Honolulu Oahu Hawaii USA-1977: Hula Dancers Perform At A Fire Festival And Dance

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

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Hula Dancers Perform At A Fire Festival And Dance — Clip Details

Vintage 8mm footage from 1977 captures a nighttime hula dance performance in Honolulu, Oahu, Hawaii. A lone dancer in a light-colored costume appears first, followed by a group of female performers in vibrant red and pink costumes dancing in unison under stage lights. The scene is illuminated by bright blue and white lights against a dark night sky, with glowing orbs in the background suggesting a fire festival. The grainy, low-light quality of the Super 8 film adds authentic nostalgia, capturing a classic Hawaiian cultural event.

Licensing & Technical Details

Original Format: 8mm / Super 8 Home Movie
Shot details: Night
Resolution: 4K restored master (MP4)
License: Direct license: commercial and editorial use
Delivery: Instant Digital Download
Duration: 5s
Price: $149 USD
Clip ID: 121117552

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: Yes

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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Archive Intelligence

Archive brief fit: This 1977 Honolulu 8mm clip supports documentary or educational requests for 1970s Hawaii visitor-shot footage of nighttime hula or festival-style dance performance.
Period detail: The low-light outdoor staging, bright colored performance lights, costume silhouettes, and Super 8 home-movie texture may show a late-1970s tourist or community entertainment setting in Honolulu.
Home-movie behavior: The value is in the handheld audience perspective, with the camera watching performers from a distance rather than presenting a staged broadcast view.
What appears in frame: Visible elements include hula dancers, light and red-toned costumes, dark night sky, blue and white stage or waterfront lights, torch-like glowing lamps, a low railing, and heavy film grain.
Film character: The clip has dense nighttime grain, soft focus, high contrast exposure, gate shadows, and handheld framing that read clearly as scanned small-gauge home-movie film.
Edit role: An editor could use this as a short insert, memory beat, or transition for 1970s Hawaii travel, performance culture, or nighttime festival atmosphere.
Historical context: The footage visually situates hula performance within a public nighttime entertainment context, while the specific event and venue should not be asserted from the frames alone.
Research note: People are visible and audible music is flagged, so likeness, performance, and music rights should be reviewed separately from footage copyright before use.
Research search match: Likely researcher searches include 1977 Honolulu hula dancers, vintage 8mm Hawaii night performance, Oahu festival dance footage, and Super 8 Hawaiian cultural event.
Archive pairing path: Pair first with other shots from the same reel, then with 1977 Honolulu or Oahu travel footage, then with broader Hawaii hula, festival, nightlife, or tourist-performance material.

Still Frames From This Clip

A lone dancer in a light-colored costume performs at night in 1977 Honolulu footage, framed from a distant handheld audience viewpoint with blue lights behind her. — Solo dancer under night lights.

A group of hula dancers in red and pink-toned costumes perform in unison under bright lamps and blue background lights in nighttime Honolulu home-movie footage. — Group dancers with raised arms.

Several performers in red and pink costumes continue a synchronized nighttime dance routine, with torch-like lamps and blue lights visible behind them in 1977 Honolulu footage. — Dancers continue the routine.

Dancers in red-toned costumes extend their arms during a nighttime hula-style performance, seen from a distant handheld 8mm perspective in Honolulu. — Dancers extend arms on stage.

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