Hawaii-1969: Kneeling Hula Dancers Striking Bamboo Pu'ili Sticks on a Seaside Lawn

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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 culture
tourism
live performance
rhythm and unison
seaside leisure
vacation

Shot type: medium
Camera: handheld · pan
Setting: outdoor · Seaside lawn with palm trees, a concrete sea wall and open ocean behind a rope-lined audience
Time and weather: midday · sunny
Lighting: Bright hard daylight with strong shadows on the grass
People: 20 · Several kneeling female hula dancers in red leis, yellow tops and ti-leaf skirts, with tourists of mixed ages, including children, standing behind a rope and along a sea wall
Objects: pu'ili bamboo sticks · feather gourds · red leis · ti-leaf skirts · flowers in hair · rope barrier · concrete sea wall · sun hats
Colors: green · red · yellow · pale blue · grey
Master dimensions: 3840 × 2160
Audio: Silent
Date confidence: Medium
Location confidence: Low

Moments in the footage

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Kneeling dancers in ti-leaf skirts swing pu'ili sticks as tourists watch from a rope line.
The nearest dancer raises her sticks high while the row behind strikes in unison.
Dancers bring the bamboo sticks across their bodies, striking them together.
Arms lift overhead in unison as the camera holds on the line of dancers.

Kneeling Hula Dancers Striking Bamboo Pu'ili Sticks on a... — Clip Details

Likely Hawaii, circa 1969 home movie footage of a seated hula performed on a lawn beside a concrete sea wall. A row of kneeling dancers in red leis, yellow tops and green ti-leaf skirts raise, strike and swing split-bamboo pu'ili sticks in unison, with red and yellow feather gourds resting on the grass. Tourists stand behind a rope line under palm trees with the ocean beyond. It is one handheld medium-wide shot with small pans, on faded colour film.

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: 800002191

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People visible: Yes
Minors visible: Yes
Logos / trademarks: No
Audible music: No

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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: It answers requests for genuine late-1960s colour footage of a Hawaiian hula show staged for tourists, for documentaries on culture, tourism or travel.
Period detail: Spectators' short-sleeved white shirts, slacks, sun hats and the faded reversal colour may show a late-1960s date.
Home-movie behavior: Shot from the audience by a visiting family, it shows the show from a tourist's position, with heads and the rope line in view and dancers drifting out of frame.
What appears in frame: Kneeling dancers in ti-leaf skirts and red leis swing bamboo pu'ili sticks, feather gourds lie on the grass, and tourists stand at a rope under palms with a sea wall and ocean behind.
Film character: Cool, magenta-leaning faded colour, fine grain, scattered dust specks and gentle handheld sway give it a clear small-gauge home-movie texture.
Edit role: It works as a rhythmic cutaway or memory beat within a Hawaii travel sequence, or as an insert when narration discusses hula implements.
Historical context: Seaside hula performances for visitors, such as the Kodak Hula Show that ran in Waikiki from 1937, were a familiar part of Hawaii tourism, though this venue is not identified.
Research note: Copyright in the film is separate from likeness: dancers' faces and adult and child spectators are identifiable, the performance itself may involve choreography or event rights, and no release is known.
Research search match: vintage hula show footage, 1960s Hawaii home movie, pu'ili stick hula, tourists watching hula, small-gauge colour film Hawaii
Archive pairing path: Pair first with this reel's group hula with musicians, dancer with feather gourds, and 'uli'uli dancers before a huge crowd, then other Honolulu-area clips around 1969, then other hula and Polynesian dance footage.

Still Frames From This Clip

Seated pu'ili stick hula on a seaside lawn, likely Hawaii, circa 1969, dancers swinging sticks before tourists — Dancers in red leis and ti-leaf skirts swing pu'ili sticks as visitors watch from a rope line, likely Hawaii, circa 1969.
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Smiling dancer lifts a pu'ili stick in a seated hula by the ocean, likely Hawaii, circa 1969 home movie — The nearest dancer smiles and raises her pu'ili stick while the row behind her moves in unison.
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Hula dancers strike bamboo pu'ili sticks across their bodies at a seaside show, likely Hawaii, circa 1969 — Dancers bring their bamboo sticks across their bodies to strike them together on the lawn.
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Kneeling hula dancers lift pu'ili sticks overhead before a tourist crowd by a sea wall, likely Hawaii, circa 1969 — Arms and sticks rise overhead as the line of kneeling dancers performs before visitors at the sea wall.
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