Aloha and so glad to see old Hawaii !!! Was only 8 years old if this was made in 1950. Thanks for posting this great historical journey to Hawaii---my home !!! Robert S.J. Hu Sept. 16, 2020.
When my father ended his 22 year Navel career in 1958, the dept. of the Navy sent our entire family of 4 home from Honolulu to Treasure Island in SF Bay on this vary Matson ship, the SS Lurline where my father processed out of the Navy. I was probably 9 yrs old than n remember loving every second of the trip on the Lurline.....
The Air Force sent me from Pearl Harbor to San Francisco on a dinky naval transport in 1953 and the Navy sends its people back on the Lurline. Go figure.
My parents were military! I was born in Honolulu Hawaii in 81!!! Use to walk home from school and all . My 1st crush was in Hawaii in grade school. I remember the school was having us do a performance and do the hula dance. I will never forget it when I asked my teacher why do the boys have to take their shirt off and the girls don’t 😂
This is a lovely memory for tourists. That's all most of them saw of the Islands. Hawaii was a recognized sovereign nation since 1849, when several countries-France, England and some others signed a treaty with Hawaii. King Kalakaua was the first monarch in the entire world to travel around the world and as he did this, he was looking for recognition as a sovereign nation and for protection for what he feared and what did happen in 1893. Queen Liliuokalani was overthrown by members of her cabinet with help of around 50 marines. Hawaii was annexed to the US in 1898. Hawaii is dripping with history. Read Lost Kingdom by Julia Lynn Siler.
Dad was Chief Steward on the Matsonia, nee Malolo, 1935-47 when it was sold to the Greeks. We moved to Honolulu in 1937 on the Lurline and back on the Matsonia in 1939. He retired as Dir. of Passenger Service in 1961.
What an interesting time to live in Hawaii. You should document your family history for posterity and all the rest of us. Don't forget pics of architecture back then and especially the beaches before it got uglied up.
Sorry to disappoint you folks, but this is not the Lurline. It is the Matsonia, the sister ship to the Lurline. The difference is the number of lanai suite windows. There were three sets on the Matsonia as seen her, and only one on the Lurline. Look at the pool scene at 1:28 and see what else gives this away as the Matsonia.
Many, many thanks for this wonderful video. It was my privilege and pleasure to sail from Los Angeles to Honolulu aboard the Mariposa in 1974. Looking forward to seeing Diamond Head and the Aloha Tower again in 2023. Aloha!
Yep, it was all countryside when I live there, where Kalihi Stream crosses Dillingham Blvd. That was back in the Thirties. Guava trees lined the highways at Waimanalo just for the picking. Crabs and fish were abundant in Keehi Lagoon. Moved next to the railroad tracks and the Oahu Prison ball park in 1940 and left Hawaii in 1953, never to permanently return.
Great to see this! Thank you. I traveled on the SS Lurline as a child in the 1960's from San Francisco to Oahu. We lived on Oahu from 1964 until 1969. First at the base of Diamond Head near the ocean and then on Black Point. Aloha!
@@Chet_Brinkley I wasn't born until much later, but I wish I could have seen what it was like back then. When you could go on a date without everyone being on their phone, and when people knew how to be social.
@@GulfIslandRock I have been in Hawaii many times the only one that I like it is lani kay makaha that is it north shore sucks Waikiki is full of homeless Honolulu use to be a nice city now try beaches at Curacao dom republic pto Rico v islands Jamaica San Andres and more
At about the 5 minute mark it is incredible to see only two main hotels, the Muana and the Royal,,,wow that is so nice looking compared to today, dont get me wrong I love Hawaii just as much as thousands of others do, but if I could go back in time and take a visit during this era, I would in a heartbeat..
Wow. Vastly different than even the first Hawaii 5-0. Nice to see old interesting architecture and sort of wild beach and lots of nice palm trees that don't look all Hollywoodish.
I grew up in Waikiki during the 40s and 50s, and my friends and I would go dive for money when the Lurline or Matsonia docked in port. The tourists would delight in seeing us "alamihi"s(crabs) scrambing for quarters and fifty-cent coins. We would divide our forces into defensive and offensive units to prevent the kids from Kakaako, Kalihi, and Damon tract from making off with the most money.
