Summary

MISC. HAWAII NEWS FOOTAGE

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Title: MISC. HAWAII NEWS FOOTAGE
File Number: GEO-27 Beta SP
Color: Color
Type: Newsreel
Year: 1980s
Description: 00:03:46:09 - 00:58:42:17 Color Sound 1980s Hawaii -- local news footage from Honolulu mostly human interest segments w some crime, fire stories. Includes talking heads & newscasters Courtney Harrington & Mary Zanakis in studio. Some footage is repeated from GEO-23. 00:03:46:09 - 00:06:04:22 Color Sound 1980s Honolulu, Hawaii -- Anchorman talking head in Hawaiian shirt introduces segment on motorcycles bikers. VS Hell's Angels type biking group of men in sunglasses & leather ride cycles on highway. VS motorcycle POVs on Hawaiian backroads. SOUND rock music "Cool Riders," from "Grease 2" movie soundtrack. VO interviews w various middle-aged riders. Good SLO MO shots of bikers. 00:06:04:23 - 00:06:57:23 Color Sound 1980s Honolulu, Hawaii -- Car fire: stretch limousine station wagon engulfed in flames & smoke. Good shot worried Japanese tourists watching nervously. SOUND sirens. VO reporter describing incident. Driver pulling baggage from backseat of limousine. Yellow fire engine arrives. Firemen w hoses try to put out flames. 00:06:57:24 - 00:08:13:14 Color Sound 1980s Hawaii -- CU R F red Christmas ornament on tree. SOUND Hawaiian style guitar "Jingle Bells." Conductor in tuxedo coaching singers. Various dogs bark in sync to famous recording of dogs barking "Jingle Bells." Montage of CU dogs "singing". Dogs include English springer spaniels, vizla, golden retriever, collie, German shepherd, cocker spaniel. Concepts: humor, wacky, holidays, Christmas. 00:08:13:15 - 00:11:01:15 Color Sound 1980s Oahu, Hawaii -- Hale Mohalu protest. Former center for Hansen's Disease (leprosy) patients, Pearl City. Residents & supporters of Hale Mohalu leprosy residence sing during sit-in. Two leprosy patients hold cross (Clarence Naia & Bernard Punikaia). Police arrive to evict residents & forcibly remove them. Residence had been condemned. Bulldozers destroy building. Concepts: Eminent domain, protests, civil disobedience, sit ins, development. 00:11:01:16 - 00:12:23:26 Color Sound 1980s Hawaii -- Caiman discovered at local reservoir. Caiman (relative of alligator & crocodile) sits on log in water. Researchers try to determine if it is the only such animal by baiting it w chicken. Bird (alu) swims nearby without being harmed. VO reporter tells story. Excellent CU sign: "danger alligators." 00:12:23:27 - 00:15:01:03 Color Sound 1980s Honolulu, Hawaii -- Residential fire. Old woman trapped in apartment waits to be rescued. Fire engines & firemen in action. Flames come out of apartment window. VO reporter tells specifics. Excited & worried onlookers. Fireman carries senior woman down stairs. Cause of fire: unattended cigarette. 00:15:01:04 - 00:16:54:26 Color Sound 1980s Honolulu, Hawaii -- USS Arizona (US Navy ship sunk during Pearl Harbor attack) Memorial service. American flag waving. Crowd at service. Talking head WWII veteran. INT & EXT shots of memorial. Speakers at service. Man lays wreath at memorial. Photo of sunken Arizona. Bugler plays "Taps." 00:16:54:27 - 00:19:33:20 Color Sound 1980s Honolulu, Hawaii -- Smoke emanating from crumpled 1980 Datsun SX car that crashed after stolen car chase at night. VO reporter explaining chase. Map of Oahu Island showing chase route. POlice cars speeing on highways at night. Group of police arrest teenage perpetrators. Policeman sprays car w fire extinguisher. Suspects lying on ground in handcuffs before being moved to police cars during arrest. Policeman speaks to suspect in Hawaiian translation onscreen. CU face of suspect looking out window of police car. Fire engine on scene. Crime. 00:19:33:21 - 00:20:36:07 Color Sound 1980s Hawaii -- Caiman on log in water. VO reporter recites funny poem about appearance of caiman (relative of alligator & crocodile) at local reservoir. Concepts: humor, wacky, oddities, animals, reptiles. 00:20:36:08 - 00:21:49:02 Color Sound 1980s Honolulu, Hawaii -- Two fires. Firemen fighting flames at burning school building & burning abandoned buildings at night. Flames, hoses. VO reporter tells location of fires how they were discovered extent of damage. Accidents, disasters, danger. VS firemen. 00:21:49:03 - 00:22:56:03 Color Sound 1980s Hawaii -- Hang glider accident. Emergency workers airlift injured man by helicopter from wrecked aircraft on side of mountain. Man on stretcher loaded into ambulance. Concepts: extreme sports, injuries, medical, danger. 00:22:56:04 - 00:27:30:09 Color Sound 1980s Waikiki, Hawaii -- Talking Head male newscaster introduces reporter in Hawaiian shirt. Reporter at scene of large fire at Outrigger Surf Hotel at night. Emergency workers load stretchers onto ambulances. Fire caused by Christmas tree. Back and forth between newscaster in studio & reporter on the scene. Reporter interviews fireman. 