Hong Kong-1982: Double-Decker Tram 28 Approaching Through a Crowded Shopping Street

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Year1982
Decade1980s
LocationHong Kong, Hong Kong Island, Hong Kong
Duration8s
Price$149 USD
Collection1982 · Hong Kong, Hong Kong Island, Hong Kong
StatusStockfilm Exclusive

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1982 · Hong Kong & Central · Reel 2409937b contains 10 published Stockfilm-exclusive clips. Watch them in reel order and review the available reel documentation.

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What is in this clip

public transport
urban street life
trams
commerce and advertising
crowds
colonial-era Hong Kong
travel

Shot type: wide
Camera: handheld · pan
Setting: outdoor · dense urban commercial street with tram tracks, high-rise buildings and vertical shop signboards
Time and weather: midday · sunny
Lighting: bright direct sunlight with deep shade under shop awnings
People: 60 · Many pedestrians in light summer clothing walking and crossing the street, plus passengers visible in the tram windows; all are small in frame.
Vehicles: green double-decker tram 28 · green double-decker tram with Lee Kum Kee advert · cream-and-red minibuses · cars · vans
Objects: tram tracks · overhead tram wires · vertical signboards · shop awnings · high-rise blocks · tram advertising panels
Readable signs: 交通銀行 · 李錦記 · MANNING · 28
Colors: green · yellow · cream · grey · blue · red
Master dimensions: 3840 × 2160
Audio: Silent
Date confidence: Low
Location confidence: High

Moments in the footage

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Two green double-decker trams come up the tracks under a wall of Chinese signboards.
A cream-and-red minibus enters frame on the left as pedestrians cross the tracks.
Tram 28 with its yellow lower-deck advert draws nearer beside the Lee Kum Kee tram.
Tram 28 fills the right side of the frame, its upper-deck passengers visible.

Double-Decker Tram 28 Approaching Through a Crowded... — Clip Details

On Hong Kong Island, circa 1982, home movie footage shows a busy commercial street lined with vertical Chinese signboards and high-rise blocks. Two green double-decker trams, one with a Lee Kum Kee advert, come down the tracks toward the camera while cream-and-red minibuses pass on the left and crowds fill the pavement. Tram 28, with a yellow lower-deck advert, grows larger in frame as it nears. The single handheld Super 8 shot is taken in bright sun from a slightly raised spot in the roadway.

Licensing & Technical Details

Original Format: 8mm / Super 8 Home Movie
Resolution: 4K restored master (MP4)
License: Direct license: editorial use only Editorial use only: documentary, news, educational, internal and organic social use. Not permitted in advertising, sponsored or branded content, broadcast promotion or any paid commercial placement.
Delivery: Instant Digital Download
Duration: 8s
Price: $149 USD
Clip ID: 800001983

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

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Source & Documentation

Source reel: Reel record not linked for this clip
Date: 1982 Estimated (Catalog estimate from the footage and file metadata; not independently confirmed.)
Date evidence: Catalog estimate based on source metadata and visual or technical evidence; no reel-level note is linked.
Location: Hong Kong, Hong Kong Island, Hong Kong Estimated (Catalog estimate from the footage and file metadata; not independently confirmed.)
Location evidence: Catalog estimate based on source metadata and visual evidence such as signage, landmarks, or terrain; no reel-level note is linked.
Licensing route: Direct license available from Stockfilm

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Archive Intelligence

Archive brief fit: Supplies a circa 1982 Hong Kong Island street-life shot with double-decker trams for documentaries, transport histories and period dramas needing authentic early-1980s city footage.
Period detail: Green trams with painted advertising, cream-and-red minibuses, dense vertical Chinese signboards and boxy cars all fit early-1980s Hong Kong.
Home-movie behavior: A visitor stops in the roadway to film trams bearing down through the crowd, capturing an unstaged moment of ordinary street traffic.
What appears in frame: Tram 28 with a yellow lower-deck advert, a second tram carrying a Lee Kum Kee panel, minibuses passing on the left, crowded pavements, tower blocks and a wall of vertical signboards.
Film character: Warm, slightly faded Super 8 reversal colour with fine grain, soft focus and bright highlights on the towers give the shot a strong period texture.
Edit role: Works as an establishing shot or cutaway for Hong Kong street scenes, or as a transition into tram or transport sequences.
Historical context: The street shows trams, minibuses and pedestrians sharing one road beneath dense commercial signage, typical of Hong Kong Island's tram corridor in the years after the MTR opened in 1979.
Research note: The film's copyright and the people seen in it are separate rights matters; pedestrians and tram passengers appear small, and company names and adverts on signs and trams are visible.
Research search match: Hong Kong tram Super 8 1980s, double-decker tram crowded street, vintage Hong Kong street traffic, Hong Kong Island home movie.
Archive pairing path: Pair first with Tram 119 in a crowded commercial street and Busy street with Ricoh tram and crowds from this reel, then the Central footbridge and court-building flyover shots, then other early-1980s Asian city transport footage.

Still Frames From This Clip

Two double-decker trams head down a busy shopping street on Hong Kong Island, circa 1982, beneath stacked Chinese signboards — Two green trams approach along a crowded commercial street on Hong Kong Island, circa 1982.
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A Hong Kong minibus cuts past as trams 119 and 28 approach through a busy Hong Kong Island street, circa 1982 — A minibus passes in the foreground as trams 119 and 28 move up the street, circa 1982.
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Tram 28 nears the camera under a 交通銀行 signboard on a crowded Hong Kong Island street, circa 1982 — Tram 28 draws closer beneath vertical bank and shop signs, Hong Kong Island, circa 1982.
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Tram 28 with passengers on its upper deck nears the camera on a sunlit Hong Kong Island shopping street, circa 1982 — Tram 28 arrives close to the camera, its upper deck full of passengers, circa 1982.
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