Hawaii-1969: Hula Dancers in Ti-Leaf Skirts Before Musicians and a Thatched Hut

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Year1969
Decade1960s
LocationHawaii, United States
Duration10s
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 music
tourism
Polynesian culture
performance
travel
1960s vacation

Shot type: wide
Camera: static · handheld
Setting: outdoor · seaside lawn performance area with a thatched hut and palm trees
Time and weather: day · bright overcast
Lighting: soft diffuse daylight
People: 14 · Three or more female hula dancers in ti-leaf skirts, yellow tops and red leis in front; a row of older women and men musicians in floral muumuus, leis and straw hats with guitars and ukuleles; a seated woman in a straw hat with a gourd.
Objects: ti-leaf skirts · red leis · flower leis · guitars · ukuleles · straw hats · gourd · thatched hut · palm trunks · red flower bundle on lawn
Colors: green · blue · magenta · red · yellow
Master dimensions: 3840 × 2160
Audio: Silent
Date confidence: Medium
Location confidence: Medium

Moments in the footage

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Dancers in ti-leaf skirts step sideways across the lawn in front of the musicians.
The dancers swing their skirts as they turn mid-step, red leis flying.
The dancers face the camera and sway with arms extended.
The dancers hold a bent-knee pose while the band plays behind them.

Hula Dancers in Ti-Leaf Skirts Before Musicians and a... — Clip Details

Hawaii, circa 1969 home movie footage of an outdoor hula performance on a seaside lawn. Dancers in green ti-leaf skirts, yellow tops and long red leis step sideways, then turn to face the camera and sway with outstretched arms. Behind them a line of musicians in floral muumuus, leis and straw hats play guitars and ukuleles, with a seated chanter holding a gourd before a thatched hut, palm trunks and the ocean. Filmed in one steady, slightly handheld wide 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: 800002190

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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: 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: Supplies a late-1960s, visitor-shot view of an outdoor Hawaiian hula show for documentaries on Hawaii tourism, hula history or postwar American travel.
Period detail: The muumuus, straw hats, ti-leaf skirts and faded colour film may show a late-1960s tourist hula show, though no dated object appears in frame.
Home-movie behavior: Shot from the audience by a visiting family, it shows the hula show the way a tourist saw it, not as a staged professional record.
What appears in frame: Dancers in green ti-leaf skirts and red leis, musicians in floral muumuus with guitars and ukuleles, a seated woman with a gourd, a thatched hut, palm trunks and the ocean beyond.
Film character: Small-gauge colour with a magenta-blue fade, soft focus, fine grain, dust specks and motion blur on the dancers give it period home-movie texture.
Edit role: Works as a cutaway or memory beat inside a Hawaii travel sequence, or as the establishing shot for a segment on hula performance.
Historical context: Hula shows for visitors were a staple of Hawaii tourism in the 1960s, such as the long-running Kodak Hula Show in Waikiki, though this venue is not identified.
Research note: Copyright in the film itself is separate from likeness: the performers and musicians have recognizable faces, and the performance and venue may carry their own rights.
Research search match: vintage hula show home movie, 1960s Hawaii tourist footage, hula dancers ti-leaf skirts film, Hawaiian musicians ukulele archival
Archive pairing path: Pair first with this reel's solo hula in holoku dress, seated pu'ili stick hula, feather-gourd dancer and big-crowd 'uli'uli shots, then other Honolulu visits from circa 1969, then Polynesian dance footage.

Still Frames From This Clip

Hula dancers in ti-leaf skirts step sideways before muumuu-clad musicians at a seaside show in Hawaii, circa 1969 — Dancers in ti-leaf skirts and red leis step across the lawn while musicians play behind them.
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Motion-blurred hula dancers swing their leaf skirts beside a seated chanter with a gourd, Hawaii, circa 1969 — Dancers turn mid-step and their skirts swing, blurred by motion, in front of the band.
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Smiling hula dancers with red leis face the camera, arms extended, before a band and thatched hut in Hawaii, circa 1969 — Facing the audience, the dancers extend their arms in unison as the musicians play.
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Hula dancers hold a bent-knee pose by a red flower bundle on the lawn, with musicians and sea behind, Hawaii, circa 1969 — The dancers hold a low bent-knee pose, with a red flower bundle on the lawn in the foreground.
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