The Cape Hatteras Light : America's greatest sentinel / Looking Glass Productions ; a film by Kevin Duffus by Kevin Duffus ; written, photographed, and produced by Kevin P. Duffus.
| Other author/creator | Duffus, Kevin P., screenwriter, photographer, film producer. |
| Other author/creator | Campbell, Douglas, 1922-2009 narrator. |
| Other author/creator | Looking Glass Productions, production company, film distributor. |
| Format | Unknown |
| Publication Info | Raleigh, North Carolina : Looking Glass Productions, 2009. |
| Copyright Notice | ©2009 |
| Description | 1 videodisc (approximately 90 min.) : sound, color ; 4 3/4 in. |
| Subject(s) |
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| Contents | America's greatest sentinel -- "I saw thousands of waterspouts" -- Steer up along Beacon Island till you bring Thatch's Hole to bear" -- "The federal lighthouse on the hill" -- "On those melancholy occasions ..." -- "An elevation of one hundred and fifty feet [is] imperiously demanded" -- "A lightship lost and a beleagured beacon" -- "We woke up feeling like sand crabs, and ready, like them, to go into our holes could we find them" -- "Built by Dexter Stetson, Lynn, Mass." -- "The tower will tremble and sway like a tree in the wind" -- "It was duty and honor and service" -- "Sitting on top of the world" -- "One of the most exposed stations in the world" -- "The inventors and the destructors" -- "The old ways are lost" -- "Where boys would meet girls" -- "How long the light?" |
| Abstract | "This award-winning 90-minute documentary recounts the first attempts to construct lighthouses on the Carolina coast, how materials were delivered and how shipwrecks and sickness caused delays and hardships. Learn why the original 1803 tower was built upon a migrating natural dune and how this location would doom the structure and dictate the course of events at Cape Hatteras for more than two centuries."--Container. |
| General note | Title from disc label. |
| Performer | Narrated by Douglas Campbell. |
| Audience | Not rated. |
| Technical details | DVD. |
| Awards note | Gold Aurora Award, 1999. |
| ISBN | 9781888285246 |
| ISBN | 1888285249 |
Available Items
| Library | Location | Call Number | Status | Item Actions | |
| Joyner | Compact DVDs | VK1025.C27 C37 2009 DVD | ✔ Available | Place Hold |