Highway to Hawaii screen title.

Documentary (1950)

Production:
Cate & McGlone Production)

Also from this series:
United Air Lines's series

UAL travelogue film about Hawaiian Islands. We follow a group of tourists visiting, Honolulu in Oahu island, Kauai, Maui, Hawaii.

UAL's network to Hawaiian Islands

Douglas DC-6

Douglas DC-6 of United Air Lines.

Unidentified airport terminal.

Douglas DC-6 of United Air Lines.

Douglas DC-6B (interior)

Douglas DC-6B of United Air Lines.

San Francisco to Honolulu (Oahu)

Passing over the Golden Gate after departure from San Francisco.
Registration NC37504, c/n 42869/8. Delivered new to United Air Lines in March 1947, named 5204-Hawaii. Sold to Mars Aviation in November 1968. Broken up at Tarcey CA.

Reg.NC37504 Douglas DC-6 5204-Hawaii of United Air Lines.

Landing at Honolulu International Airport.
A Douglas C-47 Skytrain or Douglas DC-3 to the left.

Reg.NC37504 Douglas DC-6 5204-Hawaii of United Air Lines.

Boeing SB-17G SAR

At Hickam Air Force Base (former Hickam Field).[See discussion tab]
One of the 130 B-17Gs converted for air-sea rescue missions for the USAAF carrying an airborne lifeboat. Initially designated as B-17H then Boeing SB-17G in 1948.
Note the Sikorsky R-6 flying above in the background.

Boeing SB-17G SAR of the USAF-Rescue Squadron.

Douglas C-47A-20-DL Skytrain

At Honolulu International Airport.
Registration NC86598, c/n 9392. Delivered to the USAAF in 1943, registered 42-23530. Sold to Continental Air Lines after WWII, registered NC86598, then to Hawaiian Airlines Inter-Island Service named 19, then All American Airways, re-registered N91233. Transferred to Allegheny Airlines in January 1953, re-registered N153A in July 1953. Bought by Bellomy Lawson Aviation Inc. in August 1967. Sold to Rentavion, Venezuela registered YV-2183P then YV-146C. Stored at Higuerote Venezuela SVHG.
Another one from the same company in the background.

Douglas C-47A-20-DL Skytrain of Hawaiian Airlines Inter-Island Service.

A Douglas C-47 Skytrain or Douglas DC-3 to the right.

Douglas C-47A-20-DL Skytrain of Hawaiian Airlines Inter-Island Service.

Leaving Honolulu International Airport.

Douglas C-47A-20-DL Skytrain of Hawaiian Airlines Inter-Island Service.

Honolulu (Oahu) to Kauai

Douglas C-47 Skytrain

On approach to Kauai.
Unidentified registration, but certainly different from the other 2.

Douglas C-47A-20-DL Skytrain of Hawaiian Airlines Inter-Island Service.

Douglas DC-3-408

Registration NC33649, c/n 4809. Built in 1941, registered NC30000 to unknown owner. Taken on Strength/Charge with the USAAF in 1943, registered 43-36600. Bought by Hawaiian Airlines Inter-Island Service after WWII, registered NC33649, named 15, then N33649. We lose track of the plane until June 1977 when a crash happened in 1977. The plane owned by Perez Tony, Hialeah, FL forced landing on drugs smuggling flight. The airframe was written off.