rail labor, infrastructure development, or 1980s Asia; the overhead angle suits b-roll transitions.
Historical context: High-visibility safety vests with reflective striping were becoming standard railway worker PPE across Asia by the early 1980s, visible here on a worker navigating an active yard.
Research note: A recognizable adult worker is visible in all frames; editorial use requires the producer's own rights and likeness assessment; no legible logos or property signage are visible.
Research search match: Likely matches searches for Taiwan railway worker 1980s, vintage rail maintenance Asia, archival train track footage 8mm, or industrial labor East Asia documentary.
Archive pairing path: Pair first with other footage from this Taiwan 1982 reel; then East Asian rail or transit clips from the 1980s; then industrial labor or infrastructure documentary cutaways.

Still Frames From This Clip

Railway worker in orange-and-yellow safety vest crossing parallel steel tracks in a rail yard, Taiwan, circa 1982; 8mm footage shot from an elevated position. — Rail worker crossing tracks, Taiwan, 1982.

Rail worker in orange-and-yellow vest moving along tracks adjacent to a concrete access structure with metal grating, Taiwan, circa 1982; 8mm overhead footage. — Rail worker passing trackside access structure, Taiwan, 1982.

Rail worker in orange-and-yellow safety vest walking away between tracks with a concrete structure featuring metal grating in the foreground, Taiwan, circa 1982. — Rail worker moving along tracks, rear view, Taiwan, 1982.

Rail maintenance worker in orange-and-yellow vest walking along tracks with a concrete structure to the left, Taiwan, circa 1982; 8mm overhead perspective. — Rail worker beside trackside structure, Taiwan, 1982.

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