1930s VINTAGE HAWAII & SURFING MOVIE WAIKIKI BEACH HONOLULU 44874

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Produced by Frederic Ullman, Jr., for Pictorial Films in the early 1940s, this relatively short “Sportreel” black-and-white film is titled “Riding the Crest” and takes it viewer to Honolulu, Hawaii. At mark 02:20, the narrator explains one of the island’s most popular sports: body surfing. (The title itself is a reference to surfing and the ability to successfully ride the crest of a wave.) The narrator explains the “how to” basics of surfing as we see scenes of novice and expert surfers out in the ocean. The viewer is also introduced to surfboarding starting at mark 03:04, in which the brave hearted are said to ride a “streamlined ironing board” as men are shown heading out to the Pacific Ocean and the narrator again explains the basics. Scenes of outrigger canoes follow, and at mark 05:44, the viewer is returned to surfboarding as we see a bikini-clad novice surfer practicing her balancing techniques on dry land, followed by more scenes of experienced surfers riding the waves. As the sun sets at mark 08:34, the narrator reminds the viewer that “so long as there is a surf on the island, there will be sport … and sportsmen to ride the crest.”
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[@Sidetrackification]

The difference between then and now, Mahalo for posting this, even the narrator noticed how much Aloha was present then.

[@billj9838]

My father-in-law was Hawaiian and born in 1928 on the island of Oahu, he live near Waikiki Beach. He could’ve been one of the little kids in this movie that day. If not, he was somewhere on that island the day this movie was filmed.

[@CauseSilenceIsHarder]

The coolest video I've seen on youtube! Love these visuals

[@hebneh]

This film was shot in about 1937, not the early 1940s. It was made before World War II.

[@sweetness1586]

the hawaiians r amazing people and the west took all of it away !!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

[@OysterPir8]

I love periscope, but I do wish they would lose the time code.

[@PeriscopeFilm]

Here's the issue: this film and others like it may have been made by taxpayers, but the U.S. Government in its infinite wisdom, threw it away. Tens of thousands of films were destroyed and many others are at risk. Our company preserves these precious bits of history one film at a time. How do we afford to do that? By selling them as stock footage to documentary filmmakers and broadcasters. If we did not have a counter, we could not afford to post films like this on online, and no films would be preserved. It's that simple. So we ask you to bear with the watermark and timecodes.

[@OysterPir8]

Wow - that response made me REALLY like you and want to support your efforts.

[@sevenblessed2543]

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[@hecke1959]

Today those children would be taken in to custody for not having life preserver in a boat and turned over to state.

[@sessionsinparadise7357]

hecke1959 wtf?