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Motion Picture MP2005-8

Home Movie of an American Legion Luau and Volcano Tour, Part 3 of 4

Administrative Information

Original Format(s)
Motion Picture
Footage
47 feet
Running Time
1 minute 19 seconds
Film Gauge
16mm
Sound
silent
Color
Black & White
Produced by
Unknown
Restrictions
Undetermined
Description

Footage of Paul H. Griffith (American Legion National Commander, 1946-47) with others preparing a luau in Hawaii and viewing a volcano crater named Kilauea Iki.

Date(s)
ca.
1959

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Moving Image Type
Motion Picture

Shot List

  • Reel 1
     
00:00   American Legion members pose in a line in front of a plane at an unidentified Hawaiian airport. At the center is Paul H. Griffith. People wear leis. A woman wearing several leis holds a ukulele.
00:03   A pretty young woman with leis poses with men.
00:06   Shots in front of a motor pool.
00:16   Men dig in the ground in front of a building.
00:24   Griffith walks around the hole the other men are digging. This is followed by several close-up shots of the digging, rocks and leaves lining the dirt bottom of the hole, water pouring over the rocks and steam rising from the hole. The men are most likely constructing an imu, a traditional Hawaiian steam oven.
00:32   Camera pans around wooded area. Group of people walk along an outdoor staircase with handrail. It appears to be a tour of a volcanic crater.
00:42   Shot of the crater’s edge.
00:46   Griffith stands on a walkway. He walks next to a man holding a camera, and then he walks with others down a wooded pathway.
00:59   Focus on two young women leading the group.
01:02   Group continues along the path.
01:04   Panoramic shots of a forested volcanic crater.
01:11   Close-up on sign, which reads: Kilauea Iki. 640 Ft. Deep. At this point, 1 Mile Long. Last Active 1868.
01:12   Camera continues to pan around the crater.