Taiwan-1982: Shipyard At Work In The Distance

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Year1982
Decade1980s
LocationTaiwan
Duration5s
Price$149 USD
Collection1982 Taiwan

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Shipyard At Work In The Distance — Clip Details

Vintage 8mm home movie footage from Taiwan in 1982, captured from a high vantage point overlooking a bustling industrial port. The scene shows a distant shipyard with large cargo ships docked and cranes operating under a hazy, overcast sky. The image has a distinct blue-purple color cast and visible film grain, with slight camera shake and vertical scratches typical of aged Super 8 film. The view is framed by dark window edges, emphasizing the nostalgic, observational quality of this archival footage.

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: 122801460

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

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: Useful for requests needing 1980s Taiwan industrial-port atmosphere, distant shipyard activity, or an observational establishing cutaway for documentary and education edits.
Period detail: The distant cranes, low industrial waterfront, hazy sky, and 8mm color palette support a 1982 Taiwan port setting without identifying a specific shipyard or landmark.
Home-movie behavior: The clip has the unstaged feel of a visitor filming through or beside a window from a high vantage point, holding on a distant working harbor rather than a posed scene.
What appears in frame: Visible elements include dark window edges, a hazy skyline, cranes, water, dockside buildings, distant vessels, low industrial structures, and scratched 8mm frames.
Film character: The footage carries blue-purple 8mm color shift, soft focus, visible grain, vertical scratches, uneven exposure, and slight handheld movement as part of its archival texture.
Edit role: An editor could use it as an industrial establishing shot, a transition into port labor or trade themes, or a brief memory beat within a Taiwan travel or economic-history sequence.
Historical context: The view records a distant waterfront industrial landscape in Taiwan in 1982, showing cranes and dock areas through the observational limits of home-movie footage.
Research note: No people, brands, or readable signs are visible, but copyright, location identification, and any property or site permissions should still be reviewed for intended use.
Research search match: Matches searches for 1982 Taiwan 8mm port footage, distant shipyard cranes, industrial harbor home movie, hazy waterfront, cargo dock cutaway, and vintage Asian port scene.
Archive pairing path: Pair first with adjacent shots from the same reel, then other Taiwan 1982 harbor or city views, then broader industrial waterfront and cargo-shipping archive material.

Still Frames From This Clip

1982 Taiwan 8mm view of a hazy industrial harbor with cranes, water, dock structures, and dark window edges in the foreground. — A distant shipyard or port area appears through a dark window frame under a hazy sky.

High vantage 8mm frame from Taiwan in 1982 showing distant cranes, a bright waterway, low port buildings, and soft blue-purple film color. — Cranes and dockside structures sit across a hazy industrial waterfront.

1982 Taiwan home-movie frame showing a distant port landscape with cranes, water, low buildings, and visible aging marks in the film. — The camera holds on the distant industrial shoreline and cranes.

Final 1982 Taiwan 8mm frame of a hazy shipyard or port area, with cranes, low waterfront buildings, and dark edges from the filmed vantage point. — A hazy port view closes the short shot, with cranes still visible on the skyline.

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