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Series
The Nevada experience volume 601
Publisher
Channel 5 Public Broadcasting
Pub. Date
[n.d.]
Language
English
Description
"Traces the life of a man who was a major force in shaping the modern state of Nevada"--Container label.
Series
The Nevada experience volume 607
Publisher
Channel 5 Public Broadcasting
Pub. Date
n.d.
Language
English
Description
"Traces the development of the first federal reclamation project in the West."--Container label.
Series
The Nevada experience volume 101
Publisher
Channel 5 Public Broadcasting
Pub. Date
[1990]
Language
English
Description
This three part video covers topics that are reflections of Nevada. Part one examines tree carvings "both as an example of a folk art and as a documentary record of the Basque sheepherders' experiences." The second part explores the history of the "slot machine from its mechanical beginnings" to "today's micro-chip electronic versions". The third part presents "performances of the popular music of the 1860s and 1870s. It was videotaped on location...
Series
The Nevada experience volume 902
Publisher
Channel 5 Public Broadcasting
Pub. Date
[199?].
Language
English
Description
The Lincoln Highway in Nevada recounts the building of the Nevada section of the nation's earliest and most celebrated transcontinental highway.
Series
The Nevada experience volume 201
Publisher
Channel 5 Public Broadcasting
Pub. Date
[1991].
Language
English
6) The Nevada experience #205: Vikingsholm ; Volunteer firemen of the Comstock ; The Carson City mint
Series
The Nevada experience volume 205
Publisher
Channel 5 Public Broadcasting
Pub. Date
[1991].
Language
English
Description
Part one concerns the castle "hidden at the base of Eagle Falls on the shore of Emerald Bay, Lake Tahoe" and its "owner Mrs. Lora Knight and about the lifestyle of the social elite of the 1920's." Part two "traces the history of volunteer fire departments during the Comstock era. Subjects covered include early fire fighting equipment, fire fighting techniques, the social aspects of volunteer fire companies, and the rivalry that developed among the...
Series
The Nevada experience volume 402
Publisher
Channel 5 Public Broadcasting
Pub. Date
[1993]
Language
English
Appears on list
Description
In search of ritual: the burning man: Part art project and part primitive ritual, The Burning man, an event held annually in the Black Rock Desert, is documented in this segment. -- "The Reno cure" is a look at the divorce industry in Reno, from it's beginning at the turn of the century, through it's heyday in the 1930's to the present. -- "Last flight of the Sky Crane" is a look at the history of the military helicopter, know[n] as the Sky Crane...
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