Farrington '50 here. This is my Hawaii. I was born near the mouth of the Kalihi Stream in 1932, then move up the railroad tracks to Kalihi Kai in 1939. I left Hawaii in 1953.
The film was probably done in the early 1950s as it shows Matson Line's ss Lurline after WWII. As for the golfballs, remember those were different times and very few tourists traveled to Hawaii in that pre-jet era. Travel was all first class in those days and only a few liners traveled between the US west coast and Hawaii.
Toards the end, when he said that people throw their leis in the water, I can relate. When I was living in Hawaii, I would find a lot of non-seaside flowers in the ocean.
The fact that they played an "Aloha 'oe" instrumental ( 2:43 ) as a big ass boat full of US tourist came in is kinda sad. It was a song written by the last Hawaiian Monarch Queen Lili'uokalani. It was originally about two lovers bidding farewell to each other. Twenty years later, as Hawai'i lost its independence and became part of the US, she used this song to bid farewell to the islands that she knew and loved.
That was seriously sad. What you wrote about the song. While watching this I realized how little Hawaiian history I know or ever got in school. Might be a worthy project during this pandemic.
@@lorinapetranova2607 I've heard from teachers that our hawaiian history was rarely ever taught in the mainland. It's a goldmine. If you ever got the chance to study it, I recommend searching up the Hawaiian Renaissance movement in 1970s it was a new subject that was being taught in new generations yet its still relevant to this day, such as the Mauna Kea TMT movement.
This video makes me sick due to it’s pushy sales commercial propaganda that was used to further the illegal take over and infiltration of the Elite Cabal Deep State of what stil is an unrecognized sovereign nation codified into law by Kamehameha III in 1839.
I been to hawaii several times and theres a feeling we have always had as we get of the plane not just me others too its like we are been welcomed back to vist maybe its the mana from the old school people .
Circa 1950 is the correct date for this film. The Royal Hawaiian was remodeled and reopened after World War II in Feb. 1947. The SS Lurline was renovated and returned to its run in Feb. 1948. The Moana Hotel was renovated and had its original dining room demolished about that time as well - and all of this appears in the film. "Fitzpatrick Travel Talks", produced by MGM, were famous (or notorious) before WWII, primarily for Mr. Fitzpatrick's narration, which we hear here as well.
It must be 1950. I didn't see the Surfrider next to the Moana. I used to bowl a lot at the Waikiki Bowling Lanes which was next to the Moana. I remember the Surfrider and I left Hawaii in 1953.
@@howellwong11 5:15 clearly shows the absence of the original Moana Hotel dining room, which was demolished in November 1948. It also shows that the site of SurfRider Hotel hasn't been demolished and cleared yet, which happened in late 1950. The back wall of the bowling alley is really prominently visible in the center at 6:08. In turn, it finally got torn down to be turned into public open space in November 1962.
2:36 ... Don't forget to mention that the Hawaiians of 1770 Speared Captain Cook in the chest. He died after an hour or so, from his wounds. Captain Cook left behind two children, when he died. Captain Cook was in a bad mood on the day he died, he had been squabbling with some natives and had taken them for granted; they having given Captain Cook many things, including wood for ship repairs. ... "Thank You Very Much, don't come back soon" ! o0o
If you read excerpts from David malu (Hawaiian historian and founder of the FIRST school west of the rocky mountains) you'll get some interesting info from both brit accounts and also native accounts on the captain cook event. The book is called History of Hawaii and it's people.
The first time Cook's ship with it's white sails appeared in Kealakekua Bay it was Makahiki, which is a time of putting aside war so it was a peaceful time. The second time Makahiki was over. My history class taught us that someone stole a small boat and there was a fight in which Cook was killed. He was honored as a chief so was given all the honors a chief would receive.
People forget how old this video is, and this particular tourguide, who has several videos on TH-cam, is a great example of his genre. He goes all over the world, but he seems incapable of seeing a world any different than the white middle-class American world he knows. We can mock him, but if you hear Americans on the BBC today, you hear a self righteousness that is no different, and no more informed. Still, what I wish is that these films were in color, what an exotic world he saw.
