Honolulu Hawaii-1969: Elderly Man in Hat and Slippers Sweeping a Garden Path Beside a Lei Rack

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Year1969
Decade1960s
LocationHonolulu, Hawaii, United States
Duration5s
Price$149 USD
Collection1969 · Honolulu, Hawaii, United States
StatusStockfilm Exclusive

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1969 · Honolulu & Hawaii · Reel e360c0b6 contains 22 published Stockfilm-exclusive clips. Watch them in reel order and review the available reel documentation.

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What is in this clip

work
daily life
Hawaiian tourism
lei tradition
old age
groundskeeping
tropical garden

Shot type: medium
Camera: handheld · pan
Setting: outdoor · tropical garden walkway beside a lei display, with lawn, low rail fence and canoe hulls
Time and weather: day · overcast or shaded daylight
Lighting: soft diffuse daylight
People: 3 · An elderly man in a brimmed hat, light shirt, rolled dark trousers and slippers sweeping; two women in print dresses walking past in the background; other passers-by faintly visible at the top of the frame.
Objects: twig broom · lei rack · flower leis · canoe hulls · wooden rail fence · fallen leaves · short post
Colors: pale green · lavender grey · dark blue · pink
Master dimensions: 3840 × 2160
Audio: Silent
Date confidence: Medium
Location confidence: Medium

Moments in the footage

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An elderly man sweeps leaves beside a rack of flower leis.
He steps right and the camera pans with him as the lei rack leaves frame.
Two women in print dresses walk past behind him.
He keeps sweeping a pile of debris near a short post.

Elderly Man in Hat and Slippers Sweeping a Garden Path... — Clip Details

In Honolulu, Hawaii, circa 1969, home movie footage shows an elderly man in a brimmed hat, light shirt, rolled dark trousers and slippers sweeping leaves along a paved garden walkway with a long twig broom. He starts beside a wooden rack hung with flower leis and leafy tropical plants, then works his way to the right as the handheld camera pans to follow him. Two women in print dresses pass behind him near a low rail fence, with dark canoe hulls lying on the lawn beyond.

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: 800002188

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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: 1969 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 candid late-1960s Hawaii footage of everyday work alongside tourism, suited to documentary cutaways and period montages.
Period detail: The women's knee-length print dresses and the simple rail-and-lawn setting may show a visitor site of the late 1960s.
Home-movie behavior: A tourist turns the camera from the lei display to the man sweeping beside it, catching an unposed working moment.
What appears in frame: An elderly sweeper in a brimmed hat and slippers, a long twig broom, a rack of pink and white leis, tropical foliage, a low rail fence, and dark canoe hulls on a lawn.
Film character: Faded colour leaning to lavender and pale green, soft focus, fine grain and specks give the clip an authentic projected home-movie texture.
Edit role: Works as a short cutaway or memory beat between Honolulu street scenes and lei-stand or imu shots.
Historical context: The reel places this in Honolulu, where Central Pacific Bank opened in 1954, and the shot shows the routine upkeep behind a visitor attraction.
Research note: The sweeper's face is visible in profile and he is unidentified, so likeness and possibly property permissions are separate from the film copyright and are not guaranteed.
Research search match: old man sweeping Hawaii 1960s, Honolulu home movie circa 1969, lei stand vintage color film, tropical garden worker archival footage
Archive pairing path: Pair first with this reel's street sweeper on a Honolulu avenue and pig lowered into imu, then with other Honolulu circa 1969 footage, then with vintage work and daily-life clips.

Still Frames From This Clip

Elderly man sweeping beside a lei rack and tropical plants in Honolulu, Hawaii, circa 1969 — An elderly man sweeps beside a rack of flower leis, Honolulu, circa 1969.
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Bearded man in slippers stepping as he sweeps a walkway near leis and a rail fence, Honolulu, circa 1969 — Mid-stride with the broom, the sweeper moves along the walkway past the lei display.
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Man bent over a broom pushing leaves across a garden path with lawn behind, Honolulu home movie, circa 1969 — He bends over the broom, pushing a small pile of leaves across the path.
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Two women in print dresses pass behind a man sweeping debris in a tropical garden, Honolulu, circa 1969 — Two women in print dresses walk by as the man keeps sweeping, Honolulu, circa 1969.
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