Honolulu Oahu Hawaii USA-1977: Silhouetted Figures At Dusk By The Ocean With Palm Trees

$149 · CommercialDirect license: commercial and editorial use. $149 flat from Stockfilm. Royalty-free worldwide license for commercial and editorial use, delivered as the restored 4K master.

Year1977
Decade1970s
LocationHonolulu Oahu, Hawaii, United States
Duration5s
Price$149 USD

$149 · CommercialDirect license: commercial and editorial use

$149 USD flat · royalty-free worldwide · 4K restored master (MP4)

Need 10+ clips? Send your brief and get a curated shortlist →

Stockfilm licenses the rights identified in the applicable agreement. Additional use-specific review may be required. See the Licensing Guide and Archive Integrity.

Silhouetted Figures At Dusk By The Ocean With Palm Trees — Clip Details

Vintage 8mm home movie footage from Honolulu Oahu Hawaii USA in 1977, capturing silhouetted figures on a beach at dusk. The sun sets over the ocean, casting a warm glow through palm trees and creating deep shadows. The grainy, low-light film shows people relaxing near the shore, with the ocean visible beyond a railing. The footage has a nostalgic, intimate quality with natural film grain and soft focus, evoking a classic tropical evening.

Licensing & Technical Details

Original Format: 8mm / Super 8 Home Movie
Resolution: 4K restored master (MP4)
License: Direct license: commercial and editorial use
Delivery: Instant Digital Download
Duration: 5s
Price: $149 USD
Clip ID: 121117126

Rights & Clearance

$149 · Commercial Direct license: commercial and editorial use. $149 flat from Stockfilm. Royalty-free worldwide license for commercial and editorial use, delivered as the restored 4K master.

Editorial use is the safest path. For commercial use, a clearance review is recommended for the flags below.

People visible: Yes
Minors visible: No
Logos / trademarks: No
Audible music: No

Flags come from automated catalog metadata, not a legal opinion. The source is an original 8mm / Super 8 Home Movie reel. For high-stakes commercial use, request a full rights review.

Source & Documentation

Source reel: Reel 1245 · Super 8 · 7″ reel
Original reel label: kodak show,blow hole,polynesian show,cementery,sunset beach,arizona memorial,sept 5-12
Reel-level year note: 1977
Reel-level location note: honolulu hawaii
Date: 1977 Estimated (Catalog estimate from the footage and file metadata; not independently confirmed.)
Date evidence: Catalog estimate. A reel-level note shows the same year, but the clip-to-reel link is itself a catalog match, so this is not counted as independent confirmation.
Location: Honolulu Oahu, Hawaii, United States Estimated (Catalog estimate from the footage and file metadata; not independently confirmed.)
Location evidence: Catalog estimate. A reel-level location note is linked, but the clip-to-reel link is itself a catalog match, so this is not counted as independent confirmation.
Licensing route: Direct license available from Stockfilm

Confidence labels are defined on Archive Integrity. Fields without a recorded value are shown as not recorded rather than assumed.

View source reel context Open Clip Documentation Record Request source information

Topics & Keywords

Archive Intelligence

Archive brief fit: 1970s Honolulu beach dusk footage suited for documentary inserts about travel, leisure, tropical evenings, or personal memory in archival home movies.
Period detail: The scene may show late-1970s visitor-shot shoreline leisure, with palm trees, a railing, low sunset light, and silhouetted figures rather than clearly identifiable period fashion or signage.
Home-movie behavior: The value is in the unstaged observation of people lingering near the ocean at dusk as the camera records the fading light from a personal vantage point.
What appears in frame: Visible elements include silhouetted people, palm trunks, ocean horizon, shoreline railing, sunset glow, dark foreground foliage, and small points of light.
Film character: The 8mm footage has heavy low-light grain, soft focus, deep shadow, uneven exposure, and slight handheld framing that read as authentic home-movie texture.
Edit role: An editor could use this as a short transition, reflective cutaway, travel-memory beat, or evening insert between brighter Hawaii scenes.
Historical context: The clip provides social atmosphere around a Honolulu shoreline at dusk without enough visible detail to identify a specific beach, landmark, group, or event.
Research note: People appear as dark silhouettes, so likeness risk may be lower but still merits review, and copyright, location, and property considerations should be assessed separately.
Research search match: Useful search matches include 1977 Honolulu 8mm beach sunset, Oahu home movie dusk palm trees, Hawaii ocean silhouettes, and vintage tropical evening footage.
Archive pairing path: Pair first with adjacent shots from the same reel, then other Honolulu or Oahu 1977 material, then broader 1970s Hawaii beach, palm, sunset, and travel-home-movie scenes.

Still Frames From This Clip

1977 Honolulu Oahu home-movie frame showing dark silhouetted figures by a shoreline railing, with palm trunks and a dim ocean horizon beyond. — Silhouettes by the ocean railing at dusk.

1977 Honolulu Oahu frame with several people in silhouette beneath palms, looking toward the ocean as the sun sets behind the shoreline. — Palm silhouettes against the setting sun.

1977 Honolulu Oahu home-movie frame showing silhouetted people beside palm trunks, with a bright dusk sky and ocean line beyond the railing. — Figures pause near palms at sunset.

1977 Honolulu Oahu dusk frame with palms and foliage in heavy shadow, the ocean and sunset glow in the distance, and a small light in the foreground. — Shadowed palms and ocean sunset glow.

Visually Similar Clips