00:27:31:16 - 00:29:10:17 Color Sound 1986 Niu Valley, Hawaii -- Demonstration against Marcos. Split screen talking head anchor man & scene of demonstration. VO reporter. Police on scene. Protesters, some Communists, hold up signs disapproving of the exiled Philippine dictator Ferdinand & his wife Imelda & their residence in Hawaii. Police arrest one demonstrator 00:29:10:18 - 00:32:02:08 Color Sound 1980s Hawaii -- Wimonalla Beach tent city protest. Native Hawaiian blows horn before dawn at tent city. Demonstrators in native Polynesian dress hold signs. Police forcibly remove protesters from straw hut. Resisting arrest. Children scream and cry, "We have no house! Where are we going?" CU talking head explaining arrests, "they brought the arrest on themselves." VO reporter. VS women crying as they are arrested. 00:32:13:04 - 00:33:45:24 Color Sound 1980s Honolulu, Hawaii -- Silhouetted man plays driving video game. Gives 'Hang Loose' gesture over screen. Man playing pocket billiards. Old man reads newspaper. VO announcer tells of upcoming programs. poor video quality. 00:33:46:04 - 00:36:16:00 Color Sound 1980s Honolulu, Hawaii -- Early morning news show. Intro: various people say "Good morning Hawaii." Newscasters Courtney Harrington & MAry Zanakis chat & banter. Local TV personality has breakfast in diner as he talks to camera. Anchors say good-bye. CU ZI pink flowers (rhododendrons?). 00:36:16:01 - 00:39:27:06 Color Sound 1980s Waikiki, Hawaii -- Talking head anchor man introduces story about 1937 message in a bottle experiment to track ocean currents. Archival footage of men on boats tossing empty bottles in Pacific Ocean off California coast in 1937. VO reporter explains 6,000 bottles tossed overboard were meant to track sardine egg flow. Results inconclusive. Cameraman George Cabral throws bottle into ocean to replicate experiment. Bottle floats on surface of ocean. Ocean landscape just before dawn. 00:39:27:26 - 00:42:56:29 Color Sound 1985 Honolulu, Hawaii -- bodybuilding. Anchor man & newscaster Mary Nanakis sit at table in front of video monitors. (Woman's blouse very 1980s.) She says Hawaii is currently less popular honeymoon destination. They interview bodybuilder w muscular chest in gym & joke w him as he does curls w dumbbells. (Poor video quality.) Women use weight machines in gym -working out. Credits roll. 00:42:57:11 - 00:43:31:07 Color Sound 1980s Honolulu, Hawaii -- Dawn skyline of city. PAN woman lifting top to reveal breasts. Poor video quality. Lewd naughty sexy secret exhibitionism humor wacky amateur sleazy. Followed by Channel 2 news promo. VO "Hawaii's number 1 news," clips of election campaign, talking head, & volcano. 00:43:34:26 - 00:46:46:03 Color Sound 1985 Honolulu, Hawaii -- Nurses on duty in hospital. Morning news intro. Shirtless male patient w black eye waves from hospital bed. Newscasters Courtney Harrington & Mary Zanakis in studio. Talking head: nurse interviewed about Nurse Appreciation Day. Nurses wave. End credits. 00:46:47:06 - 00:51:15:18 Color Sound 1985 Honolulu, Hawaii -- Nigerian drummer Olatunji performing. CU ZO from drum. African music, percussion. Morning news intro w newscasters Courtney Harrington & Mary Zanakis. Weather report over park landscape at dawn. More drumming, accompanied by male dancer in grass skirt - native dress. Newscasters interview drummer. Olatunji says he travels the world to spread the word about Africa & counteract Hollywood image of it. End credits roll followed by promo for news station w brief montage of cameramen, political campaigning, hang glider, typewriter, & volcano. 00:51:16:14 - 00:55:21:04 Color Sound 1985 Hawaii -- Channel 2 morning news. Three Military Police (MPs), one female, each say "Good morning, Hawaii," during intro. Newscasters Courtney Harrington & Mary Zanakis in studio. They interview officer Lieutenant Colonel David Sullivan about Armed Forces Day events for the public at Fort Shafter. Honor guard marches carrying American flag. Soldiers detonate cannon. Female soldier plays bugle as flag raises. Credits roll. Poor audio quality. Concepts: military, patriotism. 00:55:21:11 - 00:58:40:29 Color Sound 1985 Honolulu, Hawaii -- Channel 2 morning news. Newscasters Courtney Harrington & Mary Zanakis in studio. VS handpainted clay figurines handmade by members of police department depicting humorous everyday police scenes. Includes figurine of policeman holding radar speed detecting gun. Newscasters interview police officer about figurines & Police Week. Credits roll.
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