Hawaii-1961: Distance Between An Ongoing Massive Building Structure And The Sea

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Year1961
Decade1960s
LocationHawaii, United States
Duration5s
Price$149 USD
Collection1961 Hawaii

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Distance Between An Ongoing Massive Building Structure... — Clip Details

Shot on 8mm film in 1961, this vintage Hawaii footage captures a massive, multi-story building complex with tiered balconies, likely a resort or hotel, set against a tropical backdrop. Palm trees frame the structure, and the scene transitions to a distant ocean view with sailboats gliding across the water under a cloudy sky. The film exhibits natural grain, slight color fading, and the characteristic dark borders of home movie footage, evoking a nostalgic mid-century travel memory.

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: 127606456

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$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

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Source & Documentation

Source reel: Reel record not linked for this clip
Date: 1961 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: 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

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Archive Intelligence

Archive brief fit: Useful for 1960s Hawaii travel, resort development, and coastal leisure sequences needing brief authentic 8mm home-movie atmosphere.
Period detail: The tiered balcony high-rise, palms, sailboats, and faded 8mm color may show early-1960s visitor views of Hawaii's beachfront built environment.
Home-movie behavior: The clip has a visitor-shot perspective, moving from a large seaside building complex to a distant ocean view with small sailboats.
What appears in frame: Visible elements include a multi-story balcony building, palm trees, ocean horizon, cloudy sky, sailboats, dark film borders, and foreground vegetation.
Film character: The footage carries soft focus, modest handheld framing, dark gate edges, visible grain, and slightly faded color typical of scanned 8mm home movies.
Edit role: An editor could use it as a brief insert, travel-memory cutaway, or transition from resort architecture to the nearby sea.
Historical context: The images place coastal tourism architecture and recreational sailing in the same visitor viewpoint without identifying a specific resort or beach.
Research note: No people or logos are visible, but copyright, location identification, and any property-related permissions should be assessed separately.
Research search match: Search matches include 1961 Hawaii 8mm resort exterior, vintage Hawaii ocean sailboats, mid-century beach hotel footage, and home movie coastal view.
Archive pairing path: Pair first with adjacent shots from the same reel, then other 1961 Hawaii material, then broader vintage coastal hotel and sailing scenes.

Still Frames From This Clip

1961 Hawaii 8mm frame showing a large tiered seaside building complex with palms and soft home-movie focus. — A large balcony-front building rises behind palm trees in a coastal Hawaii view.

1961 Hawaii coastal view with sailboats on the ocean, cloudy sky, and dark vegetation along the lower frame. — Small sailboats cross the distant ocean beyond a shaded coastal foreground.

1961 Hawaii 8mm view of the ocean with several distant sailboats and tropical vegetation in the foreground. — A calm ocean horizon holds several small sailboats beyond palms and shrubs.

1961 Hawaii coastal frame with cloudy sky, blue ocean, small sailboats, and dark tropical foliage in front. — White sails sit far offshore as the frame looks past dark coastal greenery.

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