This late 1950s-early 1960s color travelogue film “Honolulu Profile of Democracy” is Paul Hoefler Productions. It emphasizes the many different assimilated cultures who live peacefully together rather than the ‘native’ approach. A cruise ship is surrounded by sailboats as it approaches Honolulu (:49-1:18). Waikiki Beach is full of sunbathers in the foreground and a view of Diamond Head in the background (1:19) A motorized outrigger canoe is shown (1:33). A 1950s Chrysler DeSoto Deluxe and Chevy Bel Air are at a hotel (1:54). Women in 1950s clothing, including one in a floral muumuu, cross a busy street (2:18-2:29). A car drives along the rugged coastline of Oahu (3:02-3:17). It passes a tall field of sugar cane (3:18-3:30). Pineapple is being harvested by people loading onto the conveyer belt of the large mechanical machine mounted on a truck (3:32-3:45). Hickam Air Force Base is located adjacent to Pearl Harbor (3:46-4:04). The SS Orcades ocean liner is shown at the dock ( 4:06-4:22). The statue of King Kamehameha overlooks King Street; its graphical pictures at the base are also shown (4:35-5:00). The Iolani Palace was built in 1882 as his residence and is located by the State Capital (5:01-5:10). A 1950s pink and white Ford Parklane Station Wagon turns the corner at the Ala Moana Mall, followed by a 1950 Chevrolet Bel Air and station wagon with a rack on top. Architecture, sculptures, bamboo walkways, and the parking deck are shown at the Mall (5:31-6:19). A Cadillac Eldorado, with fins, is shown at (6:20). Women ride the outside escalator and a man rides the indoor escalator (6:27-6:40). He walks past the window displays. Inside is a view of a 1950s higher end shoe store. He is shown in suit and tie trying shoes on a woman (6:41-7:16). A woman in a floral muumuu wipes her home’s windows (7:30). The inside of the post office service windows (9:02). The family eats a meal in the lanai (8:34-8:44). Mail is loaded into a 1940s U.S. Mail truck. We see the postman deliver mail to stores and residential mailboxes (8:47-9:58). Women pick flowers from a Hybiscus plant (10:02-10:15). A “Dry Goods Center” sign also has Oriental symbols on it (10:36). A woman buys Chinese vegetables (11:09-11:23). A group of high school students enjoy a picnic (11:25-12:08). 1950s cars drive in front of rugged mountains to Kailua. They pass the Nu’uanu Pali cliff and areas of red volcanic cliffs (12:27-13:16). School children run out of framed Quonset huts to the playground (13:31-13:52). A family makes Christmas trees by spray painting areca palm twigs and hanging bulbs on it (13:55-14:13). Waikiki has the International Marketplace for shopping in Polynesian motif boutiques (14:15)
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