Hawaii-1969: Hula Dancer in a Magenta Train Gown Performs Before a Packed Crowd

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Year1969
Decade1960s
LocationHawaii, United States
Duration10s
Price$149 USD
Collection1969 · Hawaii, United States
StatusStockfilm Exclusive

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What is in this clip

Hawaiian hula
tourism
cultural performance
1960s travel
audience and spectators
amateur filmmaking

Shot type: wide
Camera: handheld · pan
Setting: outdoor · Outdoor performance lawn ringed by tropical foliage, lava rocks and a bamboo rail, with a thatched roof behind
Time and weather: midday · sunny
Lighting: bright natural sunlight with dappled shade
People: 30 · One female hula dancer in a magenta holoku with a lei; a large audience of adult and child tourists in 1960s summer clothing, sunglasses and hats, several holding cameras
Objects: holoku gown with train · flower lei · bamboo rail · rope barrier · lava rocks · woven mats · cameras · thatched roof
Colors: magenta · green · grey-green · white
Master dimensions: 3840 × 2160
Audio: Silent
Date confidence: Medium
Location confidence: Medium

Moments in the footage

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The dancer turns with arms extended as her magenta train sweeps behind her.
She faces the crowd, reaching forward while spectators watch from the bamboo rail.
She raises both hands overhead as onlookers lift their cameras.
She lifts one arm high, the lei visible against the gown, as the shot ends.

Hula Dancer in a Magenta Train Gown Performs Before a... — Clip Details

Hawaii, circa 1969 home movie footage of a long-haired dancer in a magenta holoku gown with a long ruffled train performing hula on a sunlit lawn. She steps and turns with outstretched arms, a flower lei at her neck, while the train sweeps across the grass behind her. Tourists stand and sit behind a low bamboo rail beneath large tropical leaves, several raising cameras. It is one continuous handheld shot that follows her gently.

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: 800002198

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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: Answers requests for late-1960s Hawaii tourism footage showing hula performed outdoors for crowds of visitors, suited to travel history and cultural documentaries.
Period detail: Spectators wear 1960s short-sleeved shirts, cat-eye style sunglasses, straw hats and children's smocked dresses, and several hold cameras typical of the period.
Home-movie behavior: Shot from among the audience, the clip captures the tourist's view of the show, including other visitors raising their own cameras at the same moment.
What appears in frame: A dancer in a magenta train gown and lei, a lawn stage, a crowd behind a bamboo rail, children at the front, large tropical leaves, lava rocks and a thatched roof.
Film character: Warm faded colour with saturated magenta, soft focus, fine grain and gentle handheld drift give it a clear projected small-gauge film texture.
Edit role: Works as a cutaway or memory beat within a Hawaii travel sequence, or as an insert introducing a hula performance.
Historical context: Outdoor hula shows for visitors were part of the tourist experience in 1960s Hawaii, and this clip shows that audience-and-performer setup as amateurs filmed it.
Research note: Film copyright rests with the archive, but the dancer and many spectators, including children, have identifiable faces, so likeness releases may be needed, and the venue is private property.
Research search match: vintage hula show film, 1960s Hawaii tourists, holoku dancer home movie, Polynesian show crowd 1960s, small-gauge Hawaii vacation footage
Archive pairing path: Pair first with this reel's solo hula in holoku dress, group hula with musicians and Tahitian grass-skirt solo, then with other circa 1969 Hawaii scenes, then with mid-century tourism performances.

Still Frames From This Clip

Hula dancer in a magenta holoku with a long train turns on a lawn before tourists in Hawaii, circa 1969 — A hula dancer turns with arms extended, her magenta train sweeping the grass, Hawaii, circa 1969.
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Dancer in a pink holoku and lei reaches toward watching tourists and children at a bamboo rail, Hawaii, circa 1969 — The dancer faces the audience as children and adults watch from the rail.
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Tourists lift cameras as a hula dancer in a magenta train gown raises her hands, Hawaii, circa 1969 — Spectators raise cameras as the dancer lifts her hands overhead.
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Long-haired hula dancer lifts one arm high in a magenta holoku and lei before a 1960s crowd in Hawaii — The dancer lifts one arm high as the shot ends, the lei hanging down her gown.
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