California USA-1961: Woman With Black Hair Dancing The Hula In A Hawaiian Style

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Year1961
Decade1960s
LocationCalifornia, United States
Duration5s
Price$149 USD
Collection1961 California

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Woman With Black Hair Dancing The Hula In A Hawaiian Style — Clip Details

A woman with long black hair dances the hula in a vintage 1961 California home movie. She wears a traditional grass skirt and a white feathered lei, moving gracefully in a dimly lit room with folding chairs and a table. Shot on 8mm film, the footage captures the nostalgic charm of mid-century Hawaiian-themed parties, with warm color tones and authentic film grain. The scene evokes a sense of retro celebration and cultural expression from the early 1960s.

Licensing & Technical Details

Original Format: 8mm / Super 8 Home Movie
Resolution: 4K restored master (MP4)
License: Direct license: editorial use only Editorial use only: documentary, news, educational, internal and organic social use. Not permitted in advertising, sponsored or branded content, broadcast promotion or any paid commercial placement.
Delivery: Instant Digital Download
Duration: 5s
Price: $149 USD
Clip ID: 123045243

Rights & Clearance

$149 · Editorial only Direct license: editorial use only. Editorial use only: documentary, news, educational, internal and organic social use. Not permitted in advertising, sponsored or branded content, broadcast promotion or any paid commercial placement.

Editorial use only; commercial use is not offered for this clip. Review the flags below for your editorial context.

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 1740 · 8mm · 5″ reel
Original reel label: indian pow wow
Reel-level year note: 1961-1966
Reel-level location note: san bernardino,california,slaton sea
Date: 1961 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: California, 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: Useful for 1960s home-movie requests needing an indoor California party or Hawaiian-themed dance insert with identifiable adult performer.
Period detail: The folding chairs, table decor, dim interior, grass skirt and lei may show mid-century domestic party styling in a 1961 home-movie setting.
Home-movie behavior: The performer moves for the camera in an informal room, giving the clip the personal, unstaged feel of a family or party recording.
What appears in frame: Visible elements include an adult dancer, grass skirt, white lei, folding chairs, curtains, a wall table, lamps or decor, and a wood floor.
Film character: Soft focus, muted color, visible grain, uneven exposure and slight frame instability give the 8mm footage a physical home-movie texture.
Edit role: An editor could use this as a brief cultural-party insert, memory beat, recreation cutaway, or transition within a 1960s domestic-life sequence.
Historical context: The scene suggests a Hawaiian-themed social or performance moment filmed inside a private California interior, without enough evidence to identify an event.
Research note: An adult face and private interior are visible, so copyright, likeness and property permissions should be reviewed separately before publication.
Research search match: Matches searches for 1961 California 8mm home movie hula dancer, Hawaiian party costume, woman in grass skirt, and mid-century indoor dance footage.
Archive pairing path: Pair first with adjacent shots from the same reel, then other 1961 California interiors, then broader Hawaiian-themed party or dance footage.

Still Frames From This Clip

In a 1961 California home-movie frame, an adult woman in a grass skirt and white lei dances in a dim private room. — Adult dancer in Hawaiian-style costume moves across an indoor room.

Profile view of the dancer beside folding chairs and a decorated table.

The adult dancer appears lower in the frame during a hula movement, filmed inside a private California room in 1961. — Dancer lowers during a movement, with chairs and room decor in the background.

The dancer continues her routine in the dim 1961 California home-movie interior, with chairs and table decor visible. — Continuation of the indoor hula-style dance in a private room.

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