Shot by an unknown American tourist on a trip through California and on to Hawaii, this color 16mm silent home movie dates to 1954. It shows visits to Los Angeles, San Francisco, and finally Hawaii via the Matson Lines steamship SS Lurline.
Opening: Pasadena Rose Bowl in Pasadena, CA. CBS Television City in Los Angeles, CA. Farmers Market in Los Angeles. Downtown Los Angeles. Cars, store fronts, trolley goes down the street. Buildings in downtown Los Angeles. Trolley car goes up a hill (:08-1:35). Women walk up a hill. Taxi goes down a hill. Now we’re in San Francisco with a cable car and the Fishermen’s Wharf Grotto. Boats in a marina (1:36-2:30). Matson Lines – to Hawaii, in San Francisco. Views of the SS Lurline. The Pacific Ocean as the ship heads for Hawaii. People relax and sit on the ship. Women dance on the ship. People look off of the side at a catamaran (2:31-4:03). Hawaiian women dance as the ship comes into port. Honolulu’s Aloha Tower is visible at the port (4:08). People wait for the ship to dock and reunite with their relatives/friends. People swim and play in the ocean. A woman stands next to a surfboard. Aerial Hawaii city shot. Mountains of Hawaii. Flowers (4:04-5:58). Fish swim in a giant fish tank. Pacific Ocean. Female tourists take a luau dance lesson in hula skirts, while wearing leis (6:39). A woman eats a slice of pineapple. Trucks and tractors at the pineapple grove (5:59-7:21). Pineapples growing. Crashing tide against the rocks. Hotels on the beach. Palm trees. Hotels on Waikiki Beach. People use an outrigger on the water (7:22-9:21). Aerial shot taken from a Hawaiian Airlines Convair CV-340-36 airplane over the Hawaiian Islands. Hawaiian Airlines jet on the tarmac. Closeup of pineapples. Pineapple fields. Farmers at work in the fields. Flowers. Crashing tide against rocks (9:22-11:07). Palm trees, mountains, beautiful grass and homes. Birds of Paradise flowers (11:48) and leaves on trees. Palm trees against the sky. Mountains (11:08-12:52). Pacific Ocean off the coast. Huge waves. A waterfall in the distance. A plane lands. Aerial shots of clouds taken from the airplane. Saint Peter by the Sea Mission – Kahaluu (14:14). Coffee beans (14:24). People walk near colorful flowers (12:53-14:45).
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