Maritime history
(DVD)
Contributors
Published
Woodinville, WA : Don McCune Library, c2005.
Format
DVD
Status
Port Angeles - Digital Video Disc
DVD 623.8243 MARITIM
1 available
DVD 623.8243 MARITIM
1 available
Sequim - Digital Video Disc
DVD 623.8243 MARITIM
1 available
DVD 623.8243 MARITIM
1 available
Copies
| Location | Call Number | Status |
|---|---|---|
| Port Angeles - Digital Video Disc | DVD 623.8243 MARITIM | Shelving Cart |
| Sequim - Digital Video Disc | DVD 623.8243 MARITIM | Available |
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Published
Woodinville, WA : Don McCune Library, c2005.
Physical Desc
1 videodisc (90 min.) : sd., col. with b&w sequences ; 4 3/4 in.
Language
English
Notes
General Note
Title from container.
General Note
Publisher number from publisher's website.
General Note
Originally broadcast as episodes of Exploration Northwest.
General Note
"The following Exploration Northwest episode is one of over 400 programs written and narrated by Don McCune. The series was produced by KOMO-TV in Seattle, Washington and ran for 21 years (1960-1981). Exploration Northwest won 26 Emmy Awards for documentary excellence"--Introductory screens.
General Note
Puget Sound maritime history originally aired under the KOMO title "Steams up." Classic powerboats originally aired under the KOMO title "Guessing the gold." Looking back originally aired under the KOMO title "Don McCune : looking back."
Creation/Production Credits
Audio, Rudy Schroeder ; post production/program restoration, Encore Productions ; music composition/arrangement, Craig Jensen ; formatted for DVD by Don Towey Productions.
Creation/Production Credits
Puget Sound maritime history: Photography, Gary Smith, Bill Jensen, Joel Schroedel ; editor, Gary Smith.
Creation/Production Credits
Classic powerboats: Photography, Darrell Benedict, Chris Raum, Joel Schroedel ; editor, Darrell Benedict.
Participants/Performers
Host and narrator, Don McCune.
Participants/Performers
Looking back: Host, Dick Foley.
Description
Puget Sound maritime history: Take a trip into the maritime history of Puget Sound aboard the steam ships Virginia V. and W.T. Preston, both active when the "mosquito fleet" served the Puget Sound waterfront. Hundreds of steamboats connected the many towns of the Puget Sound long before roads were built. Emmy-winning episode.
Description
Classic powerboats: Board the cruiser Happy Gold for a power boat race from Olympia, Washington to Juneau, Alaska. See the first affordable wooden yachts in the Puget Sound dating back to the 1920's. Filmed at the 50th Anniversary of the Capitol-to-Capitol International Predicted-Log Race, this episode focuses on the first leg of the journey from Olympia to Victoria. Archival film footage from 1928-1960 captures additional northwest maritime history.
Description
Looking back: KOMO-TV special hosted by Dick Foley. Don McCune's 50-year broadcast career with clips from The Captain Puget Show, Challenge, and Exploration Northwest. Includes humorous out-takes , interviews of film crew and family, and family pictures.
Additional Physical Form
Individual titles also available on videocassette.
System Details
DVD.