Kauai Hawaii-1945: Child Performing Flowing Arm and Hand Gestures

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Year1945
Decade1940s
LocationKauai, Hawaii, United States
Duration10s
Price$149 USD
Collection1945 · Kauai, Hawaii, United States
StatusStockfilm Exclusive

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1945 · Hawaii & Kauai · Reel 6aa1f70c contains 6 published Stockfilm-exclusive clips. Watch them in reel order and review the available reel documentation.

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What is in this clip

childhood
informal performance
expressive movement
camera awareness
everyday life
amateur filmmaking

Shot type: wide
Camera: handheld · Approximately eye level, facing the child and building
Setting: outdoor · Grassy grounds and a paved path beside a wooden building with a raised porch and low masonry wall
Time and weather: daytime · undetermined · sunny
Lighting: Bright direct sunlight with deep shade beneath the porch
People: 5 · A child in a light short-sleeved button-front shirt and loose trousers performs in front; other children wear blue overalls and dresses, with an additional indistinct figure in the porch shade.
Objects: wooden building · porch · porch posts · windows · reddish awning · low masonry wall · steps · paved path · grass · leafy trees
Colors: cream · gray · blue · green · brown · muted red
Master dimensions: 3840 × 2160
Audio: Silent
Date confidence: Low
Location confidence: High

Moments in the footage

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The child faces the camera with both hands raised beside the head.
The performer lowers and sweeps the arms as a younger child walks behind.
One forearm crosses the body while the other hand rises beside the face.
The child opens both arms forward and continues gesturing toward the camera.

Child Performing Flowing Arm and Hand Gestures — Clip Details

Kauai, Hawaii, United States, circa 1945 home movie footage shows a child facing the camera with both hands raised outside a wooden building. The child moves through flowing arm positions, bringing one hand beside the face and the other across the body. Other children watch from the porch and move through the background beside a low masonry wall. A single continuous, slightly unsteady shot captures the performance in bright sunlight.

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: 800003150

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$149 · Editorial only 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.

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: 1945 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: Kauai, 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: Supports documentary and museum requests for circa 1945 Hawaiian childhood, informal performance and children engaging with a home movie camera.
Period detail: The light button-front shirt, loose trousers, blue overalls and short dresses support the broad circa 1945 estimate without fixing an exact date.
Home-movie behavior: The central child deliberately performs for the camera while others watch or walk through the background.
What appears in frame: A gesturing child stands beside a paved path, grass and a low masonry wall, with other children, a shaded wooden porch and leafy trees behind.
Film character: Soft detail, grain, muted color and strong sun-to-shade contrast give the projected small-gauge film capture its archival texture.
Edit role: Works as a sustained human activity shot or a personal memory beat between scenery and portraits.
Historical context: The scene records an informal outdoor performance in everyday clothing, but the visible movements do not establish a particular dance tradition.
Research note: Children's faces and a building exterior are visible; copyright licensing is separate from likeness and property permissions, and no releases are established by the images.
Research search match: Matches searches for Kauai children circa 1945, expressive hand movements and silent color small-gauge home movies.
Archive pairing path: Pair first with this reel's children posing together and shy child portrait, then its flowering tree, hibiscus and orchid views, followed by other Kauai childhood footage from circa 1945.

Still Frames From This Clip

Kauai, circa 1945: a child raises both hands beside the head in sunlight, with a child in blue overalls at left and a shaded porch behind. — The performer holds both arms raised in front of the low masonry wall.
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Kauai, circa 1945: a child faces the camera with lifted arms as children in blue clothing and a light dress occupy the path and porch. — Other children remain around the porch as the foreground performance continues.
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Kauai, circa 1945: a child brings one hand beside the face and the other arm across the body as a younger child in blue passes behind. — The performer changes arm positions while a younger child walks along the path.
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Kauai, circa 1945: a child extends both hands forward during an outdoor performance, backed by a masonry wall and shaded wooden porch. — Both hands move forward near the end of the continuous shot.
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