HONOLULU HAWAII 1947 KODACHROME HOME MOVIES WAIKIKI BEACH DIAMOND HEAD 50204

This color, silent home movie film shows views of post-war Hawaii. It apparently contains both professionally and amateur shot footage -- the professional material coming from a movie sold to tourists in this era. The amateur footage was filmed in 1947 by a tourist named Thornton. Opening: A crowd of people wave; a quick cut to what looks like the Bay Bridge near Oakland and San Francisco, CA (:08). Hawaiian Islands as seen from a ship, probably Matson Line’s SS Matsonia or the SS Lurline, both of which offered service to Hawaii in this era; other smaller boats on the water (:15). Locals swim in the Pacific Ocean, possibly hoping that a coin might be tossed from the ship (:47), as the iconic Aloha Tower is shown (:55). Pro shot footage of Waikiki Beach in Hawaii, swaying palm trees in the breeze, people in the water near the Royal Hawaiian Hotel (:58). A man and a little girl on a white sandy beach; people play in the water and on the sand with Diamond Head visible in the b/g (1:37). At 1:44, a dif