Kauai Hawaii USA-1944: Video Of The Beautiful Trees

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

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Video Of The Beautiful Trees — Clip Details

Shot on 8mm film in 1944, this vintage home movie captures a sun-drenched street scene in Kauai, Hawaii. Palm trees sway gently in the breeze, framing a white stucco building with a red-tiled roof. An American flag flies atop a utility pole, and the footage exhibits classic Super 8 grain, color fading, and natural film imperfections. The clip concludes with a title card reading 'Poinsettias,' offering a nostalgic glimpse into mid-century Hawaiian life.

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: 123138833

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: Useful for 1940s Hawaii home-movie requests needing a brief Kauai street cutaway with palms, utility lines, stucco architecture, and tropical atmosphere.
Period detail: Visible clues include 8mm color stock, a red-roofed stucco building, an American flag, overhead utility lines, and roadside signage that may show mid-1940s island streetscape details.
Home-movie behavior: The footage has a visitor-shot home-movie perspective, lingering on palms and a street facade rather than staged action or identified subjects.
What appears in frame: The frames show windblown palm trees, a pale stucco building with red roofing, a utility pole, an American flag, roadside signs, a passing car roof, and a Poinsettias title card.
Film character: The clip carries soft 8mm color, handheld framing, gate edges, dust specks, mild blur, and uneven exposure that read as authentic physical-film texture.
Edit role: An editor could use it as a short place-setting insert, tropical transition, memory beat, or visual bridge into wartime-era Hawaii material.
Historical context: The scene offers everyday exterior context for Kauai in the 1940s without showing identifiable people, commerce, or a specific named landmark beyond the supplied location metadata.
Research note: No people, children, logos, or audible music are visible or flagged, but copyright and any location or signage questions should still be reviewed for the intended use.
Research search match: Matches searches for 1944 Kauai 8mm home movie street scene, 1940s Hawaii palm trees, vintage Hawaiian building exterior, and Poinsettias title card footage.
Archive pairing path: Pair first with adjacent shots from the same reel, then other 1944 Kauai exteriors, then broader 1940s Hawaii tropical street and garden footage.

Still Frames From This Clip

1944 Kauai home-movie frame showing palms, a stucco building with red roof, roadside signs, and the top of a car. — Palms frame a stucco street-side building in Kauai.

1944 Kauai street view with palms blowing near a utility pole, an American flag, and a pale red-roofed building. — An American flag and palms appear above a red-roofed building.

1944 Kauai frame focused on windblown palm fronds, a pale building, red roofline, utility pole, and soft 8mm grain. — Palm fronds dominate the street view near a low building.

8mm home-movie title card reading Poinsettias on a green textured background, following the Kauai street view. — A green title card reads Poinsettias.

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