Hawaii-1959: Windblown Palms Framing a Pale Building Tower

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Year1959
Decade1950s
LocationHawaii, United States
Duration3s
Price$149 USD
Collection1959 · Hawaii, United States
StatusStockfilm Exclusive

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What is in this clip

travel
architecture
tropical surroundings
urban landscape
wind
visitor observation

Shot type: medium
Camera: handheld · Low angle looking upward
Setting: outdoor · Palm-lined built environment with a tower and adjoining lower facade
Time and weather: Daytime · Undetermined · Clear sky with wind moving the palms
Lighting: Direct sunlight with deep shade beneath the building overhang
People: 0 · No people are visible.
Objects: palm trees · palm fronds · building tower · polygonal upper structure · horizontal louvers · window rows · roof overhang · rooftop poles · unreadable colored panel
Colors: blue · dark green · cream · gray · black
Master dimensions: 3840 × 2160
Audio: Silent
Date confidence: Low
Location confidence: Low

Moments in the footage

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An upward view places palms across the pale tower and its dark upper structure.
Moving fronds partially obscure the sunlit facade.
Slight handheld reframing retains the tower, lower windows and blue sky.

Windblown Palms Framing a Pale Building Tower — Clip Details

Likely Hawaii, circa 1959 home movie footage shows windblown palms framing a pale building tower against a blue sky. A dark polygonal upper structure rises above horizontal louvers and a shadowed lower facade with rows of windows. The camera looks upward in one continuous handheld shot, drifting slightly as fronds move across the architecture. A colored panel on the tower is too soft to read.

Licensing & Technical Details

Original Format: 8mm / Super 8 Home Movie
Shot details: ExteriorHandheld
Resolution: 4K restored master (MP4)
License: Direct license: commercial and editorial use
Delivery: Instant Digital Download
Duration: 3s
Price: $149 USD
Clip ID: 800003590

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$149 · Commercial Direct license: commercial and editorial use. $149 flat from Stockfilm. Royalty-free worldwide license for commercial and editorial use, delivered as the restored 4K master.

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People 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: Supports requests for circa 1959 tropical travel footage featuring palms and an urban architectural exterior, likely in Hawaii.
Period detail: The louvered tower and polygonal upper structure may show mid-century design, although neither fixes a precise date.
Home-movie behavior: The upward handheld framing suggests a visitor briefly recording an unusual tower through surrounding palms.
What appears in frame: The frame contains a pale tower, dark polygonal upper structure, horizontal louvers, lower windows, rooftop poles, moving palms and blue sky.
Film character: Soft color detail, grain, dust specks, scratches and deep shadows preserve the texture of the projected small-gauge film capture.
Edit role: Functions as a short architectural insert or tropical travel transition with continuous foliage movement.
Historical context: The view records a built tropical setting from a visitor's perspective, with the building's identity and purpose unresolved by the visible details.
Research note: No people are visible; the building exterior and unreadable panel may involve property or trademark considerations separate from footage copyright.
Research search match: Matches searches for circa 1959 small-gauge home movies of windblown palms, tropical architecture and a pale tower, likely in Hawaii.
Archive pairing path: Pair first with this reel's windblown palms beneath volcanic ridges or Pat's at Punaluu, then likely Hawaii footage circa 1959, followed by tropical architectural inserts.

Still Frames From This Clip

Likely Hawaii, circa 1959: palms overlap a pale louvered tower and dark polygonal upper structure, with a curved film scratch against the sky. — Palms frame the tower above a dark lower facade; a curved scratch crosses the sky.
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Likely Hawaii, circa 1959: a sunlit tower stands behind windblown palms, its dark upper structure and rooftop poles outlined against blue sky. — The pale wall catches sunlight behind overlapping palm fronds.
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Likely Hawaii, circa 1959: a low-angle view shows palms crossing the tower's pale wall, with louvers along its side and a shaded wing below. — Horizontal louvers edge the tower beside an unreadable colored panel.
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Likely Hawaii, circa 1959: a foreground palm spreads across the pale tower as the lower building's roofline angles beneath its dark polygonal top. — The final view holds the tower behind a foreground palm and the shadowed lower roofline.
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