My father-in-law was Hawaiian and born in 1928 on the island of Oahu, he live near Waikiki Beach. He could’ve been one of the little kids in this movie that day. If not, he was somewhere on that island the day this movie was filmed.
Here's the issue: this film and others like it may have been made by taxpayers, but the U.S. Government in its infinite wisdom, threw it away. Tens of thousands of films were destroyed and many others are at risk. Our company preserves these precious bits of history one film at a time. How do we afford to do that? By selling them as stock footage to documentary filmmakers and broadcasters. If we did not have a counter, we could not afford to post films like this on online, and no films would be preserved. It's that simple. So we ask you to bear with the watermark and timecodes.
The difference between then and now, Mahalo for posting this, even the narrator noticed how much Aloha was present then.
My father-in-law was Hawaiian and born in 1928 on the island of Oahu, he live near Waikiki Beach. He could’ve been one of the little kids in this movie that day. If not, he was somewhere on that island the day this movie was filmed.
The coolest video I've seen on youtube! Love these visuals
This film was shot in about 1937, not the early 1940s. It was made before World War II.
the hawaiians r amazing people and the west took all of it away !!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
I love periscope, but I do wish they would lose the time code.
Here's the issue: this film and others like it may have been made by taxpayers, but the U.S. Government in its infinite wisdom, threw it away. Tens of thousands of films were destroyed and many others are at risk. Our company preserves these precious bits of history one film at a time. How do we afford to do that? By selling them as stock footage to documentary filmmakers and broadcasters. If we did not have a counter, we could not afford to post films like this on online, and no films would be preserved. It's that simple. So we ask you to bear with the watermark and timecodes.
Wow - that response made me REALLY like you and want to support your efforts.
@@PeriscopeFilmwow I'm totally supporting your company
Today those children would be taken in to custody for not having life preserver in a boat and turned over to state.
hecke1959 wtf?