WOW...my first visit to Hawaii was during the summer of 1967...a high school graduation trip for my mom and I...stayed at the Ilikai Hotel...loved the islands so much that I returned 2 years later to work at the front desk/reservations at the Ilikai. That changed my life...for those who know me you will also know why! It was great to remember how it was back then. It has changed so much :-( that it is almost unrecognizable.
OMG, this brings back so many memories.. when i got my HD from the Navy in Sep of '70 caught a flight frm S.F. & headed straight for Honolulu with only $500 in my pocket, no job prospects & no idea what I was going to do there! Touched down & the 1st thing I saw was a newspaper headline that Jimi Hendrix, my guitar idol, had just died so i will never forget that date, Sep.18, 1970. Had 2 jobs there before getting an overseas position with Kentron Hawaii Ltd. on Canton Is. in the Phoenix Is. group. Thanks to Google maps I looked up my old address on Pacific Heights only to find the old house I lived in was demolished & a nice apt complex resting in it's place.. would like to go back someday just to see how much it's changed after all these years.
Lots of these guys would be servicemen on their weeks leave from service in Vietnam. Apparently it was mostly the married men who chose to take their leave in Hawaii. The single men preferred Bangkok, Taiwan and Sydney, no prizes for guessing why!
Grass, real natives, canals, a memory. Cement, roads, hwys and parking lots. Had 2 girl firends from there. Visited in 77 and 81, not close to those days- all covered with even more dense hotels. No boards on the beach.
I know Hawaii from the local people point of view. I left Oahu in 1953. We had many luaus at my home. We never put pineapples in the imu. Pig, stuffing, sweet potatoes, lau lau and kulolo are the only ones I remember.
Absolutely amazing quality of the presumably 16mm Kodachrome film print (or even 35mm Technicolor?). Incredible colour. Would be exceptional to have been scanned in HD. Great content too.
6:10 Pan Am Clipper Defiance - N704PA - the Boeing 707 that The Beatles traveled on their historic journey to the USA. The aircraft was with Pan Am until about 1971. Those early Pratt and Whitney JT3C engines sure were screamers!
The blessed time after the war and before the crowd, trafic jam, mass tourism, homeless, obesity, violence, drugs, fast food, expensive cost of live, unaffordable real estate...
I just moved to Honolulu. I thought Hawaii would be nice, but there are so many homeless people making the city look like trash. Weather is great, no complaints there. Why the city or state allow homeless to squat throughout the island is incomprehensible.
The European invasion/colonization of Hawaii was and is tragic. Leading to the environmental destruction and devastation covered up criminally saying it is development.
WOW...my first visit to Hawaii was during the summer of 1967...a high school graduation trip for my mom and I...stayed at the Ilikai Hotel...loved the islands so much that I returned 2 years later to work at the front desk/reservations at the Ilikai. That changed my life...for those who know me you will also know why! It was great to remember how it was back then. It has changed so much :-( that it is almost unrecognizable.
Went in 1965 as a teenager. Got my first bikini and a surf lesson. Loved the flowers and food Soo much. Heavenly
Growing up on Oahu all thru grade school, high school and college, 60s, 70s and 80s, best times of my life no question.🌊🌴🐋
Hawaii is now only for multi-millionaires.
OMG, this brings back so many memories.. when i got my HD from the Navy in Sep of '70 caught a flight frm S.F. & headed straight for Honolulu with only $500 in my pocket, no job prospects & no idea what I was going to do there! Touched down & the 1st thing I saw was a newspaper headline that Jimi Hendrix, my guitar idol, had just died so i will never forget that date, Sep.18, 1970. Had 2 jobs there before getting an overseas position with Kentron Hawaii Ltd. on Canton Is. in the Phoenix Is. group. Thanks to Google maps I looked up my old address on Pacific Heights only to find the old house I lived in was demolished & a nice apt complex resting in it's place.. would like to go back someday just to see how much it's changed after all these years.
