Hawaii The 50th State - 1959 | Movietone Moment | 21 August 2020

On this day in 1959, Hawaii became the 50th State of the United States of America. Here is a British Movietone report about the announcement. The United States Congress has admitted Hawaii as the 50th State. The islands were discovered over 180 years ago by the famous British navigator, Captain Cook. In 1898 they were annexed by the United States, and in this century they have become world-famous as a holiday paradise. Many come to Hawaii to pay tribute to those who died at Pearl Harbour in 1941. Explosions aren’t foreign to the islands: the world’s largest active volcano makes a vivid contrast to the warm semi-tropical garden below, and in Hawaii, the milk comes in coconuts. The extremely beautiful is Waikiki Beach. GV Capital in Washington (key). TS interior United States Congress in session. GV Hawaii Island. MS tower. CU same - showing clock face. FS liner in the harbour. MS people crowding balcony. CU liner - pan down streams of tape. CU another. LS sailors raising ’Stars &