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♪
[gentle orchestral fanfare]
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[resonanstrings
lead building orchestration]
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♪
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(male narrator)
Welcome to "Our State,"
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a production of UNC-TV
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in association
with "Our State" magazine--
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for over 70 years,
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bringing the wonders
of North Carolina
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to readers across the state.
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On this edition,
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the loving care it takes
to keep venerable old clocks
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ticking and chiming
in towers across the Piedmont,
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a ride on some
of the many ferry boats
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traveling our coastal waters--
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And you never know
where you might find
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a parade in our state.
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♪
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(male announcer)g]
BB&T serves the needs
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of more than 180 communities,
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from the Outer Banks
and the Blue Ridge Mountains
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to everywhere in between.
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Since 1872,
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we have supported the people
and places of North Carolina,
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and we've been proud
to live and work here too.
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We love calling
North Carolina our home,
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and we're pleased to provide
major funding for "Our State."
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Additional funding has been
tk-tk, tk-tk...tk-tkV members.
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tk, tk...tk
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(narrator)
There's something about clocks.
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We barely notice them,
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and yet they command
our attention.
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[bells lead
New Age orchestration]
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"Where does time go?"
we ask one another.
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Mostly, it seems
to have disappeared--
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at least the sound of time,
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thanks to today's
mostly silent timekeeping.
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Oh, how those of us
who grew up falling asleep
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to the ticks of a wind-up clock
miss that mechanical thing...
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with its civilized bell...
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dng, dng...dng
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instead of that
annoyingly insistent,
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blaring mosquito of an alarm
we wake up to nowadays.
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[electronic beeping]
eep, eep...eep
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[clattering]
klk, klk...klk
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It is comforting
to know that some time,
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somewhere
in North Carolina today,
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someone who appreciates
time's seemingly slower,
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more embraceable cadences
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is winding a clock by hand...
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mostly around town squares,
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in clock towers
of various measure...
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reached only by repeated,
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often twisting
flights of stairs.
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[echoing footsteps]
tp, tp...tp
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♪
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The mechanisms
that await the special touch
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of the clock keeper
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ar
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e wonderfully wrought marvels,
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with myriads
of patient cams and gears...
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[clicking]
khh...
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khh...
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khh
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(narrator)
tripping levers,
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swinging pendulums,
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and who knows what,
working in perfect synchrony
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to provide the public with one
of the unique experiences
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of small-town life...
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[clattering]
klk, klk...klk
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dnnggg
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the sound of time.
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dnnggg
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dnnggg
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Each of these clocks is loved
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and, glory of glories,
not at all quiet.
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dnnggg
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dnn-dnnggg
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dnn-dnnggg
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And what
a splendid song they make.
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dnnggg
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klk, klk...klk
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♪
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(man)
Now, this is a wonderful marvel
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of engineering that's, uh--
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goes back more than 200 years.
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Uh, Salem was
begun in 1766
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as the central
community
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of the Moravian
settlements here
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in what we called
"Wachovia."
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♪
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We needed to bring
a sort of regular operation
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to the community.
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That meant
keeping track of time.
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[mechanism clicking]
khh, khh
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I'm sorry that people
outside cannot hear
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this regular, uh,
thump, thump, thump
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of the escape mechanism
and as the pendulum--
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this 10-foot pendulum--
swings back and forth.
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But standing here feeling,
with my hand on the frame,
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I can feel it.
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It's like a heartthrob.
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The clock provides a heartbeat
for this community.
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♪
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(woman)
I've always liked clocks,
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so to be able to be around
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the city's
most famous clock
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and take care of it--
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it's almost like
a dream come true.
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♪
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We have to wind it twice a day,
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and because it is as old
as it is, it--
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you never
can get it exactly right,
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so we--
we more or less--
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we just guess
at what the time is.
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Something like this,
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you've got
to really be interested in.
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And I waited on this job
for a whole year before--
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before I got it.
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I wanted this job.
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It's almost like
a little piece of history.
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♪
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(narrator)
Not that far away,
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under the same incredible arc
of Carolina blue sky,
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lies a picturesque courthouse
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in which a clock
still marks time
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for the citizens
of Hillsborough
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in Orange County.
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♪
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(man)
You can get to the point
where you have a relationship
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with the clock
where you can hear
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when the clock's in good shape
or when it's not.
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My ear's tuned to it,
like having a baby, you know.
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If it doesn't strike the hour,
I go into panic mode
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and run up the stairs.
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♪
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As far as we know,
it's the oldest unmodified, uh,
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tower clock in North America.
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And this expert told me that it
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wa
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s basically the cheapest clock
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you could buy
in its day--hehhh.
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But it took a lickin';
it kept tickin'.