So many memories of a time when our islands were fun, not overcrowded, and did not have freeways. Those were the days!
Such beautiful footage of Hawaii in the late 60s. Such a privilege to see this video 🙏
Lots of these guys would be servicemen on their weeks leave from service in Vietnam. Apparently it was mostly the married men who chose to take their leave in Hawaii. The single men preferred Bangkok, Taiwan and Sydney, no prizes for guessing why!
Great footage of classic waikiki
My beautiful Hawaiian Kingdom!
I hope your people can get it back to what it should be and get the U.S out of your hair like they should have 100+ years ago.
Grass, real natives, canals, a memory. Cement, roads, hwys and parking lots. Had 2 girl firends from there. Visited in 77 and 81, not close to those days- all covered with even more dense hotels. No boards on the beach.
Wow 😮 how beautiful, love history & Polynesian cultures, thank you 🙏
I know Hawaii from the local people point of view. I left Oahu in 1953. We had many luaus at my home. We never put pineapples in the imu. Pig, stuffing, sweet potatoes, lau lau and kulolo are the only ones I remember.
Coco Palms! From back in the day! About a minute out. Just like I remember from 1957!
Love this video a year before I arrived for a 3 year tour! Have been back many times!
Awesome!
The best thing about the United States is the 50th State. ;-)
Absolutely amazing quality of the presumably 16mm Kodachrome film print (or even 35mm Technicolor?). Incredible colour. Would be exceptional to have been scanned in HD. Great content too.
preserved, my eye, we ruined it all , corporations ruined the place.
Corporations ruin everything. All for money. That’s capitalism for you.
6:10 Pan Am Clipper Defiance - N704PA - the Boeing 707 that The Beatles traveled on their historic journey to the USA. The aircraft was with Pan Am until about 1971. Those early Pratt and Whitney JT3C engines sure were screamers!
The guy in blue at 5:08 is very dashing. ❤
It's so sad seeing this, knowing what's become of Waikiki.
What has happened to it.
Except for Waikiki Honolulu seems very run down now. Take the #20 bus and see for yourself. Time to help the rest of island.
Aloha!
Beach boys and surfers shared the waves. No one was in your face then.
The blessed time after the war and before the crowd, trafic jam, mass tourism, homeless, obesity, violence, drugs, fast food, expensive cost of live, unaffordable real estate...
1yr before original Hawaii 5/0.
Hawaii (1979)
I just moved to Honolulu. I thought Hawaii would be nice, but there are so many homeless people making the city look like trash. Weather is great, no complaints there. Why the city or state allow homeless to squat throughout the island is incomprehensible.
It's pretty sad. Society isn't making it easy for them to get back on their feet. Especially with the corruption on every level in hawaii.
My Home 🏡🏡 Sweet Home 🏡🏡
Journey ~ Live in Jones Beach, NY August 14, 2008 Arnel Pineda [Video]
Anyone know the background music?
They took paradise, then put in a parking lot. ??? WHY.❓
Glad they didn't go into what happened to Captain Cook eventually in Hawaii. 😬
Why is Hawaii apart of America ?
Depending on the question:
1. It requested annexation or
2. It is in the middle of an ocean
Please plAylist songs
I miss ol’ Hawai’i when we had a beach & before foreign investors and Our old Mayor Kirk Caldwell built that unfinished waste of money Rail System
😀😀😀🥰🤟🤟🥰👋👋👋🐳🐳
全然古さ感じへんやんけ
I miss this time when America was America ……. Now it’s a third world country…. Sad !!
As a hawaiian I hate this video so much
Stop whining 😂😂😂 we white people love it and we’re taking over buddy
Go cry and eat some coconuts 🥥 🤣🤣🤣
The European invasion/colonization of Hawaii was and is tragic. Leading to the environmental destruction and devastation covered up criminally saying it is development.
Hewa!