Streaming Hawaiʻi Videos: Spectrum Hawaii

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"The works of several Hawaii writers and poets are spotlighted in a montage of images of the attack on Pearl Harbor. The program includes excerpts from the writings of Juliet Kono, Tomi Knaefler, Milton Murayama, Frances Kakugawa, Virgilio Felipe, Rodney Morales, and Jo Ann Uchida."

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"Part three of a three part series, this program focuses on the preservation of native Hawaiian customs, beliefs, and practices, which are critical to their cultural survival. This culture is threatened by the diminishing resources of land and sea. This program profiles those who try to keep this culture alive."

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"Various Filipinos in Hawaii from different walks of life give their accounts of growing up in a plantation community and perpetuating cultural traditions in art, music, and dance."

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"Residents of Hana talk about the history and social and economic life of the area."

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"This is a look at Honolulu Stadium from its beginning in 1926 to its closure in 1975. The participants are all persons who loved this edifice for its social life, the biggest sports events and the fact that it was a community meeting place."

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"A group of young adults from Palama Settlement on Oʻahu and others from the mainland are selected to take a trip to Molokaʻi to rediscover the Hawaiian way of life. Their activities include harvesting limu (seaweed), fishing, hunting, chanting, hiking, and basically getting in touch with the land and gaining a sense of their identity as Hawaiians. They learn to see not with their eyes, but with their hearts, and also gain an appreciation for nature."

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"Interview with R. Alex Anderson, a mutifaceted Honoluluan: a World War fighter pilot, a prisoner of war, a corporate chairman, a magazine writer, and the writer of more than 100 hapa-haole songs in the 1930's and 40's."

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"DeSoto Brown discusses the early days of tourist promotion of Hawaii and how impressions about Hawaii, held by the outside world, were shaped."