Taiwan-1982: Yellow-Fronted Electric Train Arrives and Sweeps Past a Covered Platform

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Year1982
Decade1980s
LocationTaiwan
Duration5s
Price$149 USD
Collection1982 · Taiwan
StatusStockfilm Exclusive

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What is in this clip

rail transport
electrification
train arrival
railway modernisation
travel
railway enthusiasm
urban infrastructure

Shot type: wide
Camera: static
Setting: outdoor · Covered, electrified railway station with platform, pointwork and a station building spanning the tracks
Time and weather: day · overcast
Lighting: Flat, overcast daylight under station cover
People: 0 · No people are visible.
Vehicles: yellow-and-orange electric multiple unit · cream-and-brown passenger cars · orange electric locomotive with white stripe · blue passenger coaches
Objects: overhead catenary gantries · station platform · railway points · signal post · platform edge markings · louvred car vents
Colors: orange · yellow · cream · brown · dark grey
Master dimensions: 3840 × 2160
Audio: Silent
Date confidence: Low
Location confidence: High

Moments in the footage

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A yellow-and-orange electric unit approaches head-on under the station's overhead gantries.
The front draws close beside the platform, with an orange locomotive and blue coaches at left.
The cab end slides out of frame to the left as the unit passes the camera.
Cream-and-brown cars with louvred vents stream past close to the lens.

Yellow-Fronted Electric Train Arrives and Sweeps Past a... — Clip Details

Taiwan, circa 1982, home movie footage of an electric multiple unit arriving at a covered station on the electrified main line. A yellow-fronted train with orange stripes runs head-on toward the camera under overhead wire gantries and a dark station building, while an orange locomotive with a white stripe stands beside blue coaches on the next track. The unit then sweeps past close to the lens, showing cream-and-brown cars with louvred panels. It is filmed in one static Super 8 take from the platform end.

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: 5s
Price: $149 USD
Clip ID: 800001997

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People 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: Taiwan 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: Answers requests for early-1980s Taiwan railway footage, especially electric trains in service on the newly electrified main line for history, transport or travel productions.
Period detail: Orange electric locomotive livery, cream-and-brown cars, a yellow cab front and dense overhead catenary may show Taiwan Railway stock of the years after the 1979 electrification.
Home-movie behavior: A railway enthusiast plants the camera at the platform end and lets the train run straight in and past, an unstaged spotter's view rather than a produced shot.
What appears in frame: A yellow-fronted unit with orange stripes, cream-and-brown cars with louvred vents, an orange locomotive beside blue coaches, overhead wire gantries, a dark station building over the tracks and a worn concrete platform.
Film character: Super 8 grain, warm saturated oranges and soft motion blur as the cars pass close give the shot a lived-in, period film texture.
Edit role: Works as an arrival insert, a transition into a journey sequence or a cutaway in a segment on rail modernisation.
Historical context: The catenary over every track reflects the Western Trunk Line electrification completed in 1979, which brought electric expresses and electric locomotives into full service.
Research note: No people are visible; the cab front carries an unreadable operator emblem and the rolling stock and station belong to the railway operator, while copyright in the film itself is a separate question from any trademark or property concern.
Research search match: Taiwan train station 1980s, Super 8 electric train arrival, Taiwan Railway electric multiple unit, vintage East Asian railway home movie.
Archive pairing path: Pair first with this reel's 'train arriving at station', 'Orange electric locomotive hauling blue coaches' and 'Electric locomotive crossing river bridge', then with other early-1980s Taiwan street scenes, then with railway arrival footage generally.

Still Frames From This Clip

Yellow-fronted electric multiple unit approaching a covered station in Taiwan, circa 1982, beside an orange locomotive — An electric unit runs in toward the platform, with an orange locomotive and blue coaches on the next track.
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Yellow cab end with orange stripes of an electric train arriving at a Taiwan station platform, circa 1982 — The cab end draws close, showing its centre door, orange stripes and headlamps.
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Cream-and-brown cars of an electric train passing close to the lens at a covered Taiwan station, circa 1982 — The train sweeps past, showing cream-and-brown cars with louvred vents and pale panels.
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Railcar side with windows and a round bodyside marking passing a Taiwan station platform, circa 1982 — Windows and a round bodyside marking slide by as the train continues along the platform.
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