HONOLULU 1944 HOME MOVIE FOOTAGE KAU KAU KORNER FORT SHAFTER NEW PAWAA THEATER 58094

Love our channel Help us save and post more orphaned films Support us on Patreon: Even a really tiny contribution can make a difference. This color, amateur home movie features footage of everyday people in Honolulu, Hawaii in 1944. It was likely shot by a U. S. serviceman. Opening: two men shake hands (:08). Cars drive in a quiet neighborhood (:28). A tree (:57). A park area, possibly part of Fort Shafter (1:08). Cars pull into a restaurant, the drive in Kau Kau Korner. This 24hour restaurant was on the corner of Kalakaua Avenue and Kapiolani Blvd. Known as The Crossroads of the Pacific. It was built 1935 and a much photographed landmark for 25 years, and was replaced by Coco s coffee shop in People watch cars drive by (1:48). Inside a bus (1:55). Two Hawaiian women walk down the street past the New Pawaa Theatre, later a Cinerama movie theater (2:00). Behind them a Twin Coach trolley bus glides by. A woman sits, along with other people, they have drin