Taiwan-1982: Blue Train Passing In Front Of City Buildings

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Year1982
Decade1980s
LocationTaiwan
Duration5s
Price$149 USD
Collection1982 Taiwan

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Blue Train Passing In Front Of City Buildings — Clip Details

Vintage 8mm home movie footage from Taiwan in 1982 captures a blue passenger train moving along urban tracks. The scene is viewed through a window frame, with overhead catenary wires and utility poles prominent in the foreground. The train passes in front of mid-rise buildings, showcasing a mix of residential and commercial structures under an overcast sky. The film exhibits characteristic Super 8 grain, slight color fading, and a nostalgic, documentary-style quality. The train's motion creates a sense of urban transit in a rapidly developing city.

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: 122800224

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: Suits 1980s East Asian urban transit or Taiwan development sequences; works as a period location-establishing insert for documentary and educational productions.
Period detail: Overhead catenary infrastructure, blue passenger coaches, and mid-rise concrete buildings are consistent with 1980s Taiwanese urban rail development.
Home-movie behavior: Shot from a fixed elevated position, the footage captures a passing train as a candid travel record rather than a staged or composed sequence.
What appears in frame: Blue multi-car passenger train, catenary pole, overhead wires, lattice gantry structure, mid-rise concrete buildings, rail track ballast, overcast sky, film-frame borders.
Film character: Super 8 grain and a muted cool-blue color cast give the footage characteristic period texture; slight fading and soft contrast are consistent with decades-old home-movie stock.
Edit role: Functions as a short urban-transit insert or location-establishing cutaway; the fixed framing and five-second duration suit visual punctuation between narrative segments.
Historical context: The electrified rail corridor and surrounding mid-rise development may reflect Taiwan's rapid urban infrastructure growth during the early 1980s economic expansion.
Research note: Clip metadata flags people as visible in the full sequence; individual faces are not clearly identifiable in the sampled frames but the full clip warrants review before editorial use.
Research search match: Relevant to searches for 1980s Taiwan railway, electrified urban transit Asia, Super 8 travel footage 1980s, vintage train city, or East Asian infrastructure development.
Archive pairing path: Pair first with other clips from the same Taiwan 1982 reel; then 1980s East Asian urban or rail footage; then Super 8 city transit footage from the same decade.

Still Frames From This Clip

Blue passenger train in motion on electrified urban tracks, Taiwan, c.1982; catenary pole and overhead wires dominate foreground, concrete mid-rise buildings behind. — Blue train passing electrified urban rail corridor, Taiwan, c.1982.

Blue passenger train passing through electrified urban rail corridor, Taiwan, c.1982; catenary pole, overhead wires, and mid-rise buildings visible. — Blue train mid-pass, electrified urban railway, Taiwan, c.1982.

Blue passenger train on electrified tracks, Taiwan, c.1982; catenary pole foreground, prominent white mid-rise building and rail yard visible. — Blue train passing, rail yard and mid-rise buildings, Taiwan, c.1982.

Blue passenger train at end of frame pass, Taiwan, c.1982; catenary pole and wires prominent, mid-rise concrete buildings and rail infrastructure visible. — Blue train completing pass through urban rail corridor, Taiwan, c.1982.

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