Hawaii-1969: Woman in Orchid Lei Reaching to Touch Bird-of-Paradise Flowers

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Year1969
Decade1960s
LocationHawaii, United States
Duration3s
Price$149 USD
Collection1969 · Hawaii, United States
StatusStockfilm Exclusive

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What is in this clip

tourism
travel memories
tropical flowers
1960s fashion
vacation
nature appreciation
Hawaiian lei culture

Shot type: medium
Camera: handheld · tilt
Setting: outdoor · tropical flower planting beside a corrugated metal wall with dark foliage
Time and weather: day · unknown · overcast or shaded daylight
Lighting: soft diffuse daylight with a strong purple-blue colour cast
People: 1 · An adult woman in a white headscarf, cat-eye glasses, pink orchid lei and sleeveless pale blue dress, carrying a straw bag and a small dark case.
Objects: orchid lei · headscarf · cat-eye glasses · woven straw handbag · small dark case · corrugated metal wall · bracelet
Colors: violet · pale blue · orange · magenta pink · red
Master dimensions: 3840 × 2160
Audio: Silent
Date confidence: Low
Location confidence: Low

Moments in the footage

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The woman in a headscarf and orchid lei looks down at the bird-of-paradise plants.
She reaches her right hand toward the orange blooms.
Her hand brushes across the flowers as red anthuriums enter the bottom of the frame.
She keeps touching the blooms as the shot ends.

Woman in Orchid Lei Reaching to Touch Bird-of-Paradise... — Clip Details

Probably Hawaii, circa 1969 home movie footage of a woman in a white headscarf, cat-eye glasses, a pink orchid lei and a sleeveless pale blue dress standing beside a corrugated metal wall. She looks down at a clump of orange bird-of-paradise blooms, then reaches out and runs her hand over them while holding a woven straw bag and a small dark case. Red anthuriums come into view at the bottom of the frame as the handheld camera drifts slightly downward in a single medium shot.

Licensing & Technical Details

Original Format: 8mm / Super 8 Home Movie
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: 3s
Price: $149 USD
Clip ID: 800002194

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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: Serves requests for circa 1969 tourist footage in tropical gardens, probably Hawaii, for documentaries on island travel, period fashion or vacation nostalgia.
Period detail: The cat-eye glasses, knotted headscarf, sleeveless shift dress and woven straw handbag fit late-1960s women's travel wear.
Home-movie behavior: A relative or companion films her unposed as she pauses to feel the flowers, capturing a quiet private moment of a visitor's curiosity.
What appears in frame: A woman in a white headscarf and orchid lei, orange bird-of-paradise blooms, red anthuriums at the bottom edge, a corrugated metal wall, dark tropical leaves and a straw handbag.
Film character: Faded small-gauge colour with a heavy purple-blue cast, soft focus, visible grain and a brief speck of debris give the shot an authentic amateur-film texture.
Edit role: Works as a short cutaway or memory beat inside a travel sequence, or as an insert between wider garden and dance-show shots.
Historical context: Lei-wearing visitors admiring bird-of-paradise and anthurium plantings reflect the flower-centred image of Hawaii that tourists filmed in the 1960s.
Research note: The woman is unidentified and her face is recognisable, so likeness permission is separate from the film copyright, and the wall and garden may be private property.
Research search match: Matches searches like vintage Hawaii tourist home movie, 1960s woman with orchid lei, bird of paradise flowers old footage, and small-gauge vacation film.
Archive pairing path: Pair first with this reel's hillside flower garden, lei-stand courtyards and hula shows, then other circa 1969 Hawaii travel footage, then tourists admiring gardens elsewhere.

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Circa 1969 home movie, probably Hawaii: woman in headscarf and orchid lei gazing at bird-of-paradise blooms — A visitor in an orchid lei looks over bird-of-paradise flowers beside a metal wall, probably Hawaii, circa 1969.
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Probably Hawaii, circa 1969: tourist in blue dress and orchid lei reaching toward bird-of-paradise flowers — She reaches toward the orange blooms while holding a straw bag and a small dark case.
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Circa 1969 film, likely Hawaii: woman in cat-eye glasses touching bird-of-paradise flowers above red anthuriums — Her hand brushes the bird-of-paradise blooms, with red anthuriums along the lower edge.
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Probably Hawaii, circa 1969: visitor in headscarf leaning to feel bird-of-paradise blooms beside anthuriums — Leaning in, the woman keeps her hand on the bird-of-paradise flowers as the shot ends.
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