Thailand-1984: Cycle Rickshaw Drivers Waiting as a Seated Man Reads a Newspaper

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Year1984
Decade1980s
LocationThailand
Duration4s
Price$149 USD
Collection1984 · Thailand
StatusStockfilm Exclusive

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What is in this clip

Everyday street life
Pedal transport
Waiting
Rest
Newspaper reading
Urban commerce

Shot type: medium
Camera: pan · handheld · Approximately eye level
Setting: outdoor · Street frontage with closely parked cycle rickshaws and shaded shops
Time and weather: Daytime · Indeterminate · Sunlit; no precipitation visible
Lighting: Strong daylight on the vehicles with deep shade beneath canopies and inside shops
People: 6 · Two adult men sit beneath adjacent canopies, one reading a newspaper and one resting; additional indistinct figures appear near the shops, and a capped man enters the foreground at the end.
Vehicles: Canopied cycle rickshaws
Objects: Newspaper · Fabric canopies · Wire baskets · Handlebars · Spoked wheels · Padded passenger seats · Shop shelves · Round hanging sign
Colors: cream · silver · dark brown · blue · red · pale yellow
Master dimensions: 3840 × 2160
Audio: Silent
Date confidence: Low
Location confidence: Low

Moments in the footage

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A row of canopied cycle rickshaws fills the sunlit foreground.
The leftward pan brings a resting man in a blue shirt into clearer view.
A seated man in a pale yellow shirt reads an open newspaper.
A man wearing a cap enters the right foreground.

Cycle Rickshaw Drivers Waiting as a Seated Man Reads a... — Clip Details

Likely Thailand, circa 1984 home movie footage shows a tightly parked row of canopied cycle rickshaws outside shaded shopfronts. The camera pans left across overlapping handlebars and wheels, bringing a seated man reading an open newspaper into view. Another man rests beneath the neighboring canopy, while a passing man briefly enters the right foreground near the end. Bright sunlight catches the metal frames against the dark storefront interiors.

Licensing & Technical Details

Original Format: 8mm / Super 8 Home Movie
Shot details: Handheld
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: 4s
Price: $149 USD
Clip ID: 800004670

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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: 1984 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: Thailand 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: This circa 1984 street scene serves documentary requests for pedal passenger transport and everyday waiting routines, probably in Thailand.
Period detail: Curved fabric canopies, spoked wheels, wire baskets, collared shirts and a large printed newspaper provide visible period texture without fixing a precise date.
Home-movie behavior: The camera shifts from the parked vehicles to a man absorbed in his newspaper, preserving an apparently unstaged moment of rest.
What appears in frame: Overlapping handlebars and wheels surround covered passenger seats, an open newspaper, two seated men, wire baskets and dark shopfronts.
Film character: Visible grain, soft edges, slight handheld movement and strong sunlight-to-shadow contrast give the projected-film capture its archival texture.
Edit role: Use this brief continuous pan as a street-life cutaway or a pause between busier transport and river-travel scenes.
Historical context: The parked passenger vehicles and resting men show a quiet interval around street transport, while the precise locality remains uncertain.
Research note: Visible faces, newspaper content and shop premises may involve likeness, publication or property considerations separate from copyright in the film.
Research search match: Matches searches for circa 1984 cycle rickshaw drivers, a seated newspaper reader and small-gauge home movie street scenes likely filmed in Thailand.
Archive pairing path: Pair first with the same reel's passenger boat at a landing and temple details, then with circa 1984 Thailand transport scenes or other footage of drivers waiting.

Still Frames From This Clip

Canopied cycle rickshaws stand outside shaded shops, likely in Thailand, circa 1984, with bright metal frames filling the foreground. — Pale passenger canopies rise above a dense row of parked cycle rickshaws.
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A blue-shirted man rests on a covered rickshaw seat among parked vehicles, likely in Thailand, circa 1984. — A seated man rests with his legs drawn up beneath a curved passenger canopy.
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A newspaper reader sits beneath a cycle rickshaw canopy beside a resting man, likely in Thailand, circa 1984. — The pan reveals a man reading an open newspaper among the parked vehicles.
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Likely Thailand, circa 1984: a man holds a newspaper across his lap beneath a pale rickshaw canopy beside another seated man. — The newspaper reader remains the focus, framed by passenger canopies and foreground handlebars.
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