Seems like every beautiful place gets uglied up from either greed or tourists or gentrification or societal ills or it's a combo plate of my short list. Mankind is a rough tourist on this Earth.
"under the so-called Golden Gate?" The Golden Gate (Chrysopylae) is the name of the straits, named for the Golden Horn (Chrysoceros) of Byzantium by John Fremont in 1846. The Bridge is the Bridge ACROSS the Golden Gate.
@MargaretCambell583 That's an odd question but humorous tho because I recently checked out a library book about the brothels of Kansas, Nebraska and Oklahoma (because I was born and raised in OKC). My stepdad joined the army when I was 9 and his first tour was Schofield Barracks in '79-'82. He and mom were actually propositioned as a package deal by a streetwalker on one of the parts of Waikiki most people shouldn't go apparently.
the original 2 Waikiki hotels: the Moana Surfrider (the white hotel) and the Royal Hawaiian Hotel (the "Pink Lady") still stands until this day (March 2021) ! music choices: the parochial (Judeo-Christian) style "How Great Thou Art" or circus / clown (organ) music, for the outrigger (regatta) canoes/surf montage
I'm guessing that back then the Island of Kauai wasn't frequented by tourists very much. I prefer it to Oahu. Way less crowded and with more beautiful nature.
The surfboards in this film are out of date already. All balsa wood boards were taking over by 1950, weighing less than half the plywood kook box paddle boards and redwood/balsa wood planks seen in this film, more from the 30s and 40s.
@ldfreitas9437 You should seek out The Ride: Back to the soul of Surfing about Duke Kahanamoku days (supposedly). Everyone fusses about the first five to ten minutes but once the main character goes back, it's a super good and sweet story.
Omg waikiki is a tourist trash bin now..... And captain cook DID NOT DISCOVER HAWAI'I also there were well over a million of us spread out throughout the 8 island chain until disease came with the increasing amount of visitors, invasive bugs and other things....
This is definitely the worst Traveltalk Fitzpatrick ever did, for many reasons: Should’ve been in color- it’s Hawaii, for heaven’s sake, Paradise of the Pacific, as he said; the music was terrible- had absolutely nothing to do with Hawaii & at times sounded like bad church music (what was he thinking?); he mispronounced several words; & last, he sounded slurry at times, as if he’d had a few drinks before starting the narration.
Must have been nice. These days you can hardly get a "welcome to Hawai'i" when you arrive, and the dirty looks are plenty. Look, if you don't want tourists, don't make tourism the cornerstone of your economy...
They didn't...the white man did...all for their own profit...they just walked in and took... the Hawaiians are such lovely people..but tourists do not have "Aloha Spirit"
@@angelicafreund8551 Bullshit. The ONLY two industries Hawaii had going for it was sugar, and pineapple. That's it. Both are now gone because other nations like Costa Rica made it cheaper for the end-consumer. Hawaii has always had it's 3d and most lucrative industry; tourism. How many companies closed for good during the pandemic? Hundreds. Bankruptcies were at historic peaks, income was at an all time low. Like it or not, ignore the facts if you want, but tourism has been, and will always be Hawaii's one and only real source of income.
@@peterross97Your knowledge of Hawaiian history would fit in a kukui nut. Until the late 70s the economy ofthe Hawaiian Island was based in agriculture, the military and tourism. Agriculture was decimated by free trade, which increased the reliance on tourism.
James Fitzpatrick was as cool as he was corny. He wrote and delivered his own narrations, often running the camera himself. And his aim was always to promote the places he visited in the name of unity and goodwill rather than to criticize.
Aloha and so glad to see old Hawaii !!! Was only 8 years old if this was made in 1950. Thanks for posting
this great historical journey to Hawaii---my home !!! Robert S.J. Hu Sept. 16, 2020.
Farrington '50 here.
Aloha to you Howell Wong !!!! So glad to hear from another FHS graduate. Take care
and God bless you and your family . Robert Hu July 31, 2023.
My grandma worked at the Hilton Hawaiian Village back in 40s and 50s. She was one of the staff members in the banquet hall.
It sure must have been nice in those days.
