Honolulu Hawaii USA-1967: Erupting Volcano On Deserted Island Leaves Smoldering

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Year1967
Decade1960s
LocationHonolulu, Hawaii, United States
Duration5s
Price$149 USD
Collection1967 Hawaii

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Erupting Volcano On Deserted Island Leaves Smoldering — Clip Details

Vintage 8mm home movie footage from Honolulu, Hawaii, USA, in 1967 captures a dramatic volcanic eruption on a remote island. The grainy, color-bleached film shows turbulent, dark blue lava flows with glowing red and orange fissures erupting across the landscape. White smoke and ash billow into the sky, creating a stark contrast against the deep purple and blue tones of the night scene. The footage exhibits classic Super 8 film characteristics, including visible grain, scratches, and edge damage, offering authentic archival material for historical or documentary projects.

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: 122705228

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.

No recognizable people, logos, or music are flagged. Lower-risk for commercial use, subject to your own review.

People 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 1423 · 8mm · 7″ reel
Original reel label: #4,honolulu,international marketplace,waikiki,airport,disneyland,knottsberry farm,hollywood,chinese theater,las vegas,highway 66
Reel-level year note: 1967
Reel-level location note: hawaii,las vegas,california
Date: 1967 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, 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: Supports 1960s archival requests for Hawaiian volcanic activity, natural hazard inserts, and documentary cutaways from real 8mm home-movie footage.
Period detail: The frames show color 8mm film with heavy grain, faded blue-purple tones, and exposure shifts consistent with 1960s amateur travel or observation footage.
Home-movie behavior: The clip preserves an unstaged observer's distant view of smoke, dark terrain, and glowing volcanic activity rather than a controlled news or scientific setup.
What appears in frame: Visible elements include dark volcanic ground, a pale horizon, smoke plumes, bright orange lava glow, blue-purple color cast, film scratches, and frame-edge borders.
Film character: The footage has dense grain, soft focus, color bleaching, gate edges, scratches, and uneven exposure that read as physical 8mm archival texture.
Edit role: An editor could use it as a brief insert, transition, or atmospheric cutaway for volcano, island, disaster, geology, or 1960s Hawaii sequences.
Historical context: The views provide visual context for mid-century amateur filming of volcanic landscape and eruptive glow, without identifying a specific island or event from the frames alone.
Research note: No people, logos, or private property are visible, but copyright, location verification, and any event-specific claims should be reviewed separately.
Research search match: Relevant searches include 1967 Hawaii 8mm volcano footage, vintage home movie lava glow, Honolulu archive eruption, and Super 8 volcanic smoke.
Archive pairing path: Pair first with adjacent frames from the same reel, then other 1967 Hawaii material, then broader volcanic landscape and natural hazard footage.

Still Frames From This Clip

1967 Hawaii 8mm frame showing distant smoke over dark volcanic terrain beneath a pale horizon. — Smoke rises from dark volcanic ground in a faded blue-purple 8mm frame.

1967 Hawaii 8mm view of smoke drifting above a dark volcanic landscape with faded color and gate edges. — A smoke plume stands out against the pale sky over dark volcanic terrain.

1967 Hawaii 8mm frame with a low smoke plume over dark volcanic terrain and a washed pale sky. — Faded 8mm color shows smoke hovering above a dark volcanic slope or field.

1967 Hawaii 8mm frame showing bright orange lava-like glow across dark blue volcanic ground. — Glowing orange patches break through the dark blue volcanic landscape.

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