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And I hear engineers
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use the wordelegant
about a solution
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when it's as simple as possible,
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and this here
is an elegant solution.
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I mean, it tells time,
and it tells time accurately,
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with a number of parts
that you can count
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without really giving yourself
a headache.
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It's just a nifty machine,
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and...watch somethin'
like this.
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And...
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[gears clicking]
enn, enn...enn
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[ringing]
dnnggg...dnnggg
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I've never done that--
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I have never done that
that I didn't smile.
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Hehh, hehh,
hehh, hehh!
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I have never done it
with other people around
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that they didn't smile.
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(narrator)
And that's the way it is
all across North Carolina
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where these wonderful clocks
may be found.
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There's a lot of pride
in maintaining them
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and boasting about them too.
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♪
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In Henderson,
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both tasks fall
to the local firemen
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because the clock
is in their firehouse.
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(man)
It's functional.
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It's really the symbol
of the city of Henderson.
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Back in 1991,
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when the city celebrated
its 150th year anniversary,
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uh, it kinda took it on and
really made it the city symbol.
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Uh, we kinda jumped on it
prior to that--
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we put it in our shoulder patch.
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The city also incorporated
the city, uh, clock tower
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and the city flag.
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It's just part of the--
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the history
of the city of Henderson,
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and we're very proud of it.
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The firefighters
here in Henderson, it's--
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we take pride in it,
and we take ownership in it,
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and we keep it and maintain it.
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(narrator)
Evidence of that ownership?
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The clock tower was used
at one time to dry fire hoses
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and by the names of firemen
who took care of the place
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scratched on the clock-tower
walls over the years.
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[bell ringing]
dnnggg
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dnnggg
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dnnggg
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dnnggg
08:57.136 --> 08:59.171 align:left position:42.5%,start line:65% size:47.5%
dnnggg
08:59.272 --> 09:01.474 align:left position:42.5%,start line:65% size:47.5%
dnnggg
09:01.574 --> 09:03.809 align:left position:42.5%,start line:65% size:47.5%
dnnggg
09:03.910 --> 09:07.246 align:left position:40%,start line:65% size:50%
dnnggggg
09:07.346 --> 09:09.448 align:left position:25%,start line:65% size:65%
Henderson's clock
has been electrified,
09:09.549 --> 09:11.784 align:left position:15%,start line:65% size:75%
so there's no winding task,
09:11.884 --> 09:15.888 align:left position:15%,start line:65% size:75%
like there is in Yanceyville,
our next clock stop.
09:15.988 --> 09:19.225 align:left position:17.5%,start line:65% size:72.5%
But as with them all,
a certain series of events
09:19.325 --> 09:23.262 align:left position:17.5%,start line:65% size:72.5%
has to occur
to create the main event...
09:23.362 --> 09:26.766 align:left position:20%,start line:65% size:70%
when the clock strikes.
09:26.866 --> 09:28.801 align:left position:25%,start line:65% size:65%
(man)
It's setting up now,
09:28.901 --> 09:32.705 align:left position:22.5%,start line:65% size:67.5%
and uh, it sets up
about maybe 30 seconds
09:32.805 --> 09:35.207 align:left position:25%,start line:65% size:65%
before it goes off.
09:35.308 --> 09:40.880 align:left position:22.5%,start line:65% size:67.5%
And then it raises, uh,
the hammer up and this--
09:40.980 --> 09:42.648 align:left position:37.5%,start line:65% size:52.5%
like this.
09:42.748 --> 09:45.718 align:left position:15%,start line:65% size:75%
And that's how you get
your force to pull the bell.
09:45.818 --> 09:46.986 align:left position:37.5%,start line:65% size:52.5%
[clicking]
tkkk
09:47.086 --> 09:49.155 align:left position:32.5%,start line:65% size:57.5%
There it goes.
09:49.255 --> 09:55.828 align:left position:22.5%,start line:65% size:67.5%
[ringing]
dnnggg, dnnggg...dnnggg
09:55.928 --> 10:02.201 align:left position:50%,start line:65% size:40%
♪
10:02.301 --> 10:04.870 align:left position:30%,start line:65% size:60%
[machinery whirs]
zhhrrh
10:04.971 --> 10:07.006 align:left position:27.5%,start line:65% size:62.5%
(narrator)
Interestingly,
Yanceyville's clock
10:07.106 --> 10:09.375 align:left position:25%,start line:65% size:65%
was electrified
at one time, as well,
10:09.475 --> 10:11.210 align:left position:17.5%,start line:65% size:72.5%
and then was reconverted.
10:11.310 --> 10:13.012 align:left position:20%,start line:65% size:70%
It also survived a fire,
10:13.112 --> 10:15.615 align:left position:22.5%,start line:65% size:67.5%
not to mention
a good deal of neglect,
10:15.715 --> 10:17.550 align:left position:15%,start line:65% size:75%
after which the clock parts
10:17.650 --> 10:20.753 align:left position:20%,start line:65% size:70%
wound up
scattered all over town.
