Honolulu Hawaii-1960: Bow of the White Liner Matsonia Moored Beside an Arcaded Pier Shed

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Year1960
Decade1960s
LocationHonolulu, Hawaii, United States
Duration4s
Price$149 USD
Collection1960 · Honolulu, Hawaii, United States
StatusStockfilm Exclusive

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1960 · Honolulu & Hilo · Reel 171f2776 contains 3 published Stockfilm-exclusive clips. Watch them in reel order and review the available reel documentation.

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What is in this clip

ocean travel
passenger liners
arrival in Hawaii
maritime transport
tourism
pre-jet-age travel

Shot type: medium
Camera: handheld · pan
Setting: outdoor · harbour dockside beside a moored passenger liner and an arcaded pier shed
Time and weather: day · clear, hazy
Lighting: bright daylight, flattened by faded colour
People: 6 · A few small, distant figures crossing a covered gangway and one crew member at the forward rail; none identifiable.
Vehicles: passenger liner Matsonia
Landmarks: Honolulu Harbor
Objects: ocean liner hull · anchors · hawsepipes · mooring lines · covered gangway · ship superstructure · arched pier shed
Readable signs: MATSONIA
Colors: white · blue · cyan · teal green
Master dimensions: 3840 × 2160
Audio: Silent
Date confidence: Medium
Location confidence: High

Moments in the footage

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The liner's white bow fills the frame, anchors and mooring lines in view.
Small figures cross the covered gangway beside the arcaded shed.
The camera drifts right toward open harbour water.
Low buildings on the far shore appear beyond the stem.

Bow of the White Liner Matsonia Moored Beside an Arcaded... — Clip Details

Honolulu Harbor, Hawaii, circa 1960 home movie footage looks up at the bow of the white Matson liner Matsonia, tied up beside an arcaded pier building. Mooring lines run down from the hull, two anchors sit in their hawsepipes, and small figures cross a covered gangway below the superstructure. The handheld 8mm camera holds the ship from dockside, then drifts right toward open harbour water and low buildings on the far shore. The colour has faded to a strong blue-cyan cast.

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: 4s
Price: $149 USD
Clip ID: 800001006

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People visible: Yes
Minors visible: No
Logos / trademarks: Yes
Audible music: No

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Source & Documentation

Source reel: Reel record not linked for this clip
Date: 1960 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: Honolulu, 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: Fills requests for circa 1960 footage of a Matson passenger liner docked in Honolulu, for films on Hawaii tourism, ocean travel or the years before jets.
Period detail: The hull lettering Matsonia ties the ship to Matson's 1957 to 1962 service, and the covered gangway and arcaded shed may show the Boat Day berths near Aloha Tower.
Home-movie behavior: A visitor's eye view from the dock, tilting up at the ship that carried them, the kind of shot a traveller takes to record the vessel itself.
What appears in frame: The white bow with two anchors, mooring lines running to the dock, the Matsonia name on the hull, a covered gangway with people crossing, an arcaded shed, and harbour water with a far shoreline.
Film character: Handheld 8mm with soft focus, visible grain and a strong blue-cyan fade that gives the dockside scene a worn, period travel-film texture.
Edit role: Works as an establishing shot or cutaway for an arrival-by-sea sequence, or a transition from the hula greeting to shore scenes.
Historical context: Before jet service, Matson liners linked California and Honolulu, and their arrivals drew music and hula greetings at the harbour.
Research note: Copyright in the film and the visible ship name and company marks are separate questions; the distant figures are not identifiable, but the ship and pier are commercial property.
Research search match: Matsonia ocean liner Honolulu 8mm, Matson Lines ship docked circa 1960, vintage Hawaii passenger ship home movie, ocean liner bow anchors archival.
Archive pairing path: Pair first with this reel's Hula dancers at Matson Lines pier and HILO sign clips, then other circa 1960 Honolulu Harbor footage, then ocean liner arrival material.

Still Frames From This Clip

Bow of the Matson liner Matsonia moored beside an arcaded pier shed in Honolulu Harbor, circa 1960 — The Matsonia's white bow and anchors, moored in Honolulu Harbor, circa 1960.
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Small figures cross a covered gangway to the liner Matsonia at a Honolulu Harbor pier, circa 1960 8mm — People cross the covered gangway as the Matsonia lies at the dock.
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Low-angle view of the Matsonia's flared bow beside Honolulu's arcaded pier shed, faded blue 8mm circa 1960 — Seen from the dock, the liner's hull rises above the arched pier shed.
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Camera drifts past the Matsonia's bow toward Honolulu Harbor water and the far shore, circa 1960 — The camera drifts right past the liner toward the harbour.
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