Newsreel of Hawaii. Begins with the shadow of a plane flying over a sugarcane field. Next, a tractor is shown pushing sugarcane while a giant crane drops the crop onto a truck. A pineapple plantation is then shown. We see a man using a big machete to cut a pineapple from the brush. An airplane carrying tourists is shown flying by followed by a hula dance and people with large long boards, rushing into the breaking waves at a beach shore to surf. Many amazing surfing shots follow, which include people surfing with people on top of their shoulders. Honolulu is shown from an aerial view. The city’s university, which enrolls 6,000 students a year is shown, with students carrying books and entering into buildings.
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