This color travelogue style film from the late 1960s or early 1970s titled “Schley Ride to Hawaii” was produced by Norman E. Schley. Schley was a skilled filmmaker from Wisconsin who made a series of films under the moniker “Schley Ride” or “Schley Focus Ride” through his company Picturelogue Inc. Some of his films aired on television, while others were shown in front of live audiences. This particular account, which is the third installment of a four-part series on Hawaii, follows Schley as he flies from Honolulu to the Big Island. The film opens with historical reenactment footage of the attack on Pearl Harbor and is followed by Schley’s home footage of the National Memorial Cemetery of the Pacific and the Pearl Harbor National Memorial. The majority of the film however, contains footage of historical landmarks and natural wonders from around the Big Island. This is a historically significant film for the way it portrays Pearl Harbor but also for the insight into development in the tourism sector across Hawaii in the years after the island nation officially became the 50th state of the Union in 1959.
Title page (0:07). Historical-reenactment black and white footage of the attack on Pearl Harbor during World War II (0:21). Explosion of the USS Arizona (0:35). American servicemen aboard the ship scramble to get into their defensive positions (0:51). Aerial bombardment by Japanese Aichi D3A Type 99 Carrier Bombers (1:56). Plumes of smoke and destruction (2:18). National Memorial Cemetery of the Pacific and Punchbowl Crater (2:39). Tour group visits the Punchbowl Crater complex (3:28). Gravestones in the cemetery (3:46). Anchor of the sunken USS Arizona (3:59). Tourists get off of the USS Arizona Memorial shuttle boat service – part of the Pearl Harbor National Memorial (4:09). U.S. Navy ships at the memorial that survived the attack (4:37). Shuttle approaches the USS Arizona Memorial (5:00). Interior and exhibitions at the memorial (5:11). American flag waves in the wind (5:46). Camera pans Honolulu cityscape (5:56). Shipping containers at what is maybe Kapalama Container Terminal in Honolulu Harbor (6:12). Heavy traffic on highway (7:16). Passengers board a flight from what is likely Daniel K. Inouye International Airport (7:36). Hawaiian Airlines flight attendants welcome passengers aboard (7:51). Inside the cockpit (8:01). Exterior of Hawaiian Airlines DC9 plane preparing for take off (8:07). Views of Honolulu from the airplane window (8:38). Coast of Big Island seen from plane window (9:09). Hawaii Saddle Club Rodeo in Honoka’a (9:49). Hawaii Saddle Club Rodeo parade (9:50). Perhaps Miss Hawaii waving from car (9:58). Dressed up kids and teens partake in the parade (10:17). Hasegawa General Store car float (10:41). Young women prepare shaved ice cones and young kids enjoy them (11:19). Rodeo box office (11:58). Scenes of spectators and competitors at the rodeo (12:14). Steer wrestling competition: first cowboy wrangles a calf (13:10). Young woman competes on her horse (14:56). Other rodeo competitions: Bronc riding (15:29). Orchids of Hawaii plant nursery (16:47). Liliuokalani Gardens and Japanese-style gazebos (17:53). Hawaii Volcanoes National Park (18:31). Details of barren landscape and volcanic rock (18:37). Keanakakoi Crater and Overlook (18:51). Warning sign: Site of 1969 East Rift Eruptions (19:11). Barren-ashen landscape with dried lava, volcanic fumes (19:26). Nahuku – Thurston Lava Tube (19:46). More landscape shots (19:58). Ha’akulamanu (Sulphur Banks) (20:29). Mauna Kea Beach Hotel: hotel beachfront (21:23). Grounds (21:46). View from suite balcony (22:01). Hotel pools and sunbathers (22:05). Women play beach volleyball game (22:59). Man sets up a dinghy (23:19). Perhaps Norman E. Schley sitting for a drink at hotel bar (24:26).
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