- Title: VM-359
- Summary: MODERN HAWAII (REVISED): PRESENTS THE STRATEGIC POSITION OF THE HAWAIIAN ISLANDS IN THE MID-PACIFIC. THEIR ORIGIN SETTLEMENT AND INDUSTRIES. SHOWS THE IMPORTANT RELATIONSHIP BETWEEN GEOGRAPHY AND THEIR EFFECTS UPON THE ECONOMY OF HAWAII.
- Description:00:44:58 - HAWAII. BEAUTY SHOT. COAST. BEACH. 00:45:11 - YOUNG COUPLE WALKING ON BEACH. PALM TREES. MOUNTAIN IN BACKGROUND. 00:45:17 - MAP OF EARTH AND HAWAII'S POSITION ON IT. 00:45:39 - MAP OF HAWAII. IDENTIFIES NAMES OF ISLANDS. 00:45:59 - AERIAL OF HAWAII. MOUNTAINS. STEAM. 00:46:14 - LAVA. STILL ACTIVE VOLCANOS. 00:46:34 - LAVA ROCK. LAPPED BY WAVES. 00:46:40 - TROPICAL BEACH. 00:46:44 - HAND SCOOPS UP BLACK SAND MADE FROM LAVA ROCK. 00:46:51 - HAND SCOOPS UP RICH BROWN SOIL. 00:47:01 - HAWAIIAN MOUNTAINS. BEAUTY SHOT. 00:47:10 - NATIVE FARMER. SUGAR CANE FIELD. 00:47:31 - CU SUGAR CANE. 00:47:38 - PEOPLE WORKERS. IN LARGE STRAW HATS CULTIVATING MAINTAINING SUGAR CANE. HOEING. 00:48:02 - CU JAPANESE MAN. 00:48:06 - CU FILIPINO MAN. WEARING PITH HELMET. 00:48:10 - BURNING SUGAR CANE FIELD. 00:48:23 - SUGAR CANE STALKS ARE HARVESTED. MACHETES. 00:48:38 - SUGAR CANE LIFTED BY CRANE. 00:48:45 - SUGAR MILL. 00:48:51 - TRAIN TRANSPORTING SUGAR CANE. 00:49:01 - SUGAR CANE MOVING UP CONVEYER BELT. 00:49:12 - FLAT BED TRUCK COMING OUT OF MILL CARRYING BAGS OF SUGAR. 00:49:21 - PINEAPPLE FARM FIELD. MIGRANT WORKERS FARMERS. 00:49:42 - HUGE WEIRD LOOKING VEHICLE. CARRYING PINEAPPLES. 00:49:51 - CATTLE FARM. COWS GRAZING. 00:50:07 - BEACH. TOURISTS. MOUNTAINS. MEN PADDLING CANOE. 00:50:20 - CANOES ON BEACH. MAN THROWS NET INTO SURF OCEAN TO CATCH FISH. CU FISH TRAPPED IN NET. 00:50:39 - GRASS STRAW HUT. 00:50:47 - SUBURBAN HOUSE. CITY STREET. TRAFFIC COP. 00:51:03 - LONG SHOT HONOLULU. 00:51:15 - HONOLULU BAY. FACTORIES INDUSTRIES. BLACK SMOKE RISING FROM SMOKE STACK. 00:51:21 - CARGO SHIPS DOCKED. CRANE LIFTS CRATES AND CAR OUT OF SHIP. CRATES OF DOLE PINEAPPLES LOADING ONTO SHIP. 00:51:45 - PASSING CRUISE SHIP. TOURISTS ON DECK. 00:51:53 - MAN PUTTING LEI ON WOMAN. 00:52:05 - STATUE OF KAMEHAMEHA. ANCIENT HAWAIIAN KING. 00:52:10 - 50s STYLE CARS. BUSY CITY STREET. LOTS OF SAILORS. 00:52:39 - CHILDREN PUT HANDS ON BASEBALL BAT TO CHOOSE WHO GOES FIRST. 00:53:05 - UNIVERSITY OF HAWAII. 00:53:11 - HONOLULU ACADEMY OF ARTS. 00:53:24 - PEARL HARBOR. AIRPORT IN HONOLULU. LANDING PLANE FLIES PAST CAMERA. 00:53:44 - PALM TREES. COAST. 00:53:55 - SURFING. TRACTOR HARVESTING CROPS. 00:54:04 - LONG SHOT OF CITY. OLD BUILDING. CLOCK TOWER.
- Collection: Historic Films
- Producer:Historic Films
- Transmission Date:01/01/1948
- Rights:On request
- Decade: 1940s
- File Name: VM-359