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Sun Surf and Sky (1950)

1950 · Short film · 26 min

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This film "Sun, Surf and Sky" showcases some of the seven tropical islands of Hawaii including Oahu, Hawaii, Kauai and Maui. It likely dates to the early 1950s, but post-1952 as the Convair CV-340, which entered Hawaiian service in 1952, is featured. The film opens with the blue waters rushing against jagged rocks (:09). It was presented by Hawaiian Airlines (:16) and photographed by Norman Schley (:33). Schley was a filmmaker from Wisconsin whose company Picturelogue produced a series of travel films. Actor George Marr narrates (:40), hula dances swing their skirts on screen (:47). Coconuts are zoomed in on (:52). One surfer takes to the waters of Waikiki Beach in Oahu, Honolulu (:56). Schley is pictured with his camera and wife, Ruth (1:05). Modern metropolitan (1:27) and residential sections. Vacationers relax with Pacific waters behind them (1:39). An extinct volcano near Waikiki Beach’s Diamond Head (2:03). Kodak Hawaii’s hula show follows (2:07). An Eastman Kodak vendor follows (2:33) as a sailor has the ability to share his experience with loved ones (2:37). The cottage home of Robert Lewis Stephenson follows (3:02) where he had once written a poem to a beautiful Hawaiian princess. Main roadways of Honolulu (3:10), City Hall (3:14), Kawaiahao Church (3:16), the Kuhio Motion Picture Theater (3:20) and the Judiciary Building are all put on display (3:25). A statue of King Kamehameha the Great (3:31) follows. He was the ruler attributed with uniting the islands. Scenes…

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Running time
26 minutes
Collection
Ephemeral Films

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