When my father ended his 22 year Navel career in 1958, the dept. of the Navy sent our entire family of 4 home from Honolulu to Treasure Island in SF Bay on this vary Matson ship, the SS Lurline where my father processed out of the Navy. I was probably 9 yrs old than n remember loving every second of the trip on the Lurline.....
The Air Force sent me from Pearl Harbor to San Francisco on a dinky naval transport in 1953 and the Navy sends its people back on the Lurline. Go figure.
My parents were military! I was born in Honolulu Hawaii in 81!!! Use to walk home from school and all . My 1st crush was in Hawaii in grade school. I remember the school was having us do a performance and do the hula dance. I will never forget it when I asked my teacher why do the boys have to take their shirt off and the girls don’t 😂
Atta boy Teddy!
How did the Teacher respond? 😂😂😂😂
@@anir2286 she just laughed it off and just told me to go outside
@@tedgraham6548 for a second I went back in time as if I was 12 years old. 😂😂😂😂
This is a lovely memory for tourists. That's all most of them saw of the Islands. Hawaii was a recognized sovereign nation since 1849, when several countries-France, England and some others signed a treaty with Hawaii. King Kalakaua was the first monarch in the entire world to travel around the world and as he did this, he was looking for recognition as a sovereign nation and for protection for what he feared and what did happen in 1893. Queen Liliuokalani was overthrown by members of her cabinet with help of around 50 marines. Hawaii was annexed to the US in 1898. Hawaii is dripping with history. Read Lost Kingdom by Julia Lynn Siler.
Thanks for the info. This vid got me realizing how ignorant I am about Hawaiian history. Least wise the indigenous history.
Thank you for your insight...this reality is mostly hidden from tourists.
I live on Oahu, and when I watch these old vids, I want to go back then...
@danielroque8504
Ever see The Ride: Back to the Soul of Surfing?
Dad was Chief Steward on the Matsonia, nee Malolo, 1935-47 when it was sold to the Greeks. We moved to Honolulu in 1937 on the Lurline and back on the Matsonia in 1939. He retired as Dir. of Passenger Service in 1961.
I'll bet he had some great stories...
What an interesting time to live in Hawaii. You should document your family history for posterity and all the rest of us. Don't forget pics of architecture back then and especially the beaches before it got uglied up.
i realize I am kind of randomly asking but do anybody know a good site to watch newly released series online?
@Bentley Emmett Try flixzone. You can find it by googling =)
@Gannon Aydin Definitely, I have been using Flixzone for years myself =)
Sorry to disappoint you folks, but this is not the Lurline. It is the Matsonia, the sister ship to the Lurline. The difference is the number of lanai suite windows. There were three sets on the Matsonia as seen her, and only one on the Lurline. Look at the pool scene at 1:28 and see what else gives this away as the Matsonia.
Many, many thanks for this wonderful video. It was my privilege and pleasure to sail from Los Angeles to Honolulu aboard the Mariposa in 1974. Looking forward to seeing Diamond Head and the Aloha Tower again in 2023. Aloha!
Old Hawaii is da best hawaii🤙🏾
Yep, it was all countryside when I live there, where Kalihi Stream crosses Dillingham Blvd. That was back in the Thirties. Guava trees lined the highways at Waimanalo just for the picking. Crabs and fish were abundant in Keehi Lagoon. Moved next to the railroad tracks and the Oahu Prison ball park in 1940 and left Hawaii in 1953, never to permanently return.
@@howellwong11 I envy you, Hawaii before all of the development must’ve been real paradise
Yup! Barely any tourists back then. More locals than tourists, and hardly any locals moving to the mainland.
@@HelloThere-bj9rw IT WAS, WENT THERE IN JULY 1962 BEFORE ALL THE DEVELOPMENT REALLY STARTED.
Kona hasn't gotten really and development, it still has its natural beauty.
Great to see this! Thank you. I traveled on the SS Lurline as a child in the 1960's from San Francisco to Oahu. We lived on Oahu from 1964 until 1969. First at the base of Diamond Head near the ocean and then on Black Point. Aloha!
Me too !
@@Chet_Brinkley I wasn't born until much later, but I wish I could have seen what it was like back then. When you could go on a date without everyone being on their phone, and when people knew how to be social.
