Hawaii-1969: Kneeling Performer Weaves a Palm-Frond Basket Before a Crowd of Spectators

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Year1969
Decade1960s
LocationHawaii, United States
Duration7s
Price$149 USD
Collection1969 · Hawaii, United States
StatusStockfilm Exclusive

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What is in this clip

Polynesian culture
traditional crafts
tourism
1960s travel
audience and spectacle
military personnel on leave
family vacation

Shot type: medium
Camera: handheld · static
Setting: outdoor · Outdoor grass performance area with a rope barrier and bamboo rail, a standing crowd, and a shingled-roof building behind
Time and weather: midday · sunny
Lighting: Bright direct sunlight with hard shadows
People: 40 · A shirtless kneeling male performer in a flower crown, leis and a flowered wrap; behind him a dense crowd of adult tourists, children and several sailors in white caps
Objects: palm fronds · woven basket · flower crown · leis · flowered wrap · rope barrier · bamboo rail · shingled roof
Readable signs: ...CS from PARADISE
Colors: faded blue · magenta · green · white · skin tones
Master dimensions: 3840 × 2160
Audio: Silent
Date confidence: Medium
Location confidence: Low

Moments in the footage

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The kneeling performer begins gathering loose palm fronds in front of the crowd.
He lifts the fronds and the weave starts to take shape.
A rounded woven basket form is visible in his hands.
He keeps weaving as sailors and families look on.

Kneeling Performer Weaves a Palm-Frond Basket Before a... — Clip Details

Probably Hawaii, circa 1969, home movie footage from an outdoor Polynesian show. A shirtless performer in a flower crown, leis and a flowered wrap kneels on the grass and weaves fresh palm fronds into a round basket. Behind a rope and bamboo rail, a dense crowd of tourists, children and sailors in white caps watches beneath a shingled roof with a partial sign ending in 'PARADISE'. The scene is a single handheld shot that holds steady on the weaver.

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: 7s
Price: $149 USD
Clip ID: 800002203

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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: Helps with requests for circa 1969 footage of tourists watching a Polynesian cultural demonstration, for documentaries on Pacific tourism, craft traditions or the postwar travel boom.
Period detail: The crowd's bouffant and short-cropped hair, sleeveless blouses, shorts and sailors' white caps point to the late 1960s, as do the faded colours of the film stock.
Home-movie behavior: A visitor films from the audience side, so the clip records both the performer and the faces of the families, children and sailors watching him.
What appears in frame: A kneeling performer in a flower crown, leis around his neck and waist, palm fronds shaping into a basket, a rope and bamboo barrier, a packed crowd with sailors in white caps, and a shingled roof with a partial sign.
Film character: Soft focus, visible grain and a blue-magenta fade over bright sunlit grass give the clip the look of original small-gauge reversal film.
Edit role: Works as a cultural-demonstration insert or a crowd cutaway in a tourism sequence, or as a memory beat in a vacation montage.
Historical context: The scene shows a Polynesian craft presented as entertainment to a mixed civilian and military audience, a common setup at island tourist shows of the period.
Research note: Copyright in the film is separate from the likeness of the performer and the identifiable crowd members, including minors; the venue and its partial sign may raise property questions.
Research search match: Searches like 1960s Hawaii Polynesian show, palm frond weaving demonstration, tourists and sailors watching performer, or vintage home movie Hawaii vacation.
Archive pairing path: Pair with this reel's group hula with musicians, Tahitian grass-skirt solo and pig lowered into imu, then with other Hawaii footage from circa 1969, then with traditional craft demonstrations.

Still Frames From This Clip

Polynesian performer kneels with palm fronds before tourists and sailors at an outdoor show, probably Hawaii, circa 1969 — A performer starts a palm-frond weaving demonstration as the crowd watches, probably Hawaii, circa 1969.
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Children and sailors look on as a lei-wearing performer works palm fronds at a tourist show, probably Hawaii, circa 1969 — Children and adults at the front rail follow the weaving closely.
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A basket takes shape from palm fronds during a Polynesian craft demonstration watched by 1960s tourists, probably Hawaii — The fronds take on a rounded basket shape as the demonstration goes on.
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A nearly finished palm-frond basket at an outdoor Polynesian show with sailors in the crowd, probably Hawaii, circa 1969 — Sailors in white caps and vacationing families watch the basket near completion.
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