Taiwan-1982: Train With Carriages Along With Power Lines In Foreground And Buildings In Background

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Year1982
Decade1980s
LocationTaiwan
Duration5s
Price$149 USD
Collection1982 Taiwan

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Train With Carriages Along With Power Lines In... — Clip Details

Vintage 8mm home movie footage from Taiwan in 1982 captures a blue passenger train moving along urban tracks, with an orange and white locomotive visible in some frames. Overhead catenary wires and power lines dominate the foreground, supported by concrete poles, while modern apartment buildings and city structures form the background. The film exhibits classic Super 8 grain, slight color fading, and a handheld perspective, offering a nostalgic glimpse of mid-1980s Taiwanese urban rail transport and infrastructure.

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: 122800112

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 or educational briefs needing 1980s Taiwanese urban rail footage, particularly for segments on East Asian infrastructure or modernization narratives.
Period detail: Orange-and-white livery locomotive and blue carriages may reflect Taiwan Railways Administration stock of the early 1980s; concrete catenary poles and mid-rise skyline suggest an urban Taiwanese rail corridor.
Home-movie behavior: Shot from a fixed roadside or platform-adjacent vantage, the footage captures a passing train as casual visitor observation rather than staged coverage.
What appears in frame: Orange and white locomotive, blue passenger carriages, concrete catenary poles, overhead wire gantry arms, parallel rail tracks, mid-rise apartment blocks, and an overcast pale sky.
Film character: Classic 8mm grain, mild color fading toward cooler tones, and a handheld steadiness give the footage the tactile warmth expected from scanned home-movie stock.
Edit role: Works as a brief insert or cutaway establishing urban rail movement in a 1980s Taiwan sequence, or as a transition between city-life and infrastructure scenes.
Historical context: The electrified rail corridor and developing apartment skyline visible behind the tracks reflect Taiwan's infrastructure growth during the early 1980s economic expansion period.
Research note: Source metadata flags people as present in the clip; no individuals are clearly identifiable at contact-sheet resolution, but standard archival licensing review is advised before broadcast use.
Research search match: Likely matches queries such as '1980s Taiwan train,' 'vintage East Asian railway footage,' '8mm electrified rail Asia,' or 'Taiwan urban infrastructure 1980s.'
Archive pairing path: Pair first with other Taiwan 1982 clips from the same reel; then with 1980s East Asian urban or rail footage; then with electrified railway or infrastructure clips from the same decade.

Still Frames From This Clip

Orange-and-white electric locomotive with blue passenger carriages on electrified urban track, Taiwan, circa 1982; overhead catenary wires and mid-rise buildings behind. — Orange locomotive passing through an electrified urban rail corridor, Taiwan, 1982.

Orange-and-white locomotive with blue passenger carriages continuing through electrified urban rail yard, Taiwan, circa 1982; catenary gantries span the track overhead. — Train passing under catenary gantry with urban skyline behind, Taiwan, 1982.

Blue passenger carriages below prominent catenary infrastructure on electrified urban rail corridor, Taiwan, circa 1982; apartment blocks visible beyond the tracks. — Catenary pole and gantry arms dominate the foreground as blue carriages pass below, Taiwan, 1982.

Electrified rail yard with blue passenger carriages, concrete catenary poles and wire gantry arms, mid-rise buildings beyond, Taiwan, circa 1982. — Electrified rail yard infrastructure with urban skyline, Taiwan, 1982.

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