I live on a island, so I can imagine how beautiful Hawaii must be. 🇵🇷
Better beaches in the Caribbean
@@brocongonigga3690 has not been to hawaii.
Likewise 🌴🌴🤙🏼 been to Hawai’i 26 times and I find it more beautiful each time
@@brocongonigga3690 no way 🌴🌴🌴🌴🤙🏼
@@GulfIslandRock I have been in Hawaii many times the only one that I like it is lani kay makaha that is it north shore sucks Waikiki is full of homeless Honolulu use to be a nice city now try beaches at Curacao dom republic pto Rico v islands Jamaica San Andres and more
At about the 5 minute mark it is incredible to see only two main hotels, the Muana and the Royal,,,wow that is so nice looking compared to today, dont get me wrong I love Hawaii just as much as thousands of others do, but if I could go back in time and take a visit during this era, I would in a heartbeat..
It was my Hawaii. I left the Islands in 1953.
People were sure cool back then
Wow. Vastly different than even the first Hawaii 5-0. Nice to see old interesting architecture and sort of wild beach and lots of nice palm trees that don't look all Hollywoodish.
I grew up in Waikiki during the 40s and 50s, and my friends and I would go dive for money when the Lurline or Matsonia docked in port. The tourists would delight in seeing us "alamihi"s(crabs) scrambing for quarters and fifty-cent coins. We would divide our forces into defensive and offensive units to prevent the kids from Kakaako, Kalihi, and Damon tract from making off with the most money.
That practice still happens here in the Philippines.
Farrington '50 here. This is my Hawaii. I was born near the mouth of the Kalihi Stream in 1932, then move up the railroad tracks to Kalihi Kai in 1939. I left Hawaii in 1953.
The film was probably done in the early 1950s as it shows Matson Line's ss Lurline after WWII. As for the golfballs, remember those were different times and very few tourists traveled to Hawaii in that pre-jet era. Travel was all first class in those days and only a few liners traveled between the US west coast and Hawaii.
His name is George Downing Jr...He managed the Waikiki Beach Center in the 1950's..
fantastic video!!
Two thumbs up!!! Enjoyed that very much. Mahalo!
Back when America was run by real men and women. America's golden era.
Toards the end, when he said that people throw their leis in the water, I can relate. When I was living in Hawaii, I would find a lot of non-seaside flowers in the ocean.
I sure wish I could have gone to Hawaii in those days.
The fact that they played an "Aloha 'oe" instrumental ( 2:43 ) as a big ass boat full of US tourist came in is kinda sad. It was a song written by the last Hawaiian Monarch Queen Lili'uokalani. It was originally about two lovers bidding farewell to each other. Twenty years later, as Hawai'i lost its independence and became part of the US, she used this song to bid farewell to the islands that she knew and loved.
That was seriously sad. What you wrote about the song. While watching this I realized how little Hawaiian history I know or ever got in school. Might be a worthy project during this pandemic.
@@lorinapetranova2607 I've heard from teachers that our hawaiian history was rarely ever taught in the mainland. It's a goldmine. If you ever got the chance to study it, I recommend searching up the Hawaiian Renaissance movement in 1970s it was a new subject that was being taught in new generations yet its still relevant to this day, such as the Mauna Kea TMT movement.
Mahalo for the history...Her Majesty's song conveys an inexpressible sadness for those of us who know the history of the Islands
This video makes me sick due to it’s pushy sales commercial propaganda that was used to further the illegal take over and infiltration of the Elite Cabal Deep State of what stil is an unrecognized sovereign nation codified into law by Kamehameha III in 1839.
Recently stayed at the Royal Hawaiian this summer, would have been nice to visit in earlier years but I’m not that old.
Well that surf board thingy never really took off did it?
I been to hawaii several times and theres a feeling we have always had as we get of the plane not just me others too its like we are been welcomed back to vist maybe its the mana from the old school people .
My U.S Navy parents were on Oahu in 1940, leaving circa 1941 September back to USA.
