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Replacing Trees in Historic Landscapes

Replacing Trees in Historic Landscapes

Trees in historic landscapes are often important cultural resources that contribute to the significance and integrity of a property. This video provides guidance on the concepts and techniques of replacing individual trees at historic properties.


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Dry Tortugas: Searching for the Windjammer Avanti (2004-22)

Dry Tortugas: Searching for the Windjammer Avanti (2004-22)

Funded by NCPTT, Montana Public Television has produced a series of videos that highlights the nation’s underwater archeological treasures and features the preservation work of the National Park Service’s Submerged Resources Center.


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Application and Preparation of Limewash Video (2008-07)

Application and Preparation of Limewash Video (2008-07)

This six minute video explains how to prepare and apply limewash.


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Fire and Ice: America’s Cultural Heritage Underwater (2004-19)

Fire and Ice: America’s Cultural Heritage Underwater (2004-19)

Funded by NCPTT, Montana Public Television has produced a series of videos that highlights the nation’s underwater archeological treasures and features the preservation work of the National Park Service Submerged Resources Center.


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Biscayne: America’s Cultural Heritage Underwater (2004-18)

Biscayne: America’s Cultural Heritage Underwater (2004-18)

Funded by NCPTT, Montana Public Television has produced a series of videos that highlights the nation’s underwater archeological treasures and features the preservation work of the National Park Service Submerged Resources Center.


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Preserving America’s Landscape Legacy (1996-02)

Preserving America’s Landscape Legacy (1996-02)

This video examines the importance of preserving the integrity of America’s historic landscapes.


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Culture Shock: Fire Protection for Historic and Cultural Property (1995-01)

Culture Shock: Fire Protection for Historic and Cultural Property (1995-01)

Boston University produced this training video to raise awareness of fire risks to cultural properties and to provide technical information about fire detection and suppression systems including sprinklers, gaseous agents, and water mist.


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Resetting a Stone Grave Marker (2007-02)

Resetting a Stone Grave Marker (2007-02)

Materials Conservator Jason Church demonstrates how to properly reset stone grave marker.


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Retaining America’s Dry Stone Heritage (2002-05)

Retaining America’s Dry Stone Heritage (2002-05)

This video documents the repair of damaged drystone walls in the popular Chesapeake and Ohio Canal National Historic Park.


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Root of the Problem (1998-33)

Root of the Problem (1998-33)

Neville Agnew of the Getty Conservation Institute speaks about the conservation of the hominid footprints at Laetoli, Tanzania. He lists three primary conservation topics that the general public will care about: Egyptology, dinosaurs, and human ancestry.


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Building Dry Stone Retaining Walls (2002-06)

Building Dry Stone Retaining Walls (2002-06)

This video shows how to build small drystone retaining walls from beginning to end; laying out the shape, digging the foundation, determining the wall angle, building the face, packing the back, and leveling the top.


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Landscapes and Lives (1997-27)

Landscapes and Lives (1997-27)

Susan Turner talks about how and why landscapes are and should be preserved.


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Walls of Stone: How to Build Drystone Walls and Rock Fences (1996-01)

Walls of Stone: How to Build Drystone Walls and Rock Fences (1996-01)

The video is a primary training resource, providing graphic instruction on how to repair, rebuild and relocate stone walls and rock fences.


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Secret of Lake Meade: America’s Cultural Heritage Underwater (2004-17)

Secret of Lake Meade: America’s Cultural Heritage Underwater (2004-17)

Funded by NCPTT, Montana Public Television has produced a series of videos that highlights the nation’s underwater archeological treasures and features the preservation work of the National Park Service Submerged Resources Center.


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USS Arizona: Preserving a War Memorial (2004-23)

USS Arizona: Preserving a War Memorial (2004-23)

Funded by NCPTT, Montana Public Television has produced a series of videos that highlights the nation’s underwater archeological treasures and features the preservation work of the National Park Service Submerged Resources Center.


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Glass and Stained Glass Conservation (1998-28)

Glass and Stained Glass Conservation (1998-28)

This video covers a workshop on the conservation and restoration of stained glass.


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Ferry of Hope: Ellis Island and US Immigration (2004-21)

Ferry of Hope: Ellis Island and US Immigration (2004-21)

Funded by NCPTT, Montana Public Television has produced a series of videos that highlights the nation’s underwater archeological treasures and features the preservation work of the National Park Service Submerged Resources Center.


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Heritage Education at Risk

On July 16, 2008, Christine Faith hosted a TEL Event entitled Heritage Education at Risk: Why We Must Engage Formal Education Systems, which is now available as a streaming video on the NCPTT web site.


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Why We Must Engage Formal Education Systems

Why We Must Engage Formal Education Systems

Why We Must Engage Formal Education Systems TelNPS Video.


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Basics in Iron Fence Care

Materials Research Chief Mary Striegel and Materials Conservator Jason Church conduct a TEL NPS course “Essentials in Cemetery Monument Care.”


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