This reel of silent footage consists of a home movie of a trip to Hawaii, and a professionally made film entitled “Paradise of the Pacific” (starts at 6:05) which was sold to tourists in the late 1930s or early 1940s. The home movie begins with a train trip and shots out the window at :15 where oil derricks are visible. Then at :33 is footage of the Grand Canyon. At 2:40 the beach at Santa Monica is visible. Then at 2:57 an ocean voyage begins, either from the port at San Pedro, California or Long Beach. At 3:33 Avalon, the community on Catalina Island, is shown. At 5:47 Diamond Head in Hawaii is seen and a tug boat greets the ship.The home movie resumes after 10:00 with shots along Waikiki and women posing for the camera.
At 6:15 as “Paradise of the Pacific” begins, a ship is seen docked in Honolulu. Impossible to see the name of the vessel but the fact that it consists of two words means it is likely the SS President Hoover or SS President Coolidge (based on the configuration of the bridge more likely to be the Coolidge) . At 6:18 tourists are greeted with leis as they disembark. At 6:30 distant views of Diamond Head are seen at at 6:46 the beach at Waikiki with the Royal Hawaiian Hotel. At 7:45 a blowhole in the surf is shown. At 8:40 a monument of some sort is seen. At 8:48 sugar cane crop is burned as part of the cultivation process. At 9:21 the Laie Hawaii Temple is shown. The film ends around 9:58 with a sunset.
Laie Hawaii Temple is a temple of The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints (LDS Church) located on the northeast shore of the Hawaiian island of Oʻahu. The temple sits on a small hill, a half-mile from the Pacific Ocean, in the town of Lāʻie, 35 miles (56 km) from Honolulu. Along with Brigham Young University–Hawaii and the Polynesian Cultural Center, the Laie Hawaii Temple plays an important role in the town of Lā’ie, with the Visitors’ Center attracting more than 100,000 people annually.
In addition to initial building and construction, the temple has been dedicated for use by several presidents of the LDS Church. The temple site was dedicated by Joseph F. Smith on June 1, 1915, with Heber J. Grant dedicating the completed structure on November 27, 1919. Spencer W. Kimball rededicated the temple after significant expansion on June 13, 1978. Following seismic upgrades and remodeling, Thomas S. Monson rededicated the temple on November 21, 2010.
The Laie Hawaii Temple was the first temple built by the LDS Church outside the contiguous United States. The temple is also the oldest to operate outside Utah, and the fifth-oldest LDS temple still in operation. The Laie Hawaii Temple was formerly known as the Hawaiian Temple or the Hawaii Temple until the implementation of the standard naming convention for LDS temples.
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