Hawaii-1969: Grass-Skirted Hula Dancer Shaking Feathered Gourds Before a Seaside Crowd

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Year1969
Decade1960s
LocationHawaii, United States
Duration5s
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

Hawaiian hula performance
tourism
Polynesian dance
spectators and photography
island vacation
cultural performance

Shot type: medium
Camera: handheld · static
Setting: outdoor · Seaside lawn performance area under coconut palms, with a standing and seated crowd and the ocean behind
Time and weather: day · unknown · Hazy, dry
Lighting: Bright overcast or hazy daylight, flat and soft
People: 60 · Two female hula dancers in grass skirts, red leis and flowered headpieces in front of a large mixed audience of adults and children in aloha shirts, dresses and casual summer clothes, some seated on the grass with cameras.
Objects: feathered 'uli'uli gourds · grass skirts · red leis · flower headpieces · cameras · wooden post · handbag
Colors: faded green · straw yellow · red · pale blue-grey
Master dimensions: 3840 × 2160
Audio: Silent
Date confidence: Medium
Location confidence: Low

Moments in the footage

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The dancer raises yellow feathered gourds as a large crowd watches under the palms.
She swings the gourds out to her sides and smiles toward the camera.
A second grass-skirted dancer comes into view at the right.
Both dancers lift their arms as the lead dancer turns away.

Grass-Skirted Hula Dancer Shaking Feathered Gourds... — Clip Details

Probably Hawaii, circa 1969 home movie footage of an outdoor hula show on a seaside lawn. A dancer in a grass skirt, red lei and flowered headpiece shakes yellow feathered 'uli'uli gourds overhead and out to her sides, while a second dancer moves at the right edge of the frame. Behind them a dense crowd of tourists, several holding cameras, stands and sits under coconut palms with the ocean horizon beyond. The single handheld shot stays on the dancers, with faded colour and visible film grain.

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: 800002192

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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 footage, especially a hula dancer performing for a crowd of visitors, for documentary, education or travel-heritage edits.
Period detail: The crowd's aloha shirts, shift dresses, short hairstyles and hand-held still cameras may show late-1960s holiday dress, and the faded colour fits film stock of that era.
Home-movie behavior: Shot from among the audience by a visiting tourist, it shows how families watched and filmed a staged hula show rather than an official production view.
What appears in frame: A smiling dancer in a grass skirt and red lei shakes yellow feathered gourds, a second dancer moves at the right, and a dense crowd with cameras stands under coconut palms against the sea.
Film character: Faded blue-magenta colour, soft focus, fine grain and light dust give it the authentic texture of projected small-gauge home-movie film.
Edit role: Works as a short cutaway or memory beat inside a Hawaii travel sequence, or as a lively insert between establishing shots of beaches and Honolulu streets.
Historical context: Large outdoor hula shows drew tourist crowds in this period; Waikiki's Kodak Hula Show ran from 1937 to 2002, though this venue is not identified in the frames.
Research note: The film's copyright is separate from the likeness rights of the identifiable dancers and audience members, including children, and the performance's organizers may hold their own interests, so assess each before use.
Research search match: vintage hula show home movie, 1960s Hawaii tourists watching dancers, feathered gourd hula dancer, grass skirt dancer red lei archival footage
Archive pairing path: Pair first with this reel's group hula with musicians, seated pu'ili stick hula and the hula dancers with 'uli'uli before a huge crowd, then other circa-1969 Hawaii scenes, then vintage Polynesian dance footage.

Still Frames From This Clip

Hula dancer lifting a yellow feathered gourd before a tourist crowd under palms, likely Hawaii, circa 1969 home movie — A dancer raises a feathered 'uli'uli gourd while spectators crowd the lawn under coconut palms, likely Hawaii, circa 1969.
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Smiling grass-skirted hula dancer swings feathered gourds outward at a seaside show, likely Hawaii, circa 1969 — Mid-movement, the dancer swings both gourds outward as the audience watches, some holding cameras.
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Two grass-skirted hula dancers perform on a seaside lawn for a dense tourist audience, likely Hawaii, circa 1969 — Two dancers perform together on the grass, with a packed crowd standing and sitting beneath the palms.
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Hula dancer turns with a feathered gourd raised high as a second dancer moves behind, tourist crowd, likely Hawaii, circa 1969 — The lead dancer turns away with her gourd held high as the second dancer lifts her arms.
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