https://peertube.dngr.us/videos/watch/a009ad1d-0d75-4279-bb50-52eec6a2fcbd Join this channel to get access to perks: https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCddem5RlB3bQe99wyY49g0g/join Join us on Patreon. Visit https://www.patreon.com/PeriscopeFilm Visit our website www.PeriscopeFilm.com This silent film from the 1940s is primarily in color, transitioning to black-and-white footage toward the end. It is a home movie filmed by unknown U.S. Army soldiers stationed in Hawaii during World War II. The footage captures scenic views of Hawaii, daily life on the military base, moments of leisure, drinking, and various tasks performed by the soldiers. The film also includes footage of a hula dancer performance. A flower bed of wild-growing poinsettia (commonly referred to as wild poinsettia or Euphorbia pulcherrima) is situated between a fence and a pathway (00:00). Blurred footage of a sunset sky (00:37). Mountain peaks and a cloudy sky (00:55). A tree (01:18). A sunset over the water horizon (01:36). U.S. Army uniformed soldiers greet each other and converse while laughing (01:56). Three soldiers stand together; one smokes a cigarette (02:16). Uniformed soldiers walk and sit at picnic tables in a grassy area (02:25). One soldier walks past a group sitting at a picnic table (02:36). They make a toast with a can in hand (02:36). A soldier accidentally walks into another soldier who was standing still (02:45). They continue walking together (02:47). Uniformed soldiers walk around and sit in the grassy area (02:56). Views of different trees, including palms (03:17). A pink confederate rose (Hibiscus mutabilis) (03:31). A red hibiscus flower (03:42). Traditional Hawaiian hula dancers perform wearing leis around their necks while soldiers sit on the grass and benches around them, watching (03:46). A solo hula dancer in a different costume performs (05:26). The previous hula dancers perform a seated dance using a puffy instrument (05:35). They then dance while standing with free hands (05:50). The uniformed soldiers are photographed standing with the hula dancers (06:06). Traditional Hawaiian BBQ, also known as a "luau" (06:11). Two Hawaiian women walk past the camera (06:29). Another woman walks with a uniformed U.S. soldier (06:35). A soldier raises a Coke bottle in a toast toward the camera and drinks from it (06:37). Many soldiers are seated at a long table, eating (06:44). A uniformed soldier, wearing a helmet and carrying a weapon, walks (06:58). He speaks to someone off-camera, positioned in front of the camera (07:07). A group of uniformed soldiers wearing helmets and carrying weapons lines up in military formation (07:12). A uniformed soldier walks toward the camera (07:25). Another uniformed soldier walks toward the camera (07:33). A soldier wipes a car windshield (07:37). Another soldier stands in front of the camera as the first soldier continues cleaning the car (07:43). Two soldiers wrestle in the sand (07:49). A dark sunset sky (07:59). A poster with a Varga girl on it, titled "High Blonde Pressure" (08:11). A shirtless soldier cleans metal meal trays (08:16). Waves crash against shoreline rocks, with views of blowholes (08:35). Shoreline waves (09:09). A soldier drags a metal chain net (09:38). A soldier paints metal grids (09:51). A metal grid chair back is loaded into a truck (10:10). A soldier pretends to play the guitar using a broom while smoking a pipe (10:24). A shirtless soldier paints a chain on the back of a truck (10:30). Other soldiers paint other parts of the truck (10:43). Footage switches to black-and-white from this point onward. Views of soldiers receiving mail (10:54). Two soldiers drink beer from cone-top cans or Crowntainers in front of a gas mask equipment storage facility (11:29). Groups of soldiers drink together (11:47). Some play a game with metal marbles (12:15). Views of soldiers drinking from cone-top cans (12:18). A soldier dances (12:34). Soldiers joyfully interact with each other (12:39). Uniformed soldiers walk toward the camera (13:09). Motion picture films don't last forever; many have already been lost or destroyed. For almost two decades, we've worked to collect, scan and preserve the world as it was captured on 35mm, 16mm and 8mm movies -- including home movies, industrial films, and other non-fiction. If you have endangered films you'd like to have scanned, or wish to donate celluloid to Periscope Film so that we can share them with the world, we'd love to hear from you. Contact us via the weblink below. This film is part of the Periscope Film LLC archive, one of the largest historic military, transportation, and aviation stock footage collections in the USA. Entirely film backed, this material is available for licensing in 24p HD, 2k and 4k. 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