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Hawaii-1961: Woman Waving Goodbye from Ship Ala Kai II

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

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Woman Waving Goodbye from Ship Ala Kai II — Clip Details

HAWAII-1961: A woman in a dark blue dress and styled hair smiles and waves from the window of a ship, her hand raised in farewell. The vintage 8mm film captures the warm, slightly faded colors and grainy texture of a personal home movie. The scene transitions to show the red hull of the vessel, named 'Ala Kai II', docked at a pier, with crew members visible on deck. This authentic archival footage offers a nostalgic glimpse into mid-century travel and maritime life.

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
127607171

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: Yes
  • 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
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

Confidence labels are defined on Archive Integrity. Fields without a recorded value are shown as not recorded rather than assumed.

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Topics & Keywords

  • woman
  • wave
  • travel
  • ship
  • window
  • waving
  • goodbye
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  • ship deck footage
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  • mid-century maritime
  • home movie archive
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  • nostalgic 1960s
  • vintage film grain
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  • archival footage
  • vintage travel
  • 1960s family
  • 8mm footage

Archive Intelligence

Archive brief fit
Useful for 1960s Hawaii travel, ocean-liner departure, and personal farewell requests needing authentic home-movie material.
Period detail
The woman's coiffed hair, dark dress, painted ship hull, and 8mm color stock support a mid-century travel setting in Hawaii as described by metadata.
Home-movie behavior
The value is in the direct, unstaged wave toward the camera from a ship window, followed by a traveler-shot look at the vessel beside the pier.
What appears in frame
Visible elements include a smiling woman at a ship window, her raised hand, red hull paint, deck railings, pier structures, ladders, and the name Ala Kai II.
Film character
The clip has warm faded color, visible grain, soft focus, exposure shifts, and handheld framing typical of scanned 8mm home-movie footage.
Edit role
An editor could use it as a farewell insert, maritime travel cutaway, memory beat, or transition from a person aboard ship to the vessel exterior.
Historical context
The footage shows personal passenger travel by ship in Hawaii, with emphasis on farewell gestures and dockside observation rather than formal documentation.
Research note
Faces and the vessel name are visible, so likeness and brand or vessel-identification review may be needed separate from copyright assessment.
Research search match
Likely matches searches for 1961 Hawaii home movie ship departure, woman waving from ship window, Ala Kai II vessel, and 8mm travel farewell footage.
Archive pairing path
Pair first with adjacent reel shots, then other Hawaii 1961 travel clips, then broader mid-century ship, dock, and goodbye sequences.

Still Frames From This Clip

In Hawaii 1961 home-movie footage, a smiling woman in a dark dress waves from the open window of a ship.
Woman smiles and waves from a ship window during a dockside farewell.
Close 8mm view of a smiling woman aboard a ship in Hawaii, with a window and shaded cabin area behind her.
Close view of the woman smiling aboard the vessel.
A red-hulled ship is filmed from the dock, with railings, deck structures, and soft 8mm motion blur visible.
The camera shifts to the red hull and deck railings of the docked ship.
The docked vessel exterior shows railings, ladders, deck equipment, and the visible name marking Ala Kai II on the red hull.
Exterior view of the docked vessel with Ala Kai II visible on the hull.

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