Circa 1950 is the correct date for this film. The Royal Hawaiian was remodeled and reopened after World War II in Feb. 1947. The SS Lurline was renovated and returned to its run in Feb. 1948. The Moana Hotel was renovated and had its original dining room demolished about that time as well - and all of this appears in the film.
"Fitzpatrick Travel Talks", produced by MGM, were famous (or notorious) before WWII, primarily for Mr. Fitzpatrick's narration, which we hear here as well.
It must be 1950. I didn't see the Surfrider next to the Moana. I used to bowl a lot at the Waikiki Bowling Lanes which was next to the Moana. I remember the Surfrider and I left Hawaii in 1953.
@@howellwong11 5:15 clearly shows the absence of the original Moana Hotel dining room, which was demolished in November 1948. It also shows that the site of SurfRider Hotel hasn't been demolished and cleared yet, which happened in late 1950. The back wall of the bowling alley is really prominently visible in the center at 6:08. In turn, it finally got torn down to be turned into public open space in November 1962.
@@hebneh Aloha My sister was born and lives still on Oahu
2:36 ... Don't forget to mention that the Hawaiians of 1770 Speared Captain Cook in the chest. He died after an hour or so, from his wounds.
Captain Cook left behind two children, when he died.
Captain Cook was in a bad mood on the day he died, he had been squabbling with some natives and had taken them for granted; they having given Captain Cook many things, including wood for ship repairs. ... "Thank You Very Much, don't come back soon" !
o0o
@@The.Hawaiian.Kingdom where is this art work?
If you read excerpts from David malu (Hawaiian historian and founder of the FIRST school west of the rocky mountains) you'll get some interesting info from both brit accounts and also native accounts on the captain cook event. The book is called History of Hawaii and it's people.
The first time Cook's ship with it's white sails appeared in Kealakekua Bay it was Makahiki, which is a time of putting aside war so it was a peaceful time. The second time Makahiki was over. My history class taught us that someone stole a small boat and there was a fight in which Cook was killed. He was honored as a chief so was given all the honors a chief would receive.
😁😁😁
Capt. Cook was killed in 1779, not 1770.
I was born Wahiawa in 50
I was born in Wahiawa in 1949
People forget how old this video is, and this particular tourguide, who has several videos on TH-cam, is a great example of his genre. He goes all over the world, but he seems incapable of seeing a world any different than the white middle-class American world he knows. We can mock him, but if you hear Americans on the BBC today, you hear a self righteousness that is no different, and no more informed. Still, what I wish is that these films were in color, what an exotic world he saw.
hedablinka It’s a damn shame Hawaii is a shit hole now...
Seems like every beautiful place gets uglied up from either greed or tourists or gentrification or societal ills or it's a combo plate of my short list. Mankind is a rough tourist on this Earth.
Cool look into the past. I could do without the organ music.
I was 12 years younger when this was uploaded to TH-cam....
"under the so-called Golden Gate?" The Golden Gate (Chrysopylae) is the name of the straits, named for the Golden Horn (Chrysoceros) of Byzantium by John Fremont in 1846. The Bridge is the Bridge ACROSS the Golden Gate.
How many brothels were there?
@MargaretCambell583
That's an odd question but humorous tho because I recently checked out a library book about the brothels of Kansas, Nebraska and Oklahoma (because I was born and raised in OKC).
My stepdad joined the army when I was 9 and his first tour was Schofield Barracks in '79-'82.
He and mom were actually propositioned as a package deal by a streetwalker on one of the parts of Waikiki most people shouldn't go apparently.
@@laurakibben4147 Must have been Hotel Street.....
@@timhazeltine3256 assuming you mean the book title, no. It was "Behind Brothel Doors"
My favourite destination
That Wurlitzer organ is perfect for this. I guess.
the original 2 Waikiki hotels: the Moana Surfrider (the white hotel) and the Royal Hawaiian Hotel (the "Pink Lady") still stands until this day (March 2021) ! music choices: the parochial (Judeo-Christian) style "How Great Thou Art" or circus / clown (organ) music, for the outrigger (regatta) canoes/surf montage
I'm guessing that back then the Island of Kauai wasn't frequented by tourists very much. I prefer it to Oahu. Way less crowded and with more beautiful nature.
