Honolulu Oahu Hawaii USA-1977: Sunset Shot Of People Walking Near Palm Trees And Hotels

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

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

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Sunset Shot Of People Walking Near Palm Trees And Hotels — Clip Details

Vintage 8mm home movie footage from Honolulu, Oahu, Hawaii, USA, in 1977. The clip opens with a silhouetted sunset scene featuring palm trees and a lone figure walking along the beach. The warm, faded colors and grainy texture of the film capture a nostalgic, retro atmosphere. The sequence transitions to views of tropical resort buildings and high-rise hotels, with palm trees framing the structures against a twilight sky. The handheld camera movement and natural lighting evoke a personal, candid vacation memory from the late 1970s.

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: 121117263

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.

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Topics & Keywords

Archive Intelligence

Archive brief fit: Supports requests for late-1970s Honolulu vacation atmosphere, especially sunset beach inserts and resort-hotel cutaways for documentary, education, or period travel sequences.
Period detail: The visible palm-lined shoreline, high-rise hotel forms, soft twilight exposure, and 8mm color rendition may show the visitor-facing resort landscape of Honolulu in the 1970s.
Home-movie behavior: The clip carries an unstaged vacation viewpoint, moving from a silhouetted person near the beach at sunset to handheld glimpses of nearby hotel buildings.
What appears in frame: Visible elements include palm trees, a low sunset, a walking silhouette, twilight sky, tropical landscaping, and several high-rise resort buildings.
Film character: The footage has a handheld 8mm character with heavy grain, soft focus, uneven exposure, purple-blue twilight cast, and dark frame edges from the scanned film.
Edit role: An editor could use it as a brief memory beat, location transition, resort-area cutaway, or atmospheric insert between broader Honolulu or Hawaii travel scenes.
Historical context: The footage visually situates Honolulu as a leisure-travel destination through beachside palms, hotel architecture, and a visitor-shot perspective without documenting a specific public event.
Research note: People are visible only as distant silhouettes, but likeness review may still be needed, and separate copyright, location, and property considerations should be assessed for hotel exteriors.
Research search match: Relevant researcher searches include 1970s Honolulu 8mm sunset, Oahu resort hotel home movie, Hawaii palm trees beach silhouette, and vintage vacation footage.
Archive pairing path: Pair first with adjacent shots from the same reel, then with other 1977 Honolulu or Oahu material, and then with broader 1970s Hawaii tourism, beach, resort, or sunset footage.

Still Frames From This Clip

A 1977 Honolulu home-movie frame appears to show a silhouetted person walking near palm trees as the sun sets over the shoreline. — Beachside palms and a sunset silhouette.

A softly focused 1977 Honolulu frame shows palm foliage partly obscuring a high-rise resort building against a blue-purple twilight sky. — Palm-framed resort building at twilight.

A 1977 Honolulu home-movie view shows a tall hotel or resort building with repeating balconies partly hidden by dark tropical foliage. — Resort balconies behind tropical foliage.

A soft 1977 Honolulu frame shows hotel towers and palm silhouettes in deep blue twilight, with the buildings only partly legible through motion blur. — Blurred hotel towers at dusk.

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