1928 vintage film Honolulu, Oahu, Hawaii
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- Опубліковано 12 вер 2024
- Original 16mm movie film taken by a New York City family while visiting Hawaii, Honolulu and Oahu in 1928. Scenic views include a biplane greeting while waiting to enter Honolulu Harbor, city views, hula dancing, paniolas, etc. The ship listing at the beginning of the film is curious. (At :55). Does anyone have an explanation for that? Can anyone identify the biplane or pilot? Please submit any information relevant to the film. This film is making its world wide debut here on the Youtenna Channel. Background music from the public domain courtesy of PublicDomain4U dot com, including Cliff Edwards, "A Song of Old Hawaii" - Andy Iona and his Islanders, "Naughty Hula Eyes" - and Billy Murray, "When Old Bill Bailey Plays the Ukulele."
- 1:33, Moana Hotel seen from its pier, Waikiki
- 1:48, Royal Hawaiian Hotel grounds, Waikiki
- 2:19, Odetta Bray accompanied by her father, David "Daddy" Bray
- 4:19, Iolani Palace, Honolulu
- 4:50, Interior of Kawaiahao Church, Honolulu (including memorial plaque)
- 5:32, Haleiwa Hotel, Oahu
- 6:17, Ewa Sugar Plantation, Oahu
- 7:12, Schaefer home, Nuuanu Valley, Honolulu
- 7:21, Pali Road
Thanks so much for that!!
the white Moana Surfrider hotel (1:33); now, there are rocking chairs, near the entrance doors (car drop off area in the front)...
@@kshinokevin Yes, but this view is from the makai side, from the Moana Pier which was demolished in 1930. Opposite side from the entrance with the rocking chairs.
AMAZING BEAUTIFUL PRESENTATION OF THE HULA BY A HULA FAMILY OF OLD HAWAII...THE TRADTIONS OF OUR KŪPUNA AS THE SAW BEST TO PERPETUATE THEM THAT ALLOWS OUR HULA TRADTION TO LIVE WITHIN US TODAY. KUPUNA IS WEARING HIS BEST SUIT FOR THIS PERFORMANCE...A GOOD INDICATION OF HOW HE VALUES THE OLD HULA TRADTIONS AND HOW HE HELD THEM IN GREAT ESTEEM. I CAN SEE AND NAME EACH TRADITIONAL STEP PERFORMED BY THE HULA DANCER...HULA MAY HAVE CHANGED BUT THE SEASONED EYES OF THE MASTER TEACHERS CAN SEE THE FOUNDATION OF HULA IN THIS BEAUTIFUL PRESENTATION...
I was born in Tripler 21 years after this movie was taken and lived on Ohau for the first 9 years of my life. Sadly that Hawaii does not exist any longer. Sadly Hawaii now often reminds me of Newark NJ with palm trees it is so damn crowded.............
true, but not all the Islands look like that, I live on Big Island and it still has it's charm..
If you get out of Waikiki where the people live you can still see it
Man. What the hell hula moves are that. Playing the ipu doing auana if that's auana. And who the hell are those people? Give me some brothers doing the jitterbug or have them do my hula
He looks like Daddy Bray and his daughter Odetta Bray. Famous hula family from that time.
so true, that skirt, and the brudda in a suit playing the Ipu the white man has landed..
@@Cosmorific "hula family" lmfao..... mayjah
@@hotsand4u the bruddah in the suit is Daddy Bray a well known kumu hula of that time period.
I don't see my mother in law. She would have been 13 years old in 1928. Born Hilo, lived in Honolulu, passed away in Kauai 1994.
...thats because they are only showing white people and your mother in law was probably Hawaiian or at the very least local.
A beautiful video You. Wish there were more families out their who would share their grandparents or great grandparents' films of Hawaii. And the life that they shared. Mahalo and Aloha, and thank you so much for sharing this film with us all.
Sadly All we have is stories passed down from generation to generation
Haole wahine doing the hula in 1928😁😂
and a haole guy hitting the ipu lmfao...a lot of bullshit done in 30 years after holding our queen at gunpoint lol
No, Google David 'Daddy" Bray and Odetta Bray. He was an important kumu hula of yesteryear. Odetta, who is dancing, is his daughter. They were hapa.
And the guy playing the ipu and chanting in a suit? Hollywood fake
@@barbarapakalania6712 lol
@@barbarapakalania6712 I thought it was just me thinking that the way the woman was doing the "hula" looked strange. Its the Hollywood version of Hawaii hula.
The hula girl at 3:45 is a visitor, right.
both of them are!... not only did they hold our queen at gunpoint 30 years earlier before stealing our land, they fake our dances lmfao
No. She is Odetta Bray and the chanter is her father Daddy Bray. They are a hapa-haole family.
1928 Would Have Been The Year Before My Dad Was Born ! This Was A "High Tech" & Professional Filming Of That Time & Era... "Good Show" Old Man ! Cordially: (RJ)
Cool footage! Love this old movies!
Great Stuff!! How did you come by the film and did you transfer it yourself? I like the shots at the end, after descending the Pali there are some simple shots taken of Maunawili. I wish you had more. Do you?
+KailuaKid
I do have more that I need to put on...Al
@2:41 makes me sad to think about my kupunas and how they stole hula and turned it into this
THAT IS NOT A REAL HULA DANCE...AND THAT IS NOT A HAWAIIAN AS MUCH AS STANDING IN A CAR MAKES YOU AN AUTOMOBILE OR GOING TO CHURCH ON SUNDAY AND TITHING MAKES ANYONE A CHRISTIAN!!! HORRIBLE WHAT HAS BEEN DONE TO THE SACRED ISLANDS...HORRIBLE....
Exactly
As the daughter of a hula dancer from the 1930's and a hula student myself, I recognize some of the standard hula footwork like "uwehe", lele uwehe, and a couple of others.
The style is definitely older and out of date, and the hand motions didn't look too authentic, but my mom who was very well trained danced very similarly.
@@sandramorey2529 its fake as fk...how can you be a dancer and miss the fact that they are doing an 'auana to an ipu?!?!?! Give us a break and shhhhhh
couldnt have said it better myself!!! this is a slap in the face
@@sandramorey2529 Also...just because your the "daughter of a hula dancer" (lmfao)...doesnt give you any standing whatsoever on Hula lmfao... I danced 15 years and so did my whole family and your completely ignorant
The hula performed is interesting. I'm no expert (only learned a little hula kahiko in HS), but it looks like a mix of hula kahiko and hula 'auana. Is that so?
Interesting. It was taken 4 years before I was born near where Kalihi Stream crosses Dillingham Blvd.
Auntie! She's showing her thighs.
It must had been very nice back then with less building's.
Less houses on the heights.
Heavenly 🌴😎🌴