This colorful James A. FitzPatrick taveltalk gives the viewer a glimpse of the paradise of the Pacific just a few years before the Japanese attack on Pearl Harbor, Oahu, just west of Honolulu. Although the traveltalk doesn't show Pearl Harbor, it does show such popular tourist attractions as Waikiki Beach and Diamond Head.
Narrator FitzPatrick relates the history of Hawaii and how the Polynesians first came to the islands across the Pacific, concentrating mainly on the aboriginal population. Perhaps due to time since this is a one-reel short, only nine minutes in length, almost nothing is said about the later European and American interlopers.
The Statue of King Kamehameha, the monarch who united all the Hawaiian islands under one government, is spotlighted. How the traditional Hawaiian lei is made is also featured.
A highlight of "Honolulu: The Paradise of the Pacific" is the native music played throughout the film. The Hula dance made famous by the Hawaiians is presented by two cuties in grass skirts. The traveltalk appropriately ends with "Aloha Oe," written by the last queen of Hawaii, Queen Lydia Liliuokalani.