[HAWAIIAN ISLANDS] Part 1

Description

The original catalog description provided by the Ford Motor Company reads as follows: “We leave San Francisco on the long ocean voyage for Honolulu.” Ocean liner - ship puts out to sea, passengers and crew on decks waving. “We sail for six days toward the setting sun.” Moonlit beach, waves breaking. “Hawaii is the largest of the islands but we land at Honolulu, the capital, on Oahu Island.” Crowd on pier, from ship and from pier - small boat - native woman with leis. “Honolulu is a modern city with avenues of beautiful palms and tropical plants.” Residential area. “The Japanese are the shop keepers.” Business district, pedestrian traffic, mostly Japanese in native costume. “A Japanese tea store.” Open front, stall-like shop. “A vegetable peddler.” Peddler carrying produce in baskets hung from pole across shoulders. “Taking a train, we pass through deep cuts, tunnels, and over a high bridge.” Train and passengers from inside car - views of countryside from train - very high railway bridge, train crossing - oxen pulling plow, farmer behind. “A glimpse of a banana plantation.” “Sugarcane is the main crop. One of the large plantations.” Views of fields. “Cutting and stripping the cane.” Workers using hand tools. “From some plantations the cane is carried to the crushing mill in flumes.” Workers place cane in flume - flume crossing valley - flume at crushing mill by water, ship. “Hawaii is the pineapple center of the world. A plantation of 200,000 pineapples.” “Harvesting the pineapple.” Worker cutting pineapples by hand. “The pineapples are canned and shipped to America. The yearly crop is valued at $6,000,000.” Cannery, workers sorting pineapples - man climbing palm tree - man on ground examining papaya. “Its flavor resembles a melon.” Two men carry hot tub, contents covered by cloth - group around tub on ground preparing roots. “The roots are baked or boiled.” Steaming tub of taro root over open fire, man poking fire. “Beating and kneading the ‘poi’” Roots are dumped into shallow wooden bowl, pounded to pulp with wooden tools - two men kneading and pounding poi. “The ‘poi’ is eaten with the fingers.” Man tastes poi he is pounding. “The Hawaiians are skilled fishermen.” Canoe, fishermen with net in shallow water - group of men, women, and children haul net to shore - beach, swimmers. “In surf riding a plank is skillfully guided to the shore.” Surfboard riders. “Roads have been made over the cooled lava.” Car going along road on lava bed. “Crossing a crack in the lava.” Tourists jump across crack about two feet wide. “In the distance the vapors rise from the heated lava.” “A lake of molten rock.” Tourists sitting on rock watching vapor - looking over edge into crater view of lava and sheer sides of crater. “The molten lava constantly boils.” “Waves are formed by the gases in the cherry red lava.” “At night the molten rock glows in the dark.” “Kilauea is the largest active volcano in the world.” View of crater. [1917]

Collection

Ford Motor Company Collection

Series

Motion Picture Films Relating to the Ford Motor Company, the Henry Ford Family, Noted Personalities, Industry, and Numerous Americana and Other Subjects