The beautiful Hawaiian islands in 1906 in color! [AI enhanced & colorized]

This film shows the beauty of Hawaii over 116 years ago! This is a compilation of vintage film footage by the Thomas Edison film company in 1906. Among other you can watch the relaxed life of a fishing community, everyday life on ranches, native Hawaians arriving and leaving a "Luau" party, spended views of Oahu and the town of Honolulu, including Waikiki beach, as well as great beach scenes.
The film footage has been motion-stabilized, speed-corrected, enhanced and colorized by means of Artificial Intelligence video software.
Music: Gerard Franklin.
Notes: We tried to find copyright free Hawaiian music, but failed (KZread rejected everything we tried). So there was no other option than to use nice neutral music from contemporary composers.
And yes, everybody in this film is dead and there are no obese, fat people in this film (just to pre-empt some of the usual comments). Please make interesting, educational comments about how Hawaii was at the beginning of the last century, preferably with the mentioning of lesser known (historic) facts about these beautiful islands. That will really make the comments section enjoyable to read!
If possible, kindly also refrain from starting an inflamatory debate about how the US annexed the Hawaiian islands. Thank you.
I hope you will enjoy this film. The original B&W footage was far from being in high quality: lots of visual noise, damage and overall motion-instability. Nevertheless the A.I. has done quite a good job.

Пікірлер: 84

  • @ikaikamaleko8370
    @ikaikamaleko83703 ай бұрын

    That beginning is poignant.....their youth and their innocence.......that was once me and my brother playing in the tidal pools at Sandys beach, so so long ago. Hes gone now, but always in my heart and memories forever.🌴🌊🙏

  • @ikaikaxkeahi
    @ikaikaxkeahi Жыл бұрын

    Proud to be Hawaiian and from Hawai’i.

  • @kahekilikahahawai586

    @kahekilikahahawai586

    10 ай бұрын

    It’s Kanaka mailing not Hawaiian brah

  • @ikaikaxkeahi

    @ikaikaxkeahi

    10 ай бұрын

    @@kahekilikahahawai586 Hawaiian, Kanaka Maoli, Kanaka ʻōiwi, whatever you want to say, you get what I mean ah. Btw it's "Kanaka Maoli" not Kanaka "mailing" okay? Lmao.

  • @caustichonu
    @caustichonu2 жыл бұрын

    It's amazing to see the Hawai‘i my grandmother grew up in. Mahalo nui for sharing this.

  • @kahekilikahahawai586

    @kahekilikahahawai586

    10 ай бұрын

    More like great great grandma brah this is 1906

  • @meadowgreen1313
    @meadowgreen1313 Жыл бұрын

    I LOVED the video and the music! So peaceful! Thank you!

  • @Rick88888888

    @Rick88888888

    Жыл бұрын

    Glad you enjoyed it!

  • @canman5060
    @canman50603 жыл бұрын

    This is absolutely priceless. Thanks very much for your great effort Rick.

  • @nickharvey7233
    @nickharvey72333 жыл бұрын

    Rick, thanks as ever for your work in bringing these to YT. I appreciate your introductory comment to pre-empt the eejits. Unfortunately, the xenophobes and those lacking a sense of perspective and historical context will always be drawn to these older films, peddling their banalities. However, please don't ever be disheartened by some of the noisier, less nuanced commentators to this channel - I'm sure the vast majority that never comment are aligned with, and approve of, your approach and underlying motivations.

  • @Rick88888888

    @Rick88888888

    3 жыл бұрын

    Thank you very much

  • @Shipfixer
    @Shipfixer3 жыл бұрын

    I lived in Hawaii (Big Island and Oahu) for 10 years. It is indeed a beautiful land. And the local citizens are exquisite people. If you make friends with a Hawaiian, you have a brother or sister for life. But sadly much of it is now spoiled by hoards of drunks, junkies, meth heads, and punk gangsters from outside. You take a chance of getting robbed if you park at Walmart. It's much the same here where I live in Alaska. Just 30 years ago, Anchorage was a cool place to be. Not any more. Wonderful video of how it once was. These videos are totally amazing. Kind thanks for sharing them here for all to enjoy.

  • @kahekilikahahawai586

    @kahekilikahahawai586

    10 ай бұрын

    Prob cause you haole

  • @peachypie8018
    @peachypie80183 жыл бұрын

    This is so cleverly done, must be an art to it and very satisfying for you, and us, to see these old movies come alive. Thank you

  • @jimmeven1120
    @jimmeven11203 жыл бұрын

    2:30 We all notice how well-dressed the people are in these old films, but that's a bit over the top for a dusty country road! Also at 4:55, presumably it's the boss doing an inspection.

  • @hamlet7959
    @hamlet79593 жыл бұрын

    Fascinating! Loved the section with the soldiers doing what looks like an early version of the "Jerusalema" dance!!

  • @W7DSY
    @W7DSY3 жыл бұрын

    Forwarded this to my cousin who is half Hawaiian.

  • @neilthomas9244
    @neilthomas92443 жыл бұрын

    Ah! A long time before Monsanto cast its shadow over the land.

