Taiwan-1982: Passenger Train Arrives At Station With Yellow Locomotive

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Year1982
Decade1980s
LocationTaiwan
Duration5s
Price$149 USD
Collection1982 Taiwan

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Passenger Train Arrives At Station With Yellow Locomotive — Clip Details

Vintage 8mm footage from Taiwan in 1982 captures a passenger train in motion at a railway station. The clip opens with a close-up of a cream and brown train car, then pulls back to reveal the full train on the tracks, with overhead electric lines and station signage visible. A yellow and red locomotive approaches and passes the camera, its motion creating a sense of travel. The film exhibits natural grain, slight color fading, and the characteristic look of home movie footage from the early 1980s. The scene evokes a nostalgic, everyday moment of rail travel in Taiwan.

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: 122800277

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.

No recognizable people, logos, or music are flagged. Lower-risk for commercial use, subject to your own review.

People visible: No
Logos / trademarks: No
Audible music: No

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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 editors and documentary producers needing early-1980s Taiwanese rail infrastructure and everyday public transit footage for period reconstruction or travel-history sequences.
Period detail: Cream-and-brown passenger coaches, yellow-and-orange locomotive livery, and overhead catenary infrastructure may reflect Taiwan Railways Administration rolling stock typical of the early 1980s.
Home-movie behavior: A traveler or visitor shot from the platform edge, capturing a passing coach close-up then stepping back to record an arriving locomotive—unscripted and spontaneous in framing.
What appears in frame: Cream-and-brown striped passenger coaches, yellow-and-orange locomotive nose, overhead electric catenary wires and poles, multiple parallel tracks, Chinese-script station signage board, lattice-block station wall, a parked bicycle, overcast sky.
Film character: 8mm grain structure and a muted, slightly faded color palette lend the footage a warm, soft texture consistent with amateur film stock exposed under flat natural light.
Edit role: Works as a transit cutaway or period travel insert; the head-on approaching locomotive in the later frames also functions as a strong forward-motion transition between scenes.
Historical context: Visible overhead electrified catenary and Chinese-script platform signage confirm a Taiwanese station setting; the infrastructure reflects Taiwan's rail modernization period of the late 1970s–80s.
Research note: No identifiable individuals appear visible in any frame; the Chinese-script station signage may include regulatory or institutional text that researchers should review before publication.
Research search match: Likely retrieved via queries such as '1980s Taiwan railway,' 'vintage train station East Asia,' '8mm passenger train footage 1982,' or 'early 1980s Taiwanese rail travel.'
Archive pairing path: Pair first with other clips from the same reel; then with 1980s Taiwan transport or street-scene footage; then with broader Asian railway or mid-century Asia travel sequences.

Still Frames From This Clip

Close-up of a cream-and-brown passenger coach in motion at a Taiwan railway station, 1982, with catenary wires overhead and a partial Chinese-script sign at lower left. — Passenger coach passes close to the camera at a Taiwan station, 1982.

Side of a cream-and-brown passenger train at a Taiwan station, 1982, with overhead catenary infrastructure, a Chinese-script signage board, and a parked bicycle visible. — Cream train alongside station signage and catenary poles, Taiwan, 1982.

Yellow-and-orange locomotive approaching camera at a Taiwan station, 1982, with catenary poles and wires, Chinese-script platform signage, multiple tracks, and a lattice-block station building. — Yellow-and-orange locomotive approaches on the main track, Taiwan station, 1982.

Yellow-and-orange locomotive at a Taiwan station, 1982, viewed from the platform with overhead catenary infrastructure, Chinese-script signage, and a lattice-block station building. — Locomotive in station with overhead wires and platform signage, Taiwan, 1982.

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