DVDs

Move of the Century

Cape Hatteras Light

It was called the “Move of the Century.” In 1999, the National Park Service relocated the Cape Hatteras Lighthouse to safety from the ever-eroding shoreline, protecting it for future generations.

This is the best selling, most accurate and complete documentary film about how the 9.6 million-pound unreinforced brick tower was rolled 2,900 feet to safety. Discover how a decision in 1794 sealed the fate of the lighthouse. Learn why, in 1878, an event in the life of the builder, Dexter Stetson, foreshadowed the Hatteras move. Relive the thrilling weeks of summer 1999 when thousands of people witnessed the “Move of the Century.

Computer animation shows how the coastline has changed since 1850 and how every phase of the move was accomplished. Our cameras take you under the lighthouse as it’s moving and inside to a high-tech monitoring station. See the very first pictures shot from the lighthouse balcony after reaching its new home. Hear what’s in store for the lighthouse in the dawn of the new millennium.

Narrated by former NBC News anchor Lloyd Dobyns.

60 minute DVD $19.95

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War Zone

World War II Off North Carolina’s Outer Banks

In 1942, the United States suffered one of its worst defeats of WWII, not in Europe or the Pacific, but along the nation’s eastern seaboard. Three hundred ninety-seven ships were sunk or damaged and nearly 5,000 people were killed. For six months, 65 German U-boats hunted merchant ships practically unopposed within view of coastal communities. The greatest concentration of these attacks occurred off North Carolina’s Outer Banks.

“War Zone” features eyewitness accounts of lifesavers, merchant sailors and residents, and describes how life was altered when war was waged on Outer Banker’s doorsteps. Learn the truth behind decades-old urban legends of German spies, saboteurs and sympathizers. Viewers will marvel at the courage of a young mother who delivered her newborn son in a storm-tossed lifeboat off Cape Hatteras and how the event marked a turning point in the battle of “Torpedo Junction.” Most amazing is the first-hand account of the nearly calamitous first engagement between a U-boat and a U.S. Navy destroyer, and the sinking of the U-701, just 22 miles from Hatteras.

“War Zone” is a story of infamy, irony, and innocence lost.

180 minute 2-DVD Set $19.95

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The Graveyard of the Atlantic

400 Years of Shipwrecks, Mysteries and Heroic Rescues

For more than four centuries, seafaring vessels have traversed the tempestuous and deadly ocean waters that have been known, nearly as long, as the Graveyard of the Atlantic. The first ships came for exploration and discovery. Later, most participated in commerce, some delved in piracy, while others were engaged in warfare. In all, more than 1,000 unlucky vessels and their crews and passengers were forced to make the ocean waters and beaches along North Carolina’s Outer Banks their final port of call, representing one of the greatest densities of shipwrecks in the world. It is simply one of the most dramatic and poignant chapters in U.S. maritime history.

Featured in this award-winning 90-minute film are the unparalleled rescues of the crews of the Ephraim Williams (1884) and the Priscilla (1899). Learn how shipwrecks provided a way of life and often a means of survival for the residents of these isolated barrier islands. Rare interviews with native Outer Bankers who witnessed many shipwrecks relate the excitement, intrigue and compassion caused by the shouts, “Ship ashore!”

Narrated by popular newscaster and musician, Bill Leslie.

90 minute DVD $19.95

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“Anyone interested in naval history or the history of the Outer Banks will enjoy this documentary. I would have sat still for another 30 minutes.”

Spectator Magazine

"War Zone blends extensive new reporting with fascinating old film and photos to tell a story that will surprise Americans who lived through that era and will astound those who didn’t. The matter-of-fact memories of those who are still alive are amazing, and the stories of those who have died are compelling. You mix them beautifully. I think your documentary is as interesting as it is important, as informative as it is significant.”

Michael Gartner,

Former President, NBC News

"Your epilogue statement cuts to the heart of the sacrifices that purchased our current freedom: ‘It is the memory that must survive, in gratitude to those who gave their lives.’ By preserving the oral and visual testimony of those who served, rescued, witnessed, and buried the victims, you have created a vitally needed record that should become a standard resource for all North Carolina schools. As this generation faces its military challenges, your film can be a source of inspiration and resolve. I am thankful every day for the courage of my parent’s generation. Thank you for capturing it so eloquently on film.”

Mary H. Schaub

Telly Award Winner

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