  • @JAnotherday
    @JAnotherday2 ай бұрын

    Thank you for sharing the beautiful Hawaii of yesteryear

  • @SCCPioneers
    @SCCPioneers2 жыл бұрын

    Oh, and keep up the excellent work. We know how time consuming it is to produce quality work. Please keep sending it so we can appreciate the time well spent! Mahalo!

  • @Rick88888888

    @Rick88888888

    2 жыл бұрын

    Thank you very much!

  • @genestatler2514
    @genestatler25143 жыл бұрын

    That is a very interesting video, Rick and well put together. Thank you . About 25 years ago I rode the tourist version of the sugar cane train.

  • @shaunwest3612
    @shaunwest36123 жыл бұрын

    Amazing work rick 👌

  • @closmasmas9080
    @closmasmas90803 жыл бұрын

    Very cool and special. So this is the Hawaii that my great great grandparents lived in.

  • @BennyTygohome
    @BennyTygohome3 жыл бұрын

    This is most interesting. Thank you very much

  • @jasonlieu5379
    @jasonlieu5379 Жыл бұрын

    Rick I love your videos I am so fascinated with the history of them I just can't get enough of them I watched them over and over and over with love from New Jersey USA

  • @Rick88888888

    @Rick88888888

    Жыл бұрын

    Thanks!

  • @Anglio113
    @Anglio1133 жыл бұрын

    Your videos are so incredible you are so talented

  • @Rick88888888

    @Rick88888888

    3 жыл бұрын

    Thank you so much 😀

  • @danielroque8504
    @danielroque85049 ай бұрын

    Beautiful to see the islands~A once upon a time story~

  • @vadimkozachenko7675
    @vadimkozachenko76753 жыл бұрын

    Very interesting, thank you

  • @michellevanderweegen7832
    @michellevanderweegen78323 жыл бұрын

    Ja altijd leuk die filmpies van vroeger, ik hou er van👍👍👍

  • @SGTDuckButter
    @SGTDuckButter3 жыл бұрын

    What an awesome film.

  • @jeffross5424
    @jeffross54243 жыл бұрын

    on the big island you can still find remnants of the old sugar cane rail lines

  • @Kovtunov-1971
    @Kovtunov-19713 жыл бұрын

    miracle time machine CINEMA - young people bathing have grown old and are no longer alive, and you see them like that - when you were not even in the project ... MIRACLE

  • @jackmeeellleee4896
    @jackmeeellleee48963 жыл бұрын

    115 years later it is still a harsh world.

  • @canman5060
    @canman50603 жыл бұрын

    I never get to see this when I was inside the museum in Maui !

  • @jandejong2430
    @jandejong24303 жыл бұрын

    Interesting. Noted one horseless carriage (automobile) and a few bicycles in Honolulu. All the railroads, hundreds of miles, are apparently long gone. Few if any tourists I presume, and no hula girls.

  • @michellevanderweegen7832
    @michellevanderweegen78323 жыл бұрын

    Very nice there, another time working with the hands, noe there are machines

  • @closmasmas9080
    @closmasmas90803 жыл бұрын

    Only 13 years after the overthrow and 8 years after annexation…

  • @kahekilikahahawai586

    @kahekilikahahawai586

    10 ай бұрын

    Illegal overthrow you mean

  • @MaximusProspero
    @MaximusProspero3 жыл бұрын

    Muito bom fundo musical perfeito.

  • @clemilsonpedrodesouzasouza4493
    @clemilsonpedrodesouzasouza44933 жыл бұрын

    Um abraço do Brasil !!!!!

  • @olorinmithrandir8536
    @olorinmithrandir85363 жыл бұрын

    24:17 Look it's the wave sliding club

  • @chabinedachine4467
    @chabinedachine44672 жыл бұрын

    So many hats.....

  • @mikeschouten4732
    @mikeschouten47323 жыл бұрын

    9:46 Teddy Roosevelt’s doppelgänger

  • @SCCPioneers
    @SCCPioneers2 жыл бұрын

    Rick, I understand your issue with finding copyright free Hawaiian music, however, I didn't see where you might have posted your attribution to the creative commons music you did select.

  • @Rick88888888

    @Rick88888888

    2 жыл бұрын

    I don't have to. The music comes from a paid subscription that covers the copyright and is provided especially for KZread content creators.

  • @uslines
    @uslines9 ай бұрын

    Paradise Lost

  • @lockergr
    @lockergr3 жыл бұрын

    Lovely video and audio, but the 2021 me wants to take a whip to that guy at 2:18, just like he did for seemingly no good reason. Ugh. The last guy was even worse. It's sad to watch.

  • @twistoffate4791

    @twistoffate4791

    2 жыл бұрын

    lockergr, Exactly... I left a similar comment. It's sickening to see some jerk whip a voiceless, defenseless, helpless animal. Whip the jerk and see how he likes it. That's why I end up unsubscribing. The title does not let on to the evil lurking just inside the video. No thanks.

  • @MarkThomas820
    @MarkThomas8203 жыл бұрын

    The final panorama sweep - is that Waikiki and Diamond Head?

