" A HEAVEN CALLED HONOLULU " 1960s AMERICA! TV SHOW EPISODE HONOLULU, HAWAII 32605z

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This “A Heaven Called Honolulu” is an episode of the TV show "America!" which was made in the 1960s. It takes the viewer on a 30-minute tour of Honolulu, Hawaii’s historic, cultural, and nature sites with host Jack Douglas.

Quick clips of Mount Rushmore, Lincoln Memorial and other tourist sites across America (0:07). Jack Douglas opening words (0:37). View from overlook of Honolulu city skyline, Diamond Head volcanic cone seen in distance (0:41). Quick montage of sites, cultural institutions to be mentioned later i.e. ʻIolani Palace, Waikiki Beach, The Royal Hawaiian (0:44). Title page (1:01). Diamond Head (1:03). Aloha Tower (1:09). “New Honolulu” changing skyline featuring mid-century modern buildings similar to those in Miami, Phoenix (1:17). Brief history on Honolulu told through montage of 18th/ 19th century prints depicting arrival and killing of English explorer Captain James Cook (1:23). United Airlines Douglas DC-8 taxis (2:20). Hawaiian hospitality: Visitors wrapped in leis upon arrival, show of traditional hula dance and song (2:27). Close-ups iconic pink facade of The Royal Hawaiian (2:50). The Reef Hotel Waikiki Beach; Sun-down special show with dinner “A Night in the Philippines” musical and dancing tour through Philippines (2:59). Hilton Hawaiian Village Waikiki Beach Resort: Ceremony that precedes giant lūʻau feast, shirtless men carry pig carcass tied to stick and transfer it to “Imu” (bbq pit) while spectators watch (4:48). Hotel guests enjoy lūʻau feast, try traditional dish “poi” (5:22). Sunbathers, surfers, small children playing in sand at Waikiki beach (5:44). Local teenagers surf, body surf, and swim at Makapuʻu Point Beach (6:44). Sea Life Park, marine-life themed arena/ entertainment park: Whaler’s Cove and show of trained porpoises (7:11). One of the porpoise trainers, Randy Lewis, speaks to camera discusses personal research with marine life (8:14). Waikiki International Market Place, more than 50 shops, restaurants, nightclubs and variety of outdoor exhibits/ shows for preservation of traditional Hawaiian culture (9:06). Industrialist Henry J. Kaiser's “Kaiser Pink” Ale Ale Kai V Catamaran; Guests abroad for sunset dinner cruise and hula dance lesson (9:54). ʻIolani Palace facade and interior, throne room, portraits Queen Kaʻahumanu and Queen Liliʻuokalani (11:18). Honolulu Academy of Art, home to collection of Renaissance, “oriental art” i.e. Chinese 17th/18th cent. One Hundred Geese scroll (11:59). Queen Emma Museum, former home of Queen Emma and King Kamehameha IV: Queen’s gifts from foreign dignitaries i.e. tiger claw necklace, blue agate bracelet (Queen Victoria), gold bracelet (Duke of Edinburgh) (13:05). King Kamehameha I Statue (13:50). Mauna ʻAla — Royal Mausoleum of Hawaii (final resting place of Hawaii's two prominent royal families: the Kamehameha Dynasty and the Kalākaua Dynasty) (14:09). Robert Louis Stevenson (Scottish Writer) grass hut in Manoa (14:38). Oldest frame house “Ka Hale La’au” (c.1821), home of pioneer Christian missionaries to Hawaii; “Manola/ Sedan” chair used by one of the missionary women who would be carried around by native boys (14:58). Kawaiahaʻo Church (15:42). Soto Mission of Hawaii Shoboji (Buddhist Temple), shots of interior alter (15:50). Ala Moana Center (at time largest shopping center in the world): Escalators, contemporary mosaic art, barefoot pedestrians and shoppers (16:27). View of Ala Wai boat harbor from mid-century modern restaurant (top of Waikiki) (17:05). HATS (Hawaiian Air Tours): Tourists board HATS De Havilland D.H. 104 aircraft for aerial tour of Hawaiian Islands (17:18). Aerial view of Diamond Head crater (17:39). Captain Cook monument at Hawaii Bay (17:48). Lava flow area dating back to 1950 eruption of Mauna Loa (17:57). Smoking Kīlauea crater (18:08). Punaluʻu (Black Sands) Beach (18:22). Mount Waialeale (18:28). Waimea Valley, Kalalau lookout (18:51). Niihau “Forbidden” Island (19:17). Puowaina Punchbowl Crater, National memorial Cemetery of the Pacific (19:39). View of Honolulu from Punchbowl Crater (20:13). Waikiki Aquarium (20:16). Hālona Blowhole (20:34). Waikahalulu Falls on Nu'uanu Stream, nestled in Lili'uokalani Garden (20:50). Lunch buffet at The Royal Hawaiian (21:05). Local resident Jack Heinsen, speaks to camera about why he moved to Hawaii (21:54). Film ends (23:26).

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