Hawaii-1959: Photographer Lowers His Camera and Puts On Sunglasses

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Year1959
Decade1950s
LocationHawaii, United States
Duration5s
Price$149 USD
Collection1959 · Hawaii, United States
StatusStockfilm Exclusive

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What is in this clip

amateur photography
travel
agricultural visits
personal interaction
leisure
midcentury clothing

Shot type: medium
Camera: handheld · Approximately eye level
Setting: outdoor · Cultivated pineapple field beside a red dirt track
Time and weather: Daytime · Not visually determinable · Bright, hazy conditions
Lighting: Direct natural daylight with strong shadows
People: 2 · An adult man wears a pale short-sleeved shirt, blue-gray high-waisted trousers and a neck-strapped camera; a second visitor in a yellow top and blue trousers is partly obscured behind him.
Objects: camera · camera strap · brown camera case · sunglasses · pineapple plants · red dirt track · wristwatch
Colors: muted green · reddish brown · cream · blue-gray · yellow
Master dimensions: 3840 × 2160
Audio: Silent
Date confidence: Low
Location confidence: Low

Moments in the footage

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The man holds a camera to his face beside pineapple rows.
He lowers the camera while facing the field.
He turns toward the filmmaker, revealing another visitor behind him.
He puts on sunglasses with both hands.
He faces the filmmaker with his camera hanging against his shirt.

Photographer Lowers His Camera and Puts On Sunglasses — Clip Details

Probably Hawaii, United States, circa 1959 home movie footage shows a man holding a camera to his face beside rows of pineapple plants. He lowers the equipment and turns toward the person filming, revealing another visitor partly behind him. He then puts on sunglasses, with a camera hanging against his shirt. One continuous medium shot includes a curving red dirt track, distant trees and a hazy sky.

Licensing & Technical Details

Original Format: 8mm / Super 8 Home Movie
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: 5s
Price: $149 USD
Clip ID: 800003534

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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: 1959 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: This circa 1959 scene serves documentary requests for vacation photographers, casual visitor portraits and pineapple-field outings probably in Hawaii.
Period detail: The pale short-sleeved shirt, high-waisted trousers, neck-strapped camera and sunglasses provide visible clues consistent with circa 1959.
Home-movie behavior: The man interrupts his own picture-taking to turn toward the filmmaker and put on sunglasses, creating a personal exchange within the field visit.
What appears in frame: A man with photographic equipment stands before pineapple rows, with a partly hidden visitor, a red dirt track, distant trees and hazy sky behind him.
Film character: Visible grain, soft detail, muted color, scattered dark specks and slight handheld movement give the projected small-gauge capture a tactile archival appearance.
Edit role: The complete turn and sunglasses gesture works as a character cutaway or a brief human interlude between agricultural views.
Historical context: The scene places personal photography within a cultivated landscape, showing how visitors recorded their outings around circa 1959.
Research note: An adult face and cultivated property are visible; footage copyright, likeness permissions and property rights are separate considerations, and no camera brand is legible.
Research search match: Matches searches for circa 1959 home movies of a tourist photographer putting on sunglasses beside pineapple rows, probably in Hawaii.
Archive pairing path: Pair first with this reel's pineapple-plant examination and machinery views, then other likely Hawaii footage from circa 1959, followed by amateur-photography scenes.

Still Frames From This Clip

A photographer holds a camera near his face beside pineapple rows, probably in Hawaii, circa 1959. — The visitor holds his camera up beside the field.
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A visitor faces pineapple rows beside a red dirt track, probably in Hawaii, circa 1959, after lowering his camera. — The man remains facing the field after lowering his equipment.
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A photographer turns toward the filmmaker beside pineapple plants, probably in Hawaii, circa 1959; a visitor in yellow stands behind him. — The turn reveals a second visitor beside the curving track.
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A man finishes putting on sunglasses with a camera hanging against his shirt in a pineapple field, probably in Hawaii, circa 1959. — The photographer faces the filmmaker after putting on sunglasses.
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