Taiwan-1982: Scooters, Taxis and a City Bus Crossing a Wide Downtown Intersection

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Year1982
Decade1980s
LocationTaiwan
Duration10s
Price$149 USD
Collection1982 · Taiwan
StatusStockfilm Exclusive

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What is in this clip

urban traffic
commuting
scooter culture
public transport
city life
1980s Taiwan
travel

Shot type: wide
Camera: static
Setting: outdoor · Wide downtown intersection with mid-rise concrete buildings, street lamps and palm trees
Time and weather: daytime · clear, hazy
Lighting: soft daylight
People: 20 · Scooter riders, a cyclist and pedestrians in casual early-1980s clothing, mostly seen from behind; some riders wear helmets
Vehicles: scooters · motorcycles · blue-and-white city bus · yellow taxis · red sedan · green sedan · cream pickup truck · bicycle
Objects: street lamps · round red traffic signs · vertical signboards · striped signal pole · crosswalk markings · partly visible flag
Colors: pale blue · cream · brick red · yellow · grey
Master dimensions: 3840 × 2160
Audio: Silent
Date confidence: Low
Location confidence: Medium

Moments in the footage

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Scooters and a green sedan move away from the camera into the intersection.
A blue-and-white city bus swings across the frame from the left.
A red sedan passes in the foreground as the bus heads up the avenue.
A cyclist and scooter riders cross toward the far side.
A cream pickup truck cuts across the foreground.

Scooters, Taxis and a City Bus Crossing a Wide Downtown... — Clip Details

Taiwan, circa 1982, home movie footage of a busy downtown intersection seen from street level. Scooter riders move away from the camera as a blue-and-white city bus swings across the junction, with yellow taxis, a red sedan and a cyclist passing. A cream pickup truck crosses in the foreground at the end. The fixed camera looks toward a red-and-white modernist building and a tall slatted tower, with vertical signboards and palm trees along the avenue.

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: 10s
Price: $149 USD
Clip ID: 800002002

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People visible: Yes
Minors visible: No
Logos / trademarks: No
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: Helps a request for early-1980s Taiwanese city traffic, useful as a street-level establishing shot for documentaries on Taiwan's growth years.
Period detail: Boxy late-1970s sedans, yellow taxis, a round-fronted blue-and-white bus, scooters and helmetless riders may show the early 1980s.
Home-movie behavior: A traveller stands at the curb and lets everyday traffic flow past, catching commuters who pay the camera no attention.
What appears in frame: Scooter riders heading into the junction, a blue-and-white city bus, yellow taxis, a red sedan, a cream pickup and a red-and-white modernist building under curved street lamps.
Film character: Fine Super 8 grain, a soft cool colour cast and motion blur on close passing riders give the shot an authentic projected-film texture.
Edit role: Works as an establishing shot or cutaway that sets a busy Taiwanese city before or after the reel's railway scenes.
Historical context: Dense scooter and taxi traffic around mid-rise concrete buildings reflects the everyday street life of a Taiwanese city in this period.
Research note: The film's copyright is separate from the likeness of passers-by and owners of buildings and vehicles; faces are small or blurred, but releases are not on file and clearance is not guaranteed.
Research search match: Taiwan street traffic 1980s, Super 8 Taiwan city, scooters at intersection, vintage Asian city bus and taxis.
Archive pairing path: Pair first with this reel's busy street with Chinese shop signs, bus passing a palace-style building and urban level crossing clips, then other Taiwan circa-1982 footage, then period city traffic.

Still Frames From This Clip

Scooter riders and yellow taxis at a downtown intersection in Taiwan, circa 1982, below a red-and-white modernist building — Scooter riders head into a busy intersection, Taiwan, circa 1982.
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Blue-and-white city bus turning across a Taiwanese downtown junction among scooters, circa 1982 — A city bus swings across the junction among scooters and cars.
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Red sedan crossing the foreground of a busy Taiwanese avenue with taxis and a bus beyond, circa 1982 — A red sedan passes as the bus heads up the avenue.
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Scooter riders and a cyclist cross a downtown intersection in Taiwan, circa 1982, as a pickup enters the frame — Riders and a cyclist cross as a pickup truck enters the frame.
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