1930s VINTAGE HAWAII SURFING MOVIE WAIKIKI BEACH HONOLULU 44874
Produced by Frederic Ullman, Jr. , for Pictorial Films in the early 1940s, this relatively short Sportreel blackandwhite film is titled Riding the Crest and takes it viewer to Honolulu, Hawaii. At mark 02:20, the narrator explains one of the islands most popular sports: body surfing. (The title itself is a reference to surfing and the ability to successfully ride the crest of a wave. ) The narrator explains the how to basics of surfing as we see scenes of novice and expert surfers out in the ocean.
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