A Glimpse of Hawaii c.1906: Amazing Footage Restored to Life

Time travel back to 1906 for a glimpse of the Hawaiian islands. Early silent black and white footage enhanced to 4K color 60fps with added sound ambience.

1. A panoramic shot of Waikiki beach, Hawaii.
2. Passengers from the S.S Kinau landing at Laupahoihoi, Hawaii.
3. Native Hawaiian canoes
4. A group attend a display of Pa'u Wahine Riders. Wahine is ( Hawaiian for 'women') horseback riders who wear long, colorful skirts.
5. King Street in Honolulu. Filmed from the front of the tram
6. Trams and crowds return from the games held at Waikiki
7. Hawaiians attend a Luau Feast to celebrate opening of the Kohola Ditch - June 1906.
8. Landing at Mahukona, Hawaii.

The AI Film Restoration Process:

I take early fragments of silent 16fps footage and restore them to life by a combination of manual frame by frame colorization as well as the use of deep exemplar-based video colorization techniques. The footage is upscaled and the frames interpolated to a higher frame rate ( in most cases 60 frames per second.) Finally I produce a soundtrack which helps build a new immersive experience for the viewer.
Together, these processes revive old fragments of footage, offering audiences a more
vivid and engaging glimpse of lives long since lived in the distant past.

The colorization process used Deep exemplar-based Video colorization.

Filmed by Robert K Bonine for Thomas Edison Films.
Preserved by Library of Congress.

[lilpolivlogs]

Hard to believe that it's not a film, but the real life! Fantastic 👏🏼

[thehapagirl]

Wow Duke Kahanamoku was alive and a young man at this time. There’s a statue of him on Kuhio Beach. My dad was born and raised in Hawaii and my mom moved there from here in California in the 80’s and met him there. I’ve been to Hawaii many times and Oahu is my favorite island

[tomspirito]

Wonderful Footage Beautifully Restored!

[khaartoumsings]

Really good. Beach scene looks like Britain! [Colonial!]. The chap standing on the sea shore in swim suit, the colourisation made me think he was going to whip out his SMART phone, it looked to modern day. The ships were in the distance, but the technology looked really modern from afar. Technology has been quite advanced for a long time. Humans are clever, aren't they? The women on the horses had so much clobber on and those overbearing hats too. Amazing to see how it actually looked on the day in colour ; )

[Alandalton]

You put the magic of the past, in the palm of my hand.

[jamiefoyers]

Those riders with those long trailing bits of dress...it's a wonder there wasn't an accident...a whole line going down as hooves and material got caught up in a jumble!. Crazy sight!. Amazing to see that footage brought so vividly back to life...

[portaltwo]

Fantastic to see these old films brought alive!
On a lighter note, judging from the clothing, they must have had winter in Hawaii 😂😉

[kenlompart]

It always amazes me how so many men wore a suit and tie to the beach back then.

[celestenova]

Makes me wonder what people will be dressed like - say in a hundred years or so from now - when walking along a beach or indeed what kind of transport will be on the sea. I live near a coastline and such a vast difference from then to now with attire 😊...great vid as always ❤

[rongendron]

I'm 78 & my grandfather, a Spanish-American War, naval sailor, was in Honolulu, Hawaii, ca. 1900,
(six years before this film), when the last Queen was still in power! I've been there three times &
previously saw some of Edison's film footage of the Islands, in Maui, I believe! This film shows
how little people have changed, in over a century! It's just our clothes, hairstyles, etc. that change!

[Ikwigsjoyful]

I wonder about that lady in the white dress on the pier at Wakiki Beach; she was striding with great purpose! Perhaps a little drama was playing out in the background of the film. Thank you for restoring these so beautifully and sharing them with us. :)

[Wyattinous]

How do you find the sounds you use for each video? You do such a great job stitching everything together ❤

[mmfilmfootage]

Impressive! Loved seeing the original video for comparison.

[barbh]

Beautiful restoration! The two men walking arm in arm by the trolley is interesting for the time.

[entropybentwhistle]

Headin’ off to Waikiki Beach? Don’t forget your 3-piece suit and tie and a hat.

[bobs.]

Let me put on a suit so I can go to the beach!..LOL..seriously, these films are amazing!

[debramage]

So different from now . Thanks Glamour Daze 😊

[MrEjidorie]

I had visited Hawaii 13 times from 1988 to 2005. If I had a time machine, I would like to visit Hawaii in 1906.

[kinjalpadalikar]

Were there video cameras in 1906?? Unbelievable!!

[scipioafricanus]

My God, it is depressing to watch these old reels and to come to realize just how much the West has deteriorated.