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Publisher
Charter Communications
Pub. Date
2007
Physical Desc
1 DVD (59 min.) : sd., col. ; 4 3/4 in.
Description
Dean Miller, local historian, takes the videographer on a tour throughout the City of San Luis Obispo, relating as they go, the changes that will take place where and when throughout the City within the next few years. He points to old buildings that have been moved and stops in front of buildings that will be saved as progress takes place. He is the owner of an old downtown complex, which he gladly shares on this exciting tour in a pick up truck....
Publisher
Charter Communications
Pub. Date
2007
Physical Desc
1 DVD ( 58 min.) : sd., col. ; 4 3/4 in.
Description
Local historian and author, Loren Nicholson, is the host and shares the history of railroads throughout SLO County by displaying his very popular book, Rails Across the Ranchos. He then gives a tour of the San Luis Obispo railroad roundhouse and depot then follows the rails down to locate the narrow gauge railroad area in Avila. The tour ends at Arroyo Grande.
Publisher
Bergman Productions
Pub. Date
[2019]
Physical Desc
1 DVD (72 min.) : sound, color ; 4 3/4 in.
Description
"Lives Well Lived is a feature documentary film by Sky Bergman that celebrates the incredible wit and wisdom of adults 75 to 100 years old who are living their lives to the fullest. Encompassing over 3000 years of experience, forty people share their secrets and insights to living a meaningful life. Their intimate memories and inspiring personal histories will make you laugh, perhaps cry, but mostly inspire you."--Amazon.com.
Publisher
Side-Off Video
Pub. Date
c2004
Physical Desc
1 DVD (70 min.) : sd., col. ; 4 3/4 in.
Description
Chronicles a year in the life of the fast-growing elephant seal colony at Point Piedras Blancas, California. This haulout point for the once almost extinct mammal is unique in its proximity to human civilization.
Publisher
Kara Hagedorn
Pub. Date
c2010.
Physical Desc
1 DVD (58 min.) : sd., col. ; 4 3/4 in.
Description
Join zoologist Kara Hagedorn and Sunshine, a red-tailed hawk who builds a nest every spring and lays two infertile eggs. Then see what happens when the two infertile eggs are replaced with two fertile chicken eggs.
10) San Marcos Pass
Series
Road trip with Huell Howser volume 108
Publisher
Huell Howser Productions
Pub. Date
c2007
Physical Desc
1 DVD (58 min.) : sd., col. ; 4 3/4 in.
Description
"State Highway 154 is one of the most beautiful stretches of highway in California. The locals know it as the San Marcos Pass Road, and it's a 32-mile section of highway from Santa Barbara to Highway 101 north of Los Olivos, that winds through the Los Padres National Forest, the Santa Ynez Valley and past Lake Cachuma. It's a historic road as well, part of it following an original stagecoach route."--Description from www.calgold.com/roadtrip website....
Publisher
SLOCFCWCD
Pub. Date
c2010
Physical Desc
1 videodisc (30 min.) : sd., col. ; 4 3/4 in.
Description
"As part of the Design and Construction Phase, the District commissioned the development of a brief video documenting the Nacimiento Water Project with the six Nacimiento Project Commissioners who led the Project from 2004 to 2010. Also included is a photo series highlighting the Design and Construction Phase."--Container.
Publisher
Highlight Media
Pub. Date
c2011
Physical Desc
1 videodisc (55:15, 21:05 min.) : sd., col. ; 4 3/4 in.
Description
"In 2011, the Oprah Winfrey show featured a segment identifying San Luis Obispo (on the Central Coast of California) as the 'Happiest City in America'. And yet, even in San Luis Obispo, an alarming number of residents regularly go without adequate shelter, food and clothing. [This film] ... chronicles the unique narratives of these indiviuduals who have struggled with homelessness. This diverse tapestry of stories dispels common myths & misconceptions...
13) Photoplayer
Publisher
Huell Howser Productions
Pub. Date
c2006
Physical Desc
1 videodisc (ca. 30 min.) : sd., col. ; 4 3/4 in.
Description
"Huell meets Joe Rinaudo whose passion is a 1926 Fotoplayer, which uses music rolls like those for player pianos to provide music and sound effects to silent films. Joe spent thousands of hours restoring his Fotoplayer and although the "talkies" made them obsolete in the late 1920s, Huell discovers there is still no better way to enjoy a silent movie than with Joe, his hand cranked projector and his Fotoplayer."--Description from www.calgold.com.
14) Monarchs
Publisher
Huell Howser Productions
Pub. Date
c2004
Physical Desc
1 DVD (ca. 30 min.) : sd., col. ; 4 3/4 in.
Description
"Huell travels to Pismo State Beach to visit the largest overwintering site for monarch butterflies in the U.S. More people visit this site than any other butterfly site in the world."--Description from www.calgold.com
15) Farallon Islands
Publisher
Huell Howser Prod
Pub. Date
c2009
Physical Desc
1 videodisc (ca. 30 min.) : sd., col. ; 4 3/4 in.
Description
"Huell spends the day with the biologists who live on the Farallon Islands and learns about this wild and beautiful place which is just a group of islands and rocks found 27 miles off the coast of San Francisco, known as California's Galapagos, they make up the The Farallon National Wildlife Refuge. These wild and remote islands are rich with not only flora and fauna, but human history as well."--Description from www.calgold.com
16) Oil islands
Publisher
Huell Howser Productions
Pub. Date
c2008
Physical Desc
1 videodisc (ca. 30 min.) : sd., col. ; 4 3/4 in.
Description
"In Long Beach, Calif., there's a 42-acre oilfield -- offshore, in plain view of tourists, port traffic and beach lovers -- with 175-foot-high drilling towers and 1,100 wells that penetrate a vast underground. It may well be the most unique and beautiful oil drill site in America. The idea that you could drill for oil within site of a major city and do it in a way that would please the residents was and is revolutionary. Huell visits these four architectural...
Publisher
Huell Howser Productions
Pub. Date
c2007
Physical Desc
1 DVD (ca. 30 min.) : sd., col. ; 4 3/4 in.
Description
"Nestled in a small valley nearly 12 miles outside of Avalon on Catalina Island is El Rancho Escondido, 'the hidden ranch.' Still a working ranch, it was originally started as the Wrigley family's Arabian Horse Ranch. The facility's prizewinning horses, historic memorabilia, and entertaining exhibits make it great place to visit. Huell spends the day with members of the Wrigley family as they reminisce about life on the ranch.."--Summary from www.calgold.com/calgold...
Publisher
Huell Howser Productions
Pub. Date
c2007
Physical Desc
1 DVD (ca. 30 min.) : sd., col. ; 4 3/4 in.
Description
"Join Huell as he takes an exciting 4-mile railroad excursion on Yosemite Mountain Sugar Pine Railroad. Ride into history where powerful locomotives once hauled massive log trains through the Sierra mountains. Where mighty lumberjacks felled the timber and flumes carried lumber to the distant valley below. The Sierra National Forest's majestic woods provide the backdrop for the narrow gauge journey back in time. This old steam train is a wonderful...
20) What are you gonna do today?: a look at diversity and multicultural education on the Cal Poly Campus
Publisher
Hammy "The Heater" Productions
Pub. Date
c2004
Physical Desc
1 DVD (100 min.) : sd., col. ; 4 3/4 in.
Description
A full length documentary discussing issues of diversity and multicultural education on the Cal Poly, San Luis Obispo University Campus. Includes a collection of interviews with Cal Poly's staff, faculty, administration and student body.
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