Taiwan-1982: Train Passing By Station

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Year1982
Decade1980s
LocationTaiwan
Duration5s
Price$149 USD
Collection1982 Taiwan

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Train Passing By Station — Clip Details

Vintage 8mm home movie footage from Taiwan in 1982 captures a yellow and orange train at a station, its front prominently displayed before it begins to move. The train, featuring a distinctive two-tone livery with cream upper and brown lower sections, passes slowly along the tracks under an overhead gantry. The camera remains stationary as the train moves past, creating a sense of motion and travel. The footage exhibits classic Super 8 film grain and color saturation, with a slightly faded, nostalgic quality characteristic of 1980s home movies. The scene evokes a sense of everyday life and transportation history 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: 122800222

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: Fits documentary, transport history, or 1980s Asia editorial requests needing authentic 8mm footage of Taiwan's rail infrastructure from the early 1980s.
Period detail: Orange-and-yellow diesel locomotive with cream-and-brown passenger coaches; overhead electrification gantry and covered station canopy suggest a major terminus, circa 1982.
Home-movie behavior: A traveler held the camera stationary on the platform, capturing the approaching locomotive and passing coaches as an instinctive travel record rather than planned coverage.
What appears in frame: Yellow-and-orange locomotive front, cream-and-brown passenger coaches, turquoise door panels, overhead steel electrification gantry, station canopy, platform edge, and railway tracks.
Film character: Warm 8mm color saturation with visible grain and slight fading give authentic period texture, enhanced by motion blur as the coaches pass close to the stationary lens.
Edit role: Works as an opening insert establishing rail travel in 1980s Taiwan, or as a cutaway in a transport history or Asian-travelogue documentary between interview segments.
Historical context: The locomotive's orange-and-yellow livery and the station's overhead electrification gantry may reflect Taiwan's rail network modernization visible in early 1980s footage.
Research note: No legible signage or brand markings identified; at least one platform figure may be present — likeness clearance cannot be confirmed; copyright rests with the original filmmaker.
Research search match: Researchers may search 'Taiwan train 1980s', 'vintage Asian railway footage', '8mm train station Asia', or 'Taiwan Railways 1982 documentary'.
Archive pairing path: Pair first with other clips from the same Taiwan 1982 reel; then with 1980s East Asian railway footage; then with home-movie travel footage of the broader Asia-Pacific region.

Still Frames From This Clip

Orange-and-yellow diesel locomotive at a covered Taiwan railway station, circa 1982, with cream-and-brown passenger coaches trailing behind, filmed on 8mm. — Locomotive front at station platform, Taiwan, 1982.

Cream-and-brown railway passenger coaches moving past the camera in 8mm footage, circa 1982 Taiwan, with turquoise door panels and station electrification gantry. — Passenger coaches passing the camera, Taiwan station, 1982.

Cream-and-brown passenger coaches at a covered Taiwan railway station platform, circa 1982, with large passenger windows and overhead gantry structure, captured on 8mm. — Coaches alongside the platform, Taiwan station, 1982.

Motion-blurred cream-and-brown passenger coaches passing close to the stationary camera at a Taiwan railway station, circa 1982, with turquoise door panel, 8mm. — Coaches in motion past the camera, Taiwan station, 1982.

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