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 24-hour 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 1960.(1:35). 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