Hawaii Air Trek: 1936

This 1936 silent travelogue, A Trip by Air Over the Hawaii Islands, edited with narrative titles by Arthur and Kate Tode, blends steamer and aerial views in black-and-white 16mm. “Pussdad preferred to go by steamer,” opens with an elder on deck, while “Kahop elected to travel by air” shifts to Inter-Island Airways’ seaplane taxiing up. From Oahu’s Diamond Head to Molokai’s Kaunakakai Bay, Lanai’s distant shores, and Maui’s cloudy coasts, it pans volcanic craters—Kilauea Iki and Halemaumau—where Kate dives badly at Hilo and the trio golfs into a volcano. “Pussdad and Kahop return to Honolulu” caps this pre-war island hop.