Hawaii-1961: Two Hula Dancers Swinging Feathered Uli-Uli Under a Thatched Pavilion

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

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What is in this clip

hula
Hawaiian dance
tourism
performance
Polynesian culture
holiday travel
mid-century home movies

Shot type: medium
Camera: handheld · slightly low angle
Setting: outdoor · Thatched open-sided pavilion stage surrounded by coconut palms, tropical foliage and low thatched roofs
Time and weather: day · sunny
Lighting: Bright daylight with shade under the thatched roof and a bright sky between the palms
People: 3 · Two young women dance hula in matching red-and-white floral tops and wrap skirts, with white hair flowers and leis; a third figure in a long red floral dress is partly visible at the right edge
Objects: feathered uli-uli · leis · hair flowers · floral wrap skirts · thatched roof · palm trunks · thatched huts
Colors: red · white · green · yellow · violet-blue
Master dimensions: 3840 × 2160
Audio: Silent
Date confidence: Low
Location confidence: Medium

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Two dancers in red floral costumes face right, holding uli-uli under the thatched roof.
The left dancer raises a feathered rattle high while the right dancer turns away.
Both dancers turn toward each other and swing bright red and yellow uli-uli.
The right dancer reaches out with a rattle as the left dancer steps into the turn.

Two Hula Dancers Swinging Feathered Uli-Uli Under a... — Clip Details

Hawaii, circa 1961 home movie footage of two young women dancing hula with feathered uli-uli under a thatched pavilion among coconut palms. They wear matching red-and-white floral tops and wrap skirts, with white flowers in their hair and leis. As they turn and step, the red and yellow plumes of the gourd rattles blur with the motion, and a third figure in a red floral dress stands at the right edge. The single handheld shot looks up at the stage, with thatched roofs and tropical foliage behind.

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: 5s
Price: $149 USD
Clip ID: 800001797

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People visible: Yes
Minors 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: This clip serves requests for early-1960s Hawaii tourism or hula performance footage in documentaries, museum displays and education programs about island travel and dance.
Period detail: The matching floral pareu-style costumes, fresh leis and thatched stage may show the style of hula shows staged for visitors around 1961, though no dated object appears in the frame.
Home-movie behavior: The footage is shot from the audience, a little below the stage, and gives a tourist's unrehearsed view of the show with dancers moving partly out of frame.
What appears in frame: Two dancers in red-and-white floral outfits swing red and yellow feathered rattles under a thatched roof, with palm trunks, broad tropical leaves, low thatched huts and a third woman in a red dress at the edge.
Film character: The saturated 8mm colour with deep reds, visible grain, soft focus and slight handheld drift gives the clip the texture of a period home movie.
Edit role: It works as a short, energetic insert or cutaway inside a Hawaii travel sequence, or as a memory beat that introduces a hula performance.
Historical context: The setting reflects the outdoor hula performances that visitors to Hawaii commonly filmed in the mid-twentieth century, here with uli-uli dancing under a thatched pavilion.
Research note: Stockfilm holds the film as a scanned home movie; the identifiable performers are unnamed, their ages and consent are unknown, and the venue is unidentified, so check likeness and any property concerns separately from copyright before commercial use.
Research search match: Researchers may find it with searches such as vintage hula dancers uli-uli, 8mm Hawaii home movie, early 1960s Hawaii tourist footage, or Hawaiian dancers in floral costumes.
Archive pairing path: Pair it first with this reel's hula troupe dancing with uli-uli on stage, the young girl dancing hula, the dancer in red holoku and the conch-shell close-up, then with other circa 1961 Hawaii trip footage and vintage Polynesian dance clips.

Still Frames From This Clip

Two hula dancers in red floral costumes hold uli-uli beneath a thatched pavilion among palms, Hawaii, circa 1961 — Two dancers in matching floral costumes begin an uli-uli hula under a thatched pavilion, Hawaii, circa 1961.
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Hula dancer lifting a feathered uli-uli high on a thatched stage in Hawaii, circa 1961 8mm home movie — The left dancer lifts her uli-uli overhead while her partner turns toward the back of the stage.
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Two hula dancers swing bright red and yellow uli-uli toward each other on a palm-shaded stage, Hawaii, circa 1961 — Bright red and yellow feathered uli-uli blur as the two dancers turn toward each other.
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Hula dancer in a yellow lei extends a feathered uli-uli as her partner spins under a thatched pavilion, Hawaii, circa 1961 — The right dancer reaches out with her uli-uli while her partner spins, closing the shot.
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