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 (KZbin 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.

[@ikaikamaleko8370]

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]

Proud to be Hawaiian and from Hawai’i.

[@kahekilikahahawai586]

It’s Kanaka mailing not Hawaiian brah

[@ikaikaxkeahi]

@@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]

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

[@kahekilikahahawai586]

More like great great grandma brah this is 1906

[@GNMi79]

@@kahekilikahahawai586 Grandma for some of us. I'm 64. My grandparents were born in the 1890s.

[@meadowgreen1313]

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

[@Rick88888888]

Glad you enjoyed it!

[@canman5060]

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

[@JJ_Jahronus]

Mahalo Rick for taking us all back in time. My great greats are running around the island here somewhere lol

[@Rick88888888]

Thanks. Isn't an "a" missing from "Mahalo"?

[@JJ_Jahronus]

@Rick88888888 mahalo for the catch lol, I'm always misspelling or missing shit.

[@nickharvey7233]

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]

Thank you very much

[@Shipfixer]

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]

Prob cause you haole

[@peachypie8018]

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

[@jeffross5424]

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

[@hamlet7959]

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

[@timhazeltine3256]

The riders at 15:10 are at Kapi'olani Park in Waikiki.

[@jimmeven1120]

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.

[@SCCPioneers]

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]

Thank you very much!

[@jasonlieu5379]

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]

Thanks!

[@JAnotherday]

Thank you for sharing the beautiful Hawaii of yesteryear

[@genestatler2514]

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.

[@michellevanderweegen7832]

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

[@closmasmas9080]

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

[@kahekilikahahawai586]

Illegal overthrow you mean

[@W7DSY]

Forwarded this to my cousin who is half Hawaiian.

[@neilthomas9244]

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

[@Anglio113]

Your videos are so incredible you are so talented

[@Rick88888888]

Thank you so much 😀

[@danielroque8504]

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

[@closmasmas9080]

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

[@jackmeeellleee4896]

115 years later it is still a harsh world.

[@shaunwest3612]

Amazing work rick 👌

[@SGTDuckButter]

What an awesome film.

[@BennyTygohome]

This is most interesting. Thank you very much

[@vadimkozachenko7675]

Very interesting, thank you

[@clemilsonpedrodesouzasouza4493]

Um abraço do Brasil !!!!!

[@Kovtunov-1971]

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

[@michellevanderweegen7832]

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

[@canman5060]

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

[@frankchary9717]

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!😮😢

[@jandejong2430]

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.

[@lucaswa]

The tourists and the hula girls just didn't make the cut. Visitors have been coming to Hawai'i since ... well, since people discovered Hawai'i could be visited. And yes, in that long history, the natives made themselves entertaining.

[@MaximusProspero]

Muito bom fundo musical perfeito.

[@chabinedachine4467]

So many hats.....

[@mikeschouten4732]

9:46 Teddy Roosevelt’s doppelgänger

[@olorinmithrandir8536]

24:17 Look it's the wave sliding club

[@uslines]

Paradise Lost

[@SCCPioneers]

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]

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

[@lockergr]

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]

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.

[@ih8utbe]

Tourism was not in full bloom at this time. Development was fortunately not complete. The Kanaka Maol'i were more populated then. There must have been some Aloha spirit in the area. Pau hana means finished work. They worked very hard with the sugarcane and pineapple industries which now are outsourced to lower wage countries.

[@user-ui5eg3xp5f]

No shaved ice ?

[@thehapagirl92]

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

[@MarkThomas820]

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

[@SCCPioneers]

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]

@@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.

[@chico-te]

11:09 First Slow TV)

[@dianehansen5552]

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.

[@emoney7839]

Can you do one of Guam please!!

[@Rick88888888]

Sorry, I don't have anything on Guam

[@rockycontado4651]

What are they doing

[@robertkim3866]

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[@blomegoog]

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]

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

[@lucaswa]

Let me guess you're not a Hawaiian or a haole? And by the way, it's okay to say haole 😅.

[@shaylawatson1244]

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

[@kahekilikahahawai586]

White Americans

[@timhazeltine3256]

@@shaylawatson1244 It was a territory after its sovereignty was extinguished by the USA.

[@chikipsg]

There was video cameras in 1905!?

[@lesharkoiste]

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

[@owenwilson8822]

No way :)

[@mohammadrezakhani2539]

👍👍👍👍👍👍👍🙏🙏🙏🙏🙏🙏

[@UdoAwe]

🤞 12 0 👌📽️

[@chico-te]

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

[@franzjosefkerkhoff592]

Desiinfecion against sone insects!

[@SCCPioneers]

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]

O zaman Hawaii japonya'yamı aitti 🤔⁉️

[@wahiawabound808]

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.

[@saalooaa]

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

[@caustichonu]

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