Hawaii-1969: Woman in Floral Holoku and Leis Dancing Solo Hula Before a Crowd

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Year1969
Decade1960s
LocationHawaii, United States
Duration9s
Price$149 USD
Collection1969 · 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

hula
Hawaiian culture
tourism
live performance
audience
vacation
Polynesian dance

Shot type: medium
Camera: handheld · pan
Setting: outdoor · Seaside lawn with palm trees and a large seated and standing audience behind a rope line, ocean on the horizon
Time and weather: day · sunny with hazy sky
Lighting: bright natural daylight with soft shadows
People: 60 · One woman dancing hula in a long floral holoku with leis; behind her a large mixed crowd of adult tourists and children, many in short sleeves and sunglasses, sitting on the grass or standing in rows.
Objects: floral holoku dress · white leis · red hair flower · rope barrier with stakes · red tuft on grass · yellow tuft on grass · palm trees
Colors: red · white · green · pale blue
Master dimensions: 3840 × 2160
Audio: Silent
Date confidence: Medium
Location confidence: Low

Moments in the footage

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The dancer in a floral holoku sways on the lawn before a seated and standing crowd.
The camera drifts right, revealing more palms and the ocean behind the audience.
A dark scratch crosses the frame as she extends both arms.
She raises one hand high, smiling toward the camera.

Woman in Floral Holoku and Leis Dancing Solo Hula Before... — Clip Details

Likely Hawaii, circa 1969 home movie footage of a woman dancing a solo hula on a seaside lawn. She wears a long red-and-white floral holoku, layered white leis and a red flower in her hair, sweeping her arms in slow, open gestures and smiling toward the camera. Behind a rope line, a large tourist crowd stands and sits on the grass beneath palm trees with the ocean beyond. The single handheld shot drifts gently to keep her in frame.

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: 9s
Price: $149 USD
Clip ID: 800002189

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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: 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: 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: Fits requests for late-1960s Hawaii tourism and hula performance imagery in documentaries, cultural history pieces and nostalgic travel montages.
Period detail: The crowd's short-sleeved shirts, sunglasses, aloha prints and bouffant-style hair may show late 1960s visitor fashion, alongside the dancer's traditional holoku and lei.
Home-movie behavior: Shot by a visiting family from among the audience, the clip records the dancer as tourists saw her, with the camera turning to follow her movements.
What appears in frame: A smiling dancer in a red-and-white holoku, layers of white leis, a red flower in her hair, a rope line on stakes, a crowd seated on grass, palm trees and the open sea beyond.
Film character: Faded magenta and soft green colour, visible grain, gentle handheld drift and a passing dark scratch give the shot an authentic projected reversal-film texture.
Edit role: Works as a memory beat or cutaway within a Hawaii travel sequence, or as an insert after a wide crowd shot of an outdoor hula show.
Historical context: Outdoor hula shows staged for visitors were a fixture of Waikiki tourism in this era, and the image shows such a performance drawing a dense audience.
Research note: Film copyright and the identifiable dancer's and audience members' likeness rights, including children in the crowd, are separate issues and should be considered independently for commercial use.
Research search match: Hula dancer home movie 1960s, Hawaii vacation small-gauge film, tourists watching outdoor hula show, woman in holoku with leis.
Archive pairing path: Pair first with this reel's group hula with musicians, seated pu'ili stick hula and feather 'uli'uli dancers, then with other Hawaii footage from around 1969, then with mid-century tourist performance scenes.

Still Frames From This Clip

Hula dancer in floral holoku and leis on a seaside lawn before tourists, likely Hawaii, circa 1969 — A solo hula dancer performs on the lawn as a crowd watches from behind a rope line, likely Hawaii, circa 1969.
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Smiling hula dancer extends her arms under palms with the ocean beyond, likely Hawaii, circa 1969 — Arms outstretched, the dancer smiles toward the camera with the sea visible behind the audience.
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Hula performance on a seaside lawn with crowd and palms, a film scratch crossing the frame, likely Hawaii, circa 1969 — A dark film scratch crosses the frame as the dancer opens her arms before the seaside audience.
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Hula dancer in red-and-white holoku raises one hand before a seaside tourist crowd, likely Hawaii, circa 1969 — Raising one hand high, the dancer continues her solo hula in front of the crowd.
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