"Short film about the construction of a building. Opens with a cartoon, features the construction site, and ends with the finished building. Ray L. Huffman's name, who was a San Diego architect, is featured in the film." UCLA Film & Television Archive.
"This picture, we predict, will be both widely acclaimed and widely criticized for, in each case, that quality which people call "professional." If this prediction proves true, then the producer's purpose in making Invitation to Hawaii will have been conclusively achieved. For of the film Harold L. Thompson has written us at ACL as follows: "I made the picture largely as an experiment to see whether an amateur with sufficient enthusiasm could produce a 16mm. documentary which approached professional standards." The impression here is that on the case book of this experiment Dr. Thompson may now write: "Q.E.D." For Invitation to Hawaii has in every foot of it the polish and pace which one associates with professional standards. It was clearly planned, ably photographed and concisely edited. All in all, a brilliant piece of work." Movie Makers, Dec. 1951, 410.
"Prize-winning "filmic essay" of a trip along the Manchester Ship Canal from the Mersey to Manchester docks, taken from and following the vessel the Manchester Commerce. Shows the transporter and swing bridges, and the docks." (NWFA Online Archive)
"Animated puppets, dogs in this case. Synchronized with a song of the same title and cleverly done." PSA Journal, Nov. 1956, 45.
"Expedition to the Bunsby Island group on the west coast of Vancouver Island to undertake a survey of plants, wildlife and marine life there. Made for lecture use." (BC Archives)
"Scenes of Vancouver Island, including the Victoria Inner Harbour, local tourist attractions, ocean shots, Chinatown, sailboats and nature shots" British Columbia Archives.
The film was produced at some time in the 1960s.
"A travelogue about southern Vancouver Island, probably shot in the early 1970s" British Columbia Archives.
"Members of the Preston family on holiday in the Isle of Man. Various locations around the island are visited - including Douglas, Derby Castle and Onchan Head. At Groudle Glen, people are seen having a ride along a miniature railway and a zoo keeper is filmed throwing fish to a hungry sea lion in its concrete enclosure. Further scenes include close up shots of the Laxey Wheel in motion and a manx cat. Concludes with footage of the seafront at Ramsey." (NWFA Online Archive)
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Amateur Cinema