James A Fitzpatrick family tours the islands of Hawaii on Aloha Airlines in the 1950s. To purchase a clean DVD or digital download of this film for personal home use or educational use contact us at questions@archivefarms.com. To license footage from this film for commercial use visit: www.travelfilmarchive.com
Wow! No more Aloha Airlines. No more camera ports on airline windows. No more smoking on airlines (woowhoo!). No more Coco Palms on Kauai (I liked the way the announcer mis-pronounced that island name). No more Kalapana black sand beach (that's too bad - it looked cool in this video). How about that dirt road in this video at the Hanalei Valley Scenic Lookout? The tunnel on Hwy 30 going towards Lahaina on Maui still looks the same today as it did in this video but the road is MUCH wider.
BlueCollarTraveler 5 months ago
Very nostalgic. But judging from the fins on the car, this can't be 1950. More like 1957.
Statehood was one of the worst things that happened to Hawaii. Over development quickly followed. It now resembles a massive theme park. What a horrible shame.
turningofthetide123 8 months ago
God... I would love to go back to this time.....a time before the sewer pipe was opened called the middle to late 1960's....all the weirdos were all in the closet and hadn't come out yet...oh God take me back!
jwilson5033965549 9 months ago
I just can't say enough about how this video is awesome! Thank You, Thank You, Thank You!
AlohaFromANaniWahine 1 year ago
I love Hawaii so much, and this is a great video! Thank you for uploading!
AlohaFromANaniWahine 1 year ago
A kindlier, simplier time...wish some of those times could be re-lived.
0818andy 2 years ago
I lived in Hawaii in the 1980s. It is just like the pictures - paradise.
jgmclees 2 years ago