We have all seen the footage of the wild celebration of Victory Over Japan Day in Times Square. But have you seen what it was like in other places? How about Honolulu, Hawaii? HF6 will surely like this one.
Boq
Hawaii resident Richard Sullivan's, father created this video, in which he states:
Thank-you Mr. Sullivan for sharing this piece of history.65 Years Ago my Dad shot this film along Kalakaua Ave. in Waikiki capturing spontaneous celebrations that broke out upon first hearing news of the Japanese surrender. Kodachrome 16mm film: God Bless Kodachrome, right? I was able to find an outfit (mymovietransfer.com) to do a much superior scan of this footage to what I had previously posted, so I re-did this film and replaced the older version There are more still images from this amazing day, in color, at discoveringhawaii.com
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I've never seen this before. Brings tears to my eyes. Of all of the American places celebrating the end of the war, Hawaii had a special vested interest that none of us in the 48 can truly understand.
Honolulu was, pretty much, party capital of the world for most of our time in the war.
What is fascinating to me is seeing the Navy Gray uniforms in the beginning, and throughout the film. Those were designed and issued after Pearl Harbor for wear on surface warfare ships like Battleships, Cruisers and Destroyers, in lieu of the Khaki uniforms. It was thought it would blend in with the gray of the bridge and other surface areas and make officers harder to see .
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