Hawaii-1961: Smiling Girl in Grass Skirt Dances Hula Before Ukulele Players

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Year1961
Decade1960s
LocationHawaii, United States
Duration10s
Price$149 USD
Collection1961 · Hawaii, United States
StatusStockfilm Exclusive

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What is in this clip

hula
Hawaiian music
child performer
tourism
family holiday
Polynesian culture
live entertainment

Shot type: medium
Camera: handheld · static
Setting: outdoor · Thatched outdoor performance stage with woven mat backdrop and woven stage front
Time and weather: day · sunny
Lighting: Bright natural daylight with soft shade on the backdrop
People: 4 · A young girl in a grass skirt, shell-style top and hair flower dancing barefoot; behind her a man in an aloha shirt and lei playing ukulele, a woman in a red floral muumuu playing ukulele, and a guitarist partly visible at the right edge.
Objects: grass skirt · shell-style top · hair flower · ukulele · guitar · lei · microphone stand · woven mat backdrop
Colors: straw beige · red · white · blue · dark brown
Master dimensions: 3840 × 2160
Audio: Silent
Date confidence: Low
Location confidence: Medium

Moments in the footage

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The girl dances with her hands at her waist in front of the musicians.
She raises her right arm overhead while smiling at the camera.
She sways with both hands on her hips as the ukulele players strum.
She brings her arms forward into a new hand gesture.

Smiling Girl in Grass Skirt Dances Hula Before Ukulele... — Clip Details

Hawaii, circa 1961, home movie footage of a smiling young girl dancing hula on a thatched outdoor stage. She wears a grass skirt, a shell-style top and a flower in her hair, sways with her hands at her waist, raises one arm overhead, then dances with her hands on her hips. Behind her, a man in an aloha shirt and lei and women in red floral muumuus play ukulele and guitar before a woven mat backdrop. It is filmed on 8mm colour stock in one steady handheld medium shot.

Licensing & Technical Details

Original Format: 8mm / Super 8 Home Movie
Shot details: Exterior
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: 10s
Price: $149 USD
Clip ID: 800001796

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Minors are visible. Editorial use only; commercial use is not offered for this clip, and a sensitive-use review is recommended.

People visible: Yes
Minors visible: Yes
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: Serves requests for colour footage of Hawaiian hula entertainment circa 1961, especially productions on island tourism, music or childhood performance.
Period detail: The aloha shirt, lei, red floral muumuus, grass skirt and saturated colour stock may show early 1960s Hawaiian tourist entertainment.
Home-movie behavior: A visitor filmed from the audience, holding steadily on the child dancer and catching her smiles toward the camera as the show goes on.
What appears in frame: A barefoot girl in a grass skirt and shell-style top, a ukulele player in an aloha shirt and lei, a woman in a red muumuu with a ukulele, a guitarist at the edge, a microphone stand and a woven mat wall.
Film character: Bright daylight exposure, rich reds and straw tones, fine 8mm grain and gentle softness give the shot an authentic projected home-movie texture.
Edit role: Works as a memory beat or cutaway inside a Hawaii holiday sequence, or as a lively insert between wider shots of a hula show.
Historical context: Hula shows with live ukulele and guitar were a common part of visitor entertainment in Hawaii, and this clip records one from the audience's view.
Research note: The film's copyright is separate from the likeness of the identifiable performers, including a minor, and from rights in the private performance venue; seek releases where your use requires them.
Research search match: vintage hula girl grass skirt, Hawaii 8mm home movie circa 1961, child hula dancer ukulele band, retro Hawaiian show colour film
Archive pairing path: Pair first with this reel's hula troupe with uli-uli and the dancer in red holoku, then other circa 1961 Hawaii footage, then wider holiday performance clips.

Still Frames From This Clip

Young hula dancer in a grass skirt starts her dance before ukulele musicians on a woven-mat stage, Hawaii, circa 1961 — A young girl begins her hula in front of ukulele players on a thatched stage, Hawaii, circa 1961.
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Child dancer lifts one arm high during a hula show as women in red muumuus play ukulele and guitar, Hawaii, circa 1961 — The dancer raises her right arm overhead as the musicians play behind her.
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Smiling young hula dancer with hands on hips and a flower in her hair before a ukulele band, Hawaii, circa 1961 — Hands on hips, the girl sways to the ukulele music on the woven-mat stage.
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Barefoot girl in a grass skirt dances on a thatched stage with a ukulele and guitar group behind her, Hawaii, circa 1961 — The young dancer continues her hula with musicians in aloha wear behind her, Hawaii, circa 1961.
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