Hawaii-1969: Bare-Chested Knife Dancer Kicking and Spinning 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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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

Polynesian dance
tourism
live performance
audience
vacation
military personnel on leave
1960s fashion

Shot type: medium
Camera: handheld · pan
Setting: outdoor · Outdoor performance area with a grass stage, bamboo rail and a shingled-roof building behind a standing and seated audience, under a leafy tree
Time and weather: day · sunny
Lighting: bright daylight with hard sun on the audience
People: 60 · One bare-chested male dancer in blue print trunks with leaf trimmings; a dense audience of adult tourists, children and sailors in white caps, many holding cameras
Objects: blade · green leaf trimmings · cameras · bamboo rail · shingled roof · painted shop sign · paper lanterns · handbag
Readable signs: ...BRICS from PARADISE
Colors: blue · violet · pale green · dark green · pink
Master dimensions: 3840 × 2160
Audio: Silent
Date confidence: Medium
Location confidence: Low

Moments in the footage

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The dancer stands side-on to the camera, swinging a blade with leaf trimmings.
He turns his back to the camera and spreads his arms toward the audience.
He crouches low and sweeps the blade near the ground.
He throws a high kick with the leaves swinging out.
He spins to face the camera, smiling.

Bare-Chested Knife Dancer Kicking and Spinning Before a... — Clip Details

Likely Hawaii, United States, circa 1969 home movie footage of a Polynesian knife dance at an outdoor show. A bare-chested male performer in blue print trunks, trailing green leaf trimmings, kicks, crouches and spins with a long blade on a grass stage beside a bamboo rail. Behind him a dense audience of tourists, families and sailors in white caps watches and takes photographs under a shingled roof. Filmed handheld in one continuous shot, ending as the dancer turns smiling toward the camera.

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: 800002199

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Minors are visible. Editorial use only; commercial use is not offered for this clip, and a sensitive-use review is recommended.

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 circa 1969 footage of Polynesian entertainment staged for tourists, suited to documentaries and exhibits on Hawaii travel and Pacific performance.
Period detail: Women in sleeveless shift dresses, bouffant hair and white cat-eye sunglasses, men in aloha and plaid shirts with handheld cameras, and sailors in white caps all point to the late 1960s.
Home-movie behavior: Shot by a visitor from inside the crowd, it shows the tourist's own view of the show, with other spectators raising their cameras at the same moment.
What appears in frame: A bare-chested dancer in blue trunks, a long blade, green leaf trimmings, a packed audience behind a bamboo rail, sailors in white caps, and a shingled roof with a sign ending in 'PARADISE'.
Film character: Colour faded toward blue and violet, grain throughout, soft focus with motion blur on the dancer, and handheld framing give it the texture of a projected home movie.
Edit role: Works as an energetic performance insert, a cutaway to audience reaction, or a memory beat in a Hawaii vacation sequence.
Historical context: The mix of families, older couples and uniformed sailors at one show reflects how civilian tourists and service personnel shared Hawaii's visitor entertainment in this period.
Research note: Copyright in the film is separate from the likeness of the identifiable dancer and spectators, including children and sailors; the venue and its sign may need property clearance, so assess each use individually.
Research search match: Polynesian knife dancer 1960s, Hawaii tourist show home movie, sailors in crowd at hula show, vintage vacation dance footage.
Archive pairing path: Pair first with this reel's group hula with musicians, Tahitian grass-skirt solo and dancer with feather gourds, then with other late-1960s Hawaii show footage, then with Pacific dance performance clips.

Still Frames From This Clip

Polynesian knife dancer seen from behind before a dense tourist audience, likely Hawaii, circa 1969 — A knife dancer turns his back to the camera as tourists raise their cameras, likely Hawaii, circa 1969.
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Polynesian dancer crouching mid-routine before tourists and a sailor in a white cap, likely Hawaii, circa 1969 — The dancer crouches low while sailors and families watch from the rail.
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Knife dancer lifting a long blade with green leaves before a 1960s tourist crowd, likely Hawaii, circa 1969 — Blade raised, the performer swings green leaf trimmings toward the audience.
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Smiling Polynesian dancer facing the camera after his knife dance, tourists behind, likely Hawaii, circa 1969 — The dancer ends his routine smiling toward the camera.
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