The surfboards in this film are out of date already. All balsa wood boards were taking over by 1950, weighing less than half the plywood kook box paddle boards and redwood/balsa wood planks seen in this film, more from the 30s and 40s.
@ldfreitas9437
You should seek out The Ride: Back to the soul of Surfing about Duke Kahanamoku days (supposedly). Everyone fusses about the first five to ten minutes but once the main character goes back, it's a super good and sweet story.
Matson,Presidents, P & O, those were the glory days of ocean travel.
3:21 seconds the lifeboat is clearly marked Lurlene.
No beach hotels back then , no military bases., few golf balls, little diesel. , no racism
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Arnold Stollar ? Moana Surfrider and the royal hyn are both beach hotels
There were a lot of military bases. Schofield Barracks, Wheeler Air Force, Hickham Field, Pearl Harbor Navy Kaneohe Marine base
This would have been better without the funeral music
Thank you. :D
Trolley buses in Honolulu!
5 days at sea wow .... now about 6 hours from California's coast .
Quit complaining. The organ music is Awesome 👏 !!!
Omg waikiki is a tourist trash bin now..... And captain cook DID NOT DISCOVER HAWAI'I also there were well over a million of us spread out throughout the 8 island chain until disease came with the increasing amount of visitors, invasive bugs and other things....
So, I "discovered" your porch in the parking lot. Now it's my porch. That's how "discovery" works.
😁🤙🏝
Cool video, but dummm music!
This video would not have been era: during the Second World War. ... so, probably 1950's
agree,,,,I think 30's
@@jomon723 The Waikiki scenes were shot between November 1948 and late 1950.
8:31 ... Can't sit on the sidewalk, now-a-days. ... Municipal law !
Look how slender everyone is. This was before the food corporations started poisoning the food with sugar to make it addictive.
The lifeboats say Lurline on the side, not Matsonia.
3:21 mark
Most people make the trip in five hours. On a plane that is.
This is definitely the worst Traveltalk Fitzpatrick ever did, for many reasons: Should’ve been in color- it’s Hawaii, for heaven’s sake, Paradise of the Pacific, as he said; the music was terrible- had absolutely nothing to do with Hawaii & at times sounded like bad church music (what was he thinking?); he mispronounced several words; & last, he sounded slurry at times, as if he’d had a few drinks before starting the narration.
Hawaii wasn’t even state yet back in 40s and early 50s.
Must have been nice.
These days you can hardly get a "welcome to Hawai'i" when you arrive, and the dirty looks are plenty.
Look, if you don't want tourists, don't make tourism the cornerstone of your economy...
They didn't...the white man did...all for their own profit...they just walked in and took... the Hawaiians are such lovely people..but tourists do not have "Aloha Spirit"
@@angelicafreund8551 Bullshit. The ONLY two industries Hawaii had going for it was sugar, and pineapple. That's it. Both are now gone because other nations like Costa Rica made it cheaper for the end-consumer. Hawaii has always had it's 3d and most lucrative industry; tourism.
How many companies closed for good during the pandemic? Hundreds. Bankruptcies were at historic peaks, income was at an all time low. Like it or not, ignore the facts if you want, but tourism has been, and will always be Hawaii's one and only real source of income.
@@peterross97Your knowledge of Hawaiian history would fit in a kukui nut. Until the late 70s the economy ofthe Hawaiian Island was based in agriculture, the military and tourism. Agriculture was decimated by free trade, which increased the reliance on tourism.
@6:52😢😢😢
Because tourism industry...
This is how travel use to be.
1950 not 1940
All they now die
LOL natives coming to greet the ship. 😂😂😂 Poetic license.
Honolulu is now a methadone clinic.
Is this guy drunk?
James Fitzpatrick was as cool as he was corny. He wrote and delivered his own narrations, often running the camera himself. And his aim was always to promote the places he visited in the name of unity and goodwill rather than to criticize.
Look all da haoles on da boat.
Attack and destroy.
"Diahhmen head".
🤔
Absorbed
this is the whitest thing I've ever seen.. like, the "pronounce the H" kind of wHite
Devils destroyed hawaii
Asians?
What do you know about it......
Yep🤙🏝