XD50494 "SCHLEY RIDE TO HAWAII" 1960s TRAVELOGUE SAN FRANCISCO TO HONOLULU TRIP REEL 1 PART 1 - PeriscopeFilm

XD50494 “SCHLEY RIDE TO HAWAII” 1960s TRAVELOGUE SAN FRANCISCO TO HONOLULU TRIP REEL 1 PART 1

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 amateur 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, a predominantly silent film which is the first installment of a four-part series on Hawaii, takes viewers along on a trip from a San Francisco cruise terminal to the shores of Honolulu on the Hawaiian Island of O’ahu. The film opens with scenes from San Francisco before transitioning to footage from aboard the Matson Lines SS Lurline cruise ship. The majority of the film however, contains footage of historical landmarks around Honolulu, Waikiki Beach, and the hotels that began to populate the city’s shoreline. “Schley Ride to Hawaii” is historically significant for the insight it offers into the development of Hawaii, and in this case Honolulu, in the years after Hawaii officially became the 50th state of the Union in 1959.

Title page (0:06). San Francisco Powell/Hyde to Hyde/Beach line street car (0:28). Different shots of cable car (0:37). Powell Street turntable (1:00). Coit Tower (1:22). Driving along Golden Gate Bridge (1:30). San Francisco Pier 35 cruise ship terminal (1:58). Matson Lines SS Lurline cruise ship docked at pier (2:02). Scenes and pastimes aboard cruise ship: sunbathing, swimming pool, mini golf, clay pigeon shooting (2:05-3:45). Ship mechanics make adjustments to lifeboat on upper deck (3:48). Doubles game of pickleball (4:23). Everyone aboard puts on life vests in what may be a safety drill (5:03). Close-up of lap dog partaking in safety drill (5:23). Footage from ship deck as cruise approaches Hawaii: blue waters of Pacific Ocean and coastal cliffs (5:39). Cruise ship horn announces arrival to other boats (6:32). Passengers look from deck at Aloha Tower and Honolulu Harbor (7:05). Map of Hawaiian Islands, Pacific Ocean, and rest of mainland United States (7:16). Title page (7:19). Camera pans Honolulu city-scape (7:42). Different shots of John Carl Warnecke’s modernist-style Hawaii State Capitol building (7:58). ʻIolani Palace (8:41). Aliʻiolani Hale (currently used as home of Hawaii Supreme Court) with Kamehameha I statue in front (8:58). Different shots of stadium-looking structure (9:04). Koi pond (9:24). Views of Honolulu buildings and city-scape as seen from La Ronde Restaurant (9:35). Gray Line of Hawaii bus (10:19). Scenes of real estate development in Honolulu: construction sites, cranes, unfinished high rises (10:26). Hotels in Honolulu: Sheraton Waikiki Hotel (11:43). Holiday Isle Hotel (11:50). Malihini Hotel (11:59). Waikiki Shore Hotel (12:01). Kalia Inn (12:03). Hilton Hawaiian Village (12:11). Rainbow Tower at Hilton Hawaiian Village Waikiki Beach Resort (12:17). Hilton Hawaiian Village Diamond Head Tower (12:23). Hotel Halekulani (12:25). Scenes from Waikiki Beach (12:37). Outrigger canoe surfing and traditional surfing at Waikiki Beach (12:56). Sunbathers (13:30). Tourist catamaran comes ashore (14:43). Frisbee (16:14). Hotel pool (16:22). Teens play a pick-up game of football (16:34). Track athletes (16:46). Spectacle of hula dance and other traditional Polynesian dance (17:05). Musical accompaniment plays guitars, Ipu heke ‘ole, and ukuleles (17:15). Waikiki’s International Market Place (18:03). Imports from Tahiti (18:15). Hookano Sportswear and Shirts (18:36). Food stalls: Kosher and Mexican Food (19:50). Sign for Trader Vics (19:55). Shots from in and around The Royal Hawaiian (20:22). Sudden rainstorm (20:56). Honolulu Zoo: flamingos (21:18). Peacock (21:36). Turtles (21:52). Giraffe (22:15). Aerial view of Ala Moana Shopping Center and crowded parking lot (22:40). In and around busy shopping center – special attention given to interior plants and structural elements (22:48). Liberty House Honolulu (department store) (24:22). Hawaiian flag waves in wind (24:26). Yachts and sailboats at Ala Wai Boat Harbor (24:29).

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