NCW Libraries

Featuring the men and women who lived and worked at Grand Coulee in the wake of the Great Depression and the Native people whose lives were changed alongside historians and engineers, the film explores how the tension between technological achievement and environmental impact hangs over the project's legacy.

The account of the day-to-day explorations and activities of Dick Proenneke as he built a cabin in the remote wilderness of the Twin Lakes Region of Alaska.

Tells the story of the most important expedition in American history, led by Captains Meriwether Lewis and William Clark. Includes the stories of the young army men, French-Canadian boatmen, Clark's African-American slave, and the Shoshone woman named Sacagawea who went with them.

"Why do you ski? A wintertime love story exploring the universal attraction between skier, boarder and mountain. From first chair to flamingo days, from deep powder to epic corduroy, "Lifted: A Ski Film for the Rest of Us" celebrates athletes and amateurs of all shapes and styles. Have craft mountains become endangered? Or are hometown hills an eternal source of stoke and adventure for generations to come? Pull out the long underwear and grab a beer...

From the peninsula to the Palouse, discover the splendor of the Evergreen State captured in intense awe-inspiring detail in Washington the Beautiful. Take flight on an aerial tour of Washington's diverse landscape, traveling from the lush Olympic coastline to the majestic Cascade Mountains, and to the abundant farmlands of theeastern side of the state.

Explores the life and lessons of the late, legendary fruit grower who brought the Granny Smith apple, the Fuji apple and the Rainier cherry, among others, into their own in the Untied States and around the world.

Take a 30-minute video tour of Washington's Olympic Peninsula, including such highlights as the Hoh River Rain Forest, Lake Crescent, the trails at Olympic National Park, kayaking at Sequim Bay, and the Makah Indian Museum at Neah Bay.

"In a society that seems increasingly polarized and confrontational, how do some communities manage to get along? See how the residents of one tiny town are forging their own future--without big box stores, fast-food chains, or casinos. It's rustic. It's quirky. It's Twisp." Twisp: The Power of Community is a documentary exploring the people and values that make this tiny town in north central Washington a thriving community, rather than another...

In 1980, the eruption of Mount St. Helens leveled 230 square miles, sent 540 million tons of ash and volcanic rock twelve miles into the air, and blasted one cubic mile of earth from the crest of the Cascade Mountain Range. Illustrates the terrifying fury of the most destructive volcanic disaster in American history through aerial photography and survivors' own words. Shows examples of nature's plant and animal recovery seventeen years later. The...

Interviews with long-time residents, paired with photographs old and new from their collections and those of local museums, trace the development of community ski areas throughout North Central Washington: Stizmark, Loup Loup, Patterson Lake, Echo Valley, Leavenworth, Entiat Valley, Badger Mountain, and Squilchuck.