  • @SCCPioneers

    @SCCPioneers

    2 жыл бұрын

    Yes... The pier you see is the creation of the first iteration of the Moana Hotel and was used for watching surfers and outriggers from an ocean perspective. Edison had one film where he shot from that pier as surfers flew past

  • @MarkThomas820

    @MarkThomas820

    2 жыл бұрын

    @@SCCPioneers Thank you. Most every year in the 1980's I stayed in the Moana Hotel - pre and post refurbishment - on the way back to New Zealand in our winter from Europe - to rest from a long flight and get a tan - the fenced lawn, bliss. What an a remarkable change the refurbishment made to the space and furnishings of the Moana. The American hospitality, professionalism and grace was a restorative in itself.

  • @thehapagirl92
    @thehapagirl923 жыл бұрын

    Looks nothing like that now. My dad was born and raised on Oahu and I’ve been there many times to visit family for vacation

  • @emoney7839
    @emoney78392 жыл бұрын

    Can you do one of Guam please!!

  • @Rick88888888

    @Rick88888888

    2 жыл бұрын

    Sorry, I don't have anything on Guam

  • @mohammadrezakhani2539
    @mohammadrezakhani25393 жыл бұрын

    👍👍👍👍👍👍👍🙏🙏🙏🙏🙏🙏

  • @chico-te
    @chico-te3 жыл бұрын

    11:09 First Slow TV)

  • @dianehansen5552

    @dianehansen5552

    3 жыл бұрын

    Don't be self righteous about history. The 'native' Hawaiians in these images were colonizers from Tahiti. These 'natives' enslaved, killed or drove the original inhabitants into the mountains centuries earlier. We are all colonizers.

  • @owenwilson8822
    @owenwilson88223 жыл бұрын

    No way :)

  • @robertkim3866
    @robertkim38669 ай бұрын

    ❤❤❤❤❤❤❤❤❤❤❤❤❤❤❤❤❤❤❤❤❤❤❤❤❤❤❤

  • @frankchary9717
    @frankchary97179 ай бұрын

    Quite something. This was a Hawaii. I'll never see! We're destroying South Florida much the same way as Honolulu with the big skyscrapers that no one needs!😮😢

  • @UdoAwe
    @UdoAwe3 жыл бұрын

    🤞 12 0 👌📽️

  • @user-ui5eg3xp5f
    @user-ui5eg3xp5f18 күн бұрын

    No shaved ice ?

  • @shaylawatson1244
    @shaylawatson1244 Жыл бұрын

    Damn hawaii looked like a regular state back then lol now it look like a personal resort for americans now

  • @kahekilikahahawai586

    @kahekilikahahawai586

    10 ай бұрын

    White Americans

  • @rockycontado4651
    @rockycontado46512 ай бұрын

    What are they doing

  • @chikipsg
    @chikipsg3 жыл бұрын

    There was video cameras in 1905!?

  • @lesharkoiste

    @lesharkoiste

    3 жыл бұрын

    Film* cameras have been around since the late 19th century

  • @chico-te
    @chico-te3 жыл бұрын

    3:42 Somebody know what's happening in this moment? Is it sheep-cleaning service?)

  • @franzjosefkerkhoff592

    @franzjosefkerkhoff592

    3 жыл бұрын

    Desiinfecion against sone insects!

  • @SCCPioneers

    @SCCPioneers

    2 жыл бұрын

    Ever herard the derogatory phrase "It tastes like 'sheep dip'!" It's to disenfect right after shearing. It also protects against external parasites like "itch mites", ticks, and lice.

  • @buhransavar5874
    @buhransavar58743 жыл бұрын

    O zaman Hawaii japonya'yamı aitti 🤔⁉️

  • @blomegoog
    @blomegoog3 жыл бұрын

    Poor animals. Poor field laborers. This is not what it seems. Very hard times. Many immigrated from far away lands and were taken advantage of by light skinned plantation owners. We've come a long way, but its still happening, in different forms, such as amazon warehouses, and fast food.

  • @abbydabby475

    @abbydabby475

    3 жыл бұрын

    Wow you are being forced to work at Amazon?! Im so sorry.

  • @saalooaa
    @saalooaa2 жыл бұрын

    16:00 look how women wear very long clothes to cover their legs this is what called modesty

  • @caustichonu

    @caustichonu

    2 жыл бұрын

    Those are the pa‘u riders. Some of the most elegant horse riders to this day.

  • @wahiawabound808
    @wahiawabound8087 ай бұрын

    Great video that you shared. however it does piss me off because the people at that time had no education of what was to come amongst hawaii the whole illegal overthrow stealing crown lands and the big financial mess hawaii suffers today if hawaii had not been stolen it would of still been affordable to live on our own island. Alot of people of today cannot grasp the truth about hawaii their first instinct is well lucky hawaii was taken by the u.s i shake my head and say to myself your just as stoopid to listening to everyone else one person jump in the fire everyone else follows and thats why hawaii is unaffordable to live on gentrification the plan was to push hawaiians and locals out what do people don't get. Without the u.s being in hawaii everyone would be 30% richer why you wouldn't need to pay fica taxes.

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