“SCHLEY RIDE TO HAWAII“ 1952 TRAVELOGUE HANA-MAUI RESORT VOLCANOES NATIONAL PARK REEL 2 XD52384

Join this channel to get access to perks: Want to learn more about Periscope Film and get access to exclusive swag? Join us on Patreon. Visit Visit our website See Reel 1, Part 1: This color travelogue was produced by Norman E. Schley in 1952. It is an extended version of another travelogue he produced. This version is silent, but it may have had a soundtrack at one time. Schley also showed many of his films live to an audience, and narrated the films while they were projected. Hawaiian Airlines DC-3 (0:06). Local children play on dirt road - one kid wheels toddler in wheelbarrow (1:15). Kids scale palm tree (1:54). Pans lush landscape, blue water (2:04). Hana-Maui Resort: montage manicured grounds, private villas (2:16). View of perhaps West Maui Mountains (2:38). Perhaps the Schleys enjoying pool of private villa (3:07). Female employees gather hibiscus & oleander (3:15). Resort dining room with ocean views (3:42). Guests line up for breakfast buffet decorated with Birds of Paradise, banana leaves, pineapples (4:19). Close-up intricately plated buffet salads (4:38). Family sits on patio furniture, women from group and hotel employees model Polynesian-inspired vacation wear (5:12). Mrs. Schley, kids at resort ranch (6:15). Blue Jeep Willys M38 on rural road (6:51). Farmers make repairs to barbed wire fence (7:00). Cattle ranchers usher cattle through field, dude ranch, cattle sorted through mechanized wooden fence, hand-operated by rancher (7:12). The Wananalua Congregational Church; Easter services, young kids show off Easter baskets filled with chiclets, life savers (8:53). Post-service buffet, women scoop traditional foods onto paper plates inside tent (9:23). Soiled baseballs in box, kid throws them at pyramid of bottles (9:52). Sign for Hana Store - oldest store in the island (10:11). Small bank with private mailboxes (10:26). Hana School: students sit and weave baskets and hats from straw, palm husk (10:35). Florist shop, owner poses for camera (11:36). Perhaps Ohe’o Gulch (Seven Sacred Pools) Haleakala National Park (12:10). Perhaps Waimoku Falls (12:23). Middle aged craftswoman sits on straw mat, weaves fedora (12:45). Honokalani Black Sand Beach (13:38). Taro field - agricultural worker plants taro bulbs (14:04). Women sit in circle, scrub harvested taro, pound it on wood slat (14:43). Mrs. Schley opens invitation for poolside cocktail party (15:51). Hotel employees teach party attendees traditional hula dance (16:12). Hula ʻAuana performance, dancers, women play Ipu Heke (17:42). Kids play on Hana Beach (19:34). Young local spear fisherman displays DIY goggles, perhaps crafted from palm tree or coconut shell (19:52). The fisherman show off tropical fish they caught (20:16). Fishermen rush into surf with longboards, ride waves (20:54). Rice paddies, jagged cliffs seen from plane (21:44). Woman in bright orange bikini lounges on rock with Anthurium in hair, dips foot in water on W. H. Hill Residence (22:04). Ti plant (22:29). Yellow allamanda (22:39). Anthurium bouquets (22:46). Bamboo orchid (22:58). White lady flower (23:02). Crepe ginger (23:13). Greenhouse filled with red Anthurium (23:20). Gardener collects pink orchids (23:34). Crates of harvested pink orchids for lei (23:40). (24:05). Schley’s sons walk through field of dried lava rocks (24:09). Steam rises from under grass (24:33). Keanakako’i Crater (24:46). Molten lava, bright orange (24:57). Schley’s sons explore tropical jungle Hawaiʻi Volcanoes National Park, fern fronds (25:45). Kona Inn Kailua-Kona (26:40). Guests swim in saltwater pool (27:02). Nature along desolate roads leading out of Kailua, dried lava rocks, cacti (27:45). Lettuce field (28:49). Honokaa People’s Theatre, signs for multinational/lingual films from Japan, Philippines (28:56). Aloha Airlines DC-3 takes off for Honolulu, clouds and mountains seen from plane (29:24). Palm trees frame view Diamond Head (29:42). Dole Pineapple Plantation - pineapple plants (30:10). Dole Water Tower (30:33). Camera pans commercial boats in harbor (30:42). Traffic in downtown Honolulu (30:44). Lei stands (30:54). Street vendor paints portraits (31:30). Moana Hotel Waikiki in background, hotel guests walk Waikiki Beach (32:42). Catamaran, canoes off Waikiki Beach (32:44). LED light sign for Waikiki Tavern (33:26). Performers dance hula, twirl batons to live band at night club (33:21). Schley behind camera (34:47). Tourists board perhaps United Airlines Boeing 377 Stratocruiser, Schley and wife stare out window inside plane (35:04). This film is part of the Periscope Film LLC archive, one of the largest historic military, transportation, and aviation stock footage collections in the USA. Entirely film backed, this material is available for licensing in 24p HD, 2k and 4k. For more information visit
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