“ SCHLEY RIDE TO HAWAII “ 1952 HONOLULU, MAUI & OAHU TRAVELOGUE CATTLE RANCH, SUGAR CANE XD51704

Join this channel to get access to perks: Want to learn more about Periscope Film and get access to exclusive swag? Join us on Patreon. Visit Visit our website “Schley Ride to Hawaii 1952” is a color, silent travelogue film by Norman E. Schley. It originally would have screened in front of a live audience with Schley narrating, or may have had an accompanying soundtrack (now lost). Norman Schley was a skilled filmmaker from Wisconsin who made a series of travel films under the moniker “Schley Ride’’ or “Picturelogues” through his company Picturelogue Inc. This particular film, follows Schley as he travels around Hawaii from Waikiki Beach to a rural fishing community. This film is offers insight into the development of Hawaii’s tourism sector in the years leading up to becoming the 50th state in 1959. Palm trees frame scene, coastline (0:07). Camera pans crowd in bleachers at Hula/ Polynesian Dance performance (0:25). Tourists from crowd attempt the dance (0:51). Navy officer wears Korean War-era US Navy uniform (1:10). Hula dancer in pa’u’ (a skirt), pā’ū mālō (blouse), and lei poses for photos in front of grass hut (1:13). Hawaiian children clap from sidelines of performance (1:25). Off-duty hula dancers smoke cigarettes (1:33). More dance performance (1:34). Woman walks along white-sand beach, perhaps Honolulu’s Waikiki Beach w/ view of Diamond Head in background (2:01). Wa`a Hawaiian Outrigger Canoe heads into surf (2:11). Woman journals on sandy beach (2:32). Off-duty US Navy men walk past “tiki bar” Don the Beachcomber (2:37). Diamond Head crater (3:03). Perhaps black 1948 Buick Series 40 Special along tree-lined, gravel road (3:12). Indigenous Hawaiian fisherman sew fishing nets, smoke cigarettes (3:15). Men, children spread nets in grass field (3:43). Women, tourists stand on coast as men launch fishing boat into sea (3:54). Papale Niu (Coconut Frond Hat) sold by young vendors on beach (4:19). Pit dug in soil to prepare for fish roast (5:06). Tour group sit at long banquet table for feast (5:19). View from plane: perhaps Barbers Point Lighthouse, Oahu (5:27). Waitress brings cocktails to sunbathers at resort, close-up tropical drinks (5:40). Birds of Paradise flower (5:59). Hālona Blowhole, Hanauma Bay, Oahu (6:06). Keaīwa Heiau State Park (6:27). View of hood of perhaps 1951 Hudson Hornet driving along palm-tree lined road (7:00). Water irrigation system, laying sheet metal pipes (7:24). Sugar cane harvest: farmers operate mechanized harvester, crane (7:49). Bales of harvested sugar cane placed on trolley (8:14). Aerial view of sugar cane plantation, steam billows from processing plant (8:19). Hawaiian Airlines DC-3 just landed (8:29). Cattle ranchers usher cattle through field (8:37). Cattle farm, dude ranch (8:56). Cattle sorted through mechanized wooden fence, hand-operated by rancher (9:22). Sign for Hotel Hana, Maui (10:04). Perhaps the Schleys enjoying hotel grounds, pool of private villa (10:09). Hibiscus, oleander cut from branches (10:45). Banquet buffet table adorned with tropical fruits, flowers (11:05). Close-up of buffet salads (11:19). Sign for Hana Store - oldest store in the island (11:39). Small bank with private mailboxes (11:56). Hana School - students sit and weave baskets and hats from straw, palm husk (12:03). Taro field (13:09). Women pound, kneed taro on wooden slat (13:12). Kids play on perhaps Hana Beach (13:57). Young local spear fisherman displays DIY goggles, perhaps crafted from palm tree or coconut shell (14:14). The fisherman show off tropical fish they caught (14:41). Perhaps same young men rush into surf with longboards (15:21). View from plane of jagged cliffs (15:52). Ti plant (16:00). (16:06). Anthurium bouquets (16:14). Tropical flowers: Bamboo orchid, white lady flower, crepe ginger (16:25). Molten lava at perhaps Keanakako’i (17:05). Pineapple canning plant (18:00). Dole Fruit Co. water tower shaped like pineapple (18:05). Camera pans commercial boats in harbor (18:09). Traffic on busy commercial road downtown Maui (18:21). Woman vendor strings flowers onto lei (18:26). Street vendor paints portraits (18:33). Moana Hotel Waikiki in background, hotel guests walk Waikiki Beach (19:02). Catamaran, canoes off coast of Waikiki Beach (19:08). LED light sign at night for Waikiki Tavern (19:33). Female, male performers dance hula, twirl batons to live band at night club (19:39). Tourists board United Airlines Boeing 377 Stratocruiser (20:55). 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. For more information visit