Kauai Hawaii USA-1944: Close-Up Of An Orchid With A Honolulu Title Card

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Year1944
Decade1940s
LocationKauai, Hawaii, United States
Duration5s
Price$149 USD
Collection1944 Kauai Hawaii

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Close-Up Of An Orchid With A Honolulu Title Card — Clip Details

A vintage 8mm home movie from Kauai, Hawaii, in 1944 captures a close-up of a delicate pink and white orchid with a distinctive pouch-like bloom, surrounded by dark foliage. The film exhibits classic Super 8 grain and subtle color shifts, evoking a nostalgic, personal memory. The clip concludes with a simple green title card displaying the word 'HONOLULU' in bold, uppercase letters, confirming the location. This archival footage offers a quiet, intimate glimpse into mid-century tropical life and personal travel.

Licensing & Technical Details

Original Format: 8mm / Super 8 Home Movie
Shot details: Close-up
Resolution: 4K restored master (MP4)
License: Direct license: commercial and editorial use
Delivery: Instant Digital Download
Duration: 5s
Price: $149 USD
Clip ID: 123138824

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 record not linked for this clip
Date: 1944 Estimated (Catalog estimate from the footage and file metadata; not independently confirmed.)
Date evidence: Catalog estimate based on source metadata and visual or technical evidence; no reel-level note is linked.
Location: Kauai, Hawaii, United States Estimated (Catalog estimate from the footage and file metadata; not independently confirmed.)
Location evidence: Catalog estimate based on source metadata and visual evidence such as signage, landmarks, or terrain; no reel-level note is linked.
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 1940s Hawaii travel, botanical, and home-movie requests needing a brief orchid close-up and Honolulu title card for documentary or educational use.
Period detail: The typed Honolulu title card, 8mm source, soft color, and stated 1944 date point to mid-1940s amateur travel footage rather than a staged production.
Home-movie behavior: The clip has a visitor-shot feel, lingering closely on a tropical orchid before cutting to a simple hand-labeled location card.
What appears in frame: Visible elements include a pink and white orchid, dark surrounding foliage, small magenta blossoms, green title-card paper, stamped Honolulu lettering, film grain, and frame-edge shadows.
Film character: The footage carries 8mm texture through soft focus, visible grain, modest exposure variation, gate-edge darkness, and slight color shift in the scan.
Edit role: An editor could use it as a botanical insert, Hawaii travel transition, title-card locator, or quiet memory beat within a mid-century travel sequence.
Historical context: The material visually reflects personal travel filming in Hawaii, using a close floral detail and location card to mark place without showing people or public landmarks.
Research note: No people, logos, or private property are visible, but users should still review source copyright and confirm location-title accuracy for their project.
Research search match: Likely matches searches for 1940s 8mm Hawaii home movie, Honolulu title card, Kauai travel footage, vintage orchid close-up, and tropical flower archive.
Archive pairing path: Pair first with adjacent reel shots, then other 1944 Hawaii or Kauai material, and then broader tropical flower or mid-century travel home movies.

Still Frames From This Clip

1944 Hawaii 8mm frame showing a soft close-up of a pink and white orchid with dark leaves and small magenta flowers behind it. — Close-up of an orchid bloom in dark tropical foliage.

1944 Hawaii home-movie frame with the orchid partly cropped near the top and shadowed foliage filling the background. — The orchid remains in close view, partly cropped by the frame.

1944 Hawaii 8mm frame showing a green title card with Honolulu stamped in uppercase letters across the center. — Green title card reading Honolulu.

Final 1944 Hawaii home-movie frame showing the Honolulu title card, centered on green paper with visible film grain and edge shadows. — Honolulu title card held on screen at the end of the clip.

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