Synopsis
This color, amateur home movie features footage of everyday people in Honolulu, Hawaii in 1944. It was likely shot by a U.S. serviceman. Opening: two men shake hands (:08). Cars drive in a quiet neighborhood (:28). A tree (:57). A park area, possibly part of Fort Shafter ( 1:08 ). Cars pull into a restaurant, the drive in Kau Kau Korner. This 24-hour restaurant was on the corner of Kalakaua Avenue and Kapiolani Blvd. Known as The Crossroads of the Pacific. It was built 1935 and a much photographed landmark for 25 years, and was replaced by Coco's coffee shop in 1960.( 1:35 ). People watch cars drive by ( 1:48 ). Inside a bus (1:55). Two Hawaiian women walk down the street past the New Pawaa Theatre, later a Cinerama movie theater ( 2:00 ). Behind them a Twin Coach trolley bus glides by. A woman sits, along with other people, they have drinks ( 2:20 ). Yellow flowers ( 2:40 ). A woman walks by a wall of flowers ( 3:22 ). A tree in a yard ( 3:56 ). Women and men at a quiet residence, it’s a rather hot day ( 4:09 ). Rolling green hills; truck says Clarke-Halawa Rock Co., a local quarry built by Chester Robert Clarke. ( 4:42 ). Driving along a road in Hawaii, trees around and below; passing by property that has had trees removed ( 5:00 ). Palm trees, cars waiting at a stop light ( 5:54 ). A man and a woman on a sidewalk, the man holds a camera ( 6:13 ). People at a large park, trees and green grass, probably at Fort Shafter ( 6:33 ). Bleachers and chairs on a field for a…
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- Running time
- 11 minutes
- Collection
- Ephemeral Films
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- Stock Footage