Honolulu Hawaii-1981: Tilt Up From Fountains and Escalators to a Clock Tower Framed by Palms

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Year1981
Decade1980s
LocationHonolulu, Hawaii, United States
Duration5s
Price$149 USD
Collection1981 · Honolulu, Hawaii, United States
StatusStockfilm Exclusive

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What is in this clip

travel and tourism
Hawaiian landmark
historic architecture
harbour waterfront
tropical setting
vacation memories

Shot type: wide
Camera: tilt · handheld
Setting: outdoor · urban harbour waterfront plaza with tropical planting
Time and weather: day · partly cloudy
Lighting: natural daylight, bright overcast sky with shaded foreground
People: 2 · Two small, distant figures near the fountain basin in the opening frames, one seated wearing a hat; faces are not distinguishable.
Landmarks: Aloha Tower
Objects: clock tower · clock face · fountains · escalators · notice board · flagpole mast with pennants · concrete terminal building · globe lamps
Readable signs: ALOHA
Colors: pale sky white · dark green · cream · grey concrete
Master dimensions: 3840 × 2160
Audio: Silent
Date confidence: Low
Location confidence: High

Moments in the footage

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Fountains splash before twin escalators leading to the terminal deck.
The camera tilts up past the concrete roofline.
The Aloha Tower clock rises into frame between palm trees.
The tower, mast and palms hold against a cloudy sky.

Tilt Up From Fountains and Escalators to a Clock Tower... — Clip Details

Aloha Tower, Honolulu, Hawaii, circa 1981 home movie footage. The shot opens at ground level on a plaza with two splashing fountains, a pair of escalators climbing to an elevated harbour terminal deck, and two small figures near the basin. The camera tilts up past the flat concrete roofline to the clock tower, its clock face and the word ALOHA visible, framed by coconut palms against a cloudy sky. It is filmed handheld on Super 8 in one continuous shot.

Licensing & Technical Details

Original Format: 8mm / Super 8 Home Movie
Resolution: 4K restored master (MP4)
License: Direct license: commercial and editorial use
Delivery: Instant Digital Download
Duration: 5s
Price: $149 USD
Clip ID: 800002529

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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: 1981 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: Honolulu, 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 early-1980s Honolulu establishing shots, Hawaii tourism history segments, or nostalgic island-travel cutaways in documentary and educational work.
Period detail: The modern concrete terminal with escalators, the faded Super 8 colour and the reel's air show context may show the waterfront approach to the tower around the early 1980s.
Home-movie behavior: A visitor's tilt from the fountain plaza up to the clock tower shows how a tourist took in the landmark on foot, from the ground up.
What appears in frame: Two splashing fountains, twin escalators climbing to a terminal deck, a notice board, small distant figures, the clock tower lettered ALOHA, and coconut palms against cloud.
Film character: Fine Super 8 grain, soft focus and warm, slightly faded colour, with dense shadow in the foliage and a gently uneven handheld tilt.
Edit role: Works as an establishing shot or arrival transition for Honolulu, or as a memory beat closing a travel sequence.
Historical context: The Aloha Tower opened at Pier 9 of Honolulu Harbor in 1926 and was listed on the National Register of Historic Places in 1976, and here it rises behind a later concrete terminal.
Research note: The film's copyright is separate from any likeness rights; the two distant figures are not identifiable, and use of the landmark building and its surroundings should be assessed for the intended purpose.
Research search match: Aloha Tower Super 8 footage, Honolulu harbour 1980s home movie, vintage Hawaii landmark tilt, palm trees and clock tower archival film.
Archive pairing path: Pair first with this reel's air show clips, such as the A-10 with its pilot or the KC-10 tanker, then with other circa-1981 Honolulu footage, then with vintage Hawaii travel material.

Still Frames From This Clip

Fountain plaza and escalators below the Aloha Tower in Honolulu, Hawaii, circa 1981, on Super 8 home movie film — The shot opens on the fountain plaza and escalators at the foot of the Aloha Tower, Honolulu, circa 1981.
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The camera tilts up to the Aloha Tower clock above the harbour terminal roof in Honolulu, circa 1981 — Mid-tilt: the clock face and the word ALOHA come into view above the terminal roof.
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Aloha Tower framed by coconut palms against cloud, Honolulu Harbor, Hawaii, circa 1981 Super 8 footage — The Aloha Tower between palms and foliage under a pale, cloudy sky.
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Closing framing of the Aloha Tower clock and palms, Honolulu waterfront, circa 1981 home movie — The tilt settles on the clock tower, its rooftop mast and the surrounding palms.
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