This travelogue film from Guy Haselton Productions, likely from the late 1950s or early 1960s, gives viewers a look at the people, culture, industry, and landscape of Hawaii. The film opens with aerial views of Oahu. A luxury liner, probably SS Lurline, arrives at Honolulu. The film shows the streets of Honolulu, with shots of office buildings, churches, Honolulu’s library and museum, and the historic Old Printing House. One of the most famous buildings is the Royal Hawaiian Hotel (01:58) on Waikiki Beach. Women and children play on the beach. Kids surf the waves at Waikiki Beach, while others ride outrigger canoes (02:55). A young man climbs a coconut tree (03:20) and picks coconuts. A man makes poi from taro root. A woman makes leis with flower petals. A man tosses a throw-net into the sea to catch fish. A group of Hawaiians celebrate with a luau (04:45). Women dance the hula (05:12), and men participate in a sword dance (05:28). Korean women play a traditional Korean song while performing a traditional dance. The film then shows viewers the statue of King Kamehameha (06:25), the former royal palace with its throne room, and the old monarchy’s military barracks. The film takes viewers to the residential areas of Honolulu (07:19), which are home to a number of flowering trees. Next, the film looks at some of Hawaii’s industries. A tractor pulls a tiller to prepare soil for planting sugar cane (08:12). Sugar cane plants grow in field, and, once mature, men burn the dead dry leaves off the sugar cane. A large cane rake tractor harvests the sugar cane. At a pineapple plantation, a machine lays down strips of heavy paper for planting (10:10). A man plants small pineapple plants under the paper. A sprayer covers the plants with a mineral solution. People harvest pineapple by hand and put the picked pineapple on a conveyer belt on a large harvester (11:04). At a pineapple canning plant, women core and trim pineapples (11:35). Women put sliced pineapple into cans. From here, the film takes viewers to the big island of Hawaii (12:38), with aerial views of Hilo, the cliffs along the eastern coast, and the cattle ranges on the west side of the island. Cattle graze on the Kona coast (13:35). Hawaiian cowboys herd cattle, and actually herd the animals into the ocean and out to a small boat where the cattle’s’ heads are tied above water to the boat. The boat takes the cattle to a freighter, and a crane hoists the cattle from the water onto the larger ship. A young man picks the ripe coffee berries off of Kona coffee plants (15:00). At a coffee process mill (15:54), men spread coffee beans and turn them over to dry. The film concludes with footage of the islands’ volcanoes and lava fields (16:24). Volcanic gas escapes out of a steam vent near Kilauea (16:40). People hike through a fern forest. The film shows the top of Kilauea (17:31) and Maui’s Haleakala (18:05), and the eruption of a volcano (18:30).

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