10:20.853 --> 10:22.788 align:left position:10%,start line:65% size:80%
(Richmond)
10:20.853 --> 10:22.788 align:left position:10%,start line:71% size:80%
We
10:20.853 --> 10:22.788 align:left position:10%,start line:65% size:80%
ll, we kept lookin' for parts,
10:22.888 --> 10:25.324 align:left position:15%,start line:65% size:75%
and nobody knew
where the pendulum ball was.
10:25.424 --> 10:28.361 align:left position:20%,start line:65% size:70%
So Ms. Anderson
was in charge of the, uh,
10:28.461 --> 10:30.196 align:left position:17.5%,start line:65% size:72.5%
historical museum in town,
10:30.296 --> 10:32.765 align:left position:20%,start line:65% size:70%
and I said something
to Ms. Anderson about it,
10:32.865 --> 10:34.700 align:left position:25%,start line:65% size:65%
and uh,
she said, "No, Leon,
10:34.800 --> 10:37.269 align:left position:20%,start line:65% size:70%
I don't know anything
about the pendulum ball."
10:37.370 --> 10:40.473 align:left position:17.5%,start line:65% size:72.5%
And I said, "Well, it would
weigh about 15 to 25 pounds,
10:40.573 --> 10:43.709 align:left position:17.5%,start line:65% size:72.5%
and it would have a hole
down in the middle of it."
10:43.809 --> 10:45.311 align:left position:32.5%,start line:65% size:57.5%
She said,
"Oh, we keep--
10:45.411 --> 10:47.079 align:left position:30%,start line:65% size:60%
"we keep the door
propped open
10:47.179 --> 10:49.281 align:left position:22.5%,start line:65% size:67.5%
in the historical room
with that."
10:49.382 --> 10:50.883 align:left position:37.5%,start line:65% size:52.5%
[chuckling]
So that--
10:50.983 --> 10:55.187 align:left position:27.5%,start line:65% size:62.5%
that was amazing
that we found that.
10:56.689 --> 10:58.557 align:left position:15%,start line:65% size:75%
(narrator)
Madison, North Carolina, too,
10:58.658 --> 11:01.927 align:left position:27.5%,start line:65% size:62.5%
enjoys the revival
of its town clock.
11:02.028 --> 11:03.863 align:left position:42.5%,start line:65% size:47.5%
dnnggg
11:03.963 --> 11:05.865 align:left position:25%,start line:65% size:65%
Originally dedicated
as a memorial
11:05.965 --> 11:08.534 align:left position:10%,start line:65% size:80%
to the doughboys of World War I,
11:08.634 --> 11:11.303 align:left position:10%,start line:65% size:80%
it also
11:08.634 --> 11:11.303 align:left position:10%,start line:71% size:80%
ha
11:08.634 --> 11:11.303 align:left position:10%,start line:65% size:80%
d stopped running at one time,
11:11.404 --> 11:15.841 align:left position:17.5%,start line:65% size:72.5%
even after considerable
repairs had been invested.
11:15.941 --> 11:18.611 align:left position:17.5%,start line:65% size:72.5%
To the rescue
came a tinkerer of sorts--
11:18.711 --> 11:20.279 align:left position:27.5%,start line:65% size:62.5%
a retired engineer
11:20.379 --> 11:24.150 align:left position:15%,start line:65% size:75%
who happened to have a small
machine shop in his basement.
11:25.551 --> 11:28.154 align:left position:22.5%,start line:65% size:67.5%
(man)
And they just asked me
to look at it
11:28.254 --> 11:30.256 align:left position:25%,start line:65% size:65%
out of desperation.
11:30.356 --> 11:34.260 align:left position:12.5%,start line:65% size:77.5%
I have just been looking after
it ever since, essentially.
11:34.360 --> 11:36.896 align:left position:10%,start line:65% size:80%
But it takes a lot of attention,
11:36.996 --> 11:38.798 align:left position:17.5%,start line:65% size:72.5%
because it will change time
11:38.898 --> 11:40.633 align:left position:25%,start line:65% size:65%
with the change
in the temperatures.
11:40.733 --> 11:42.935 align:left position:17.5%,start line:65% size:72.5%
You know, when it's colder,
it runs slower;
11:43.035 --> 11:45.471 align:left position:30%,start line:65% size:60%
when it's warmer,
it runs faster.
11:45.571 --> 11:47.707 align:left position:50%,start line:65% size:40%
♪
11:47.807 --> 11:50.943 align:left position:10%,start line:65% size:80%
But I get stopped on the street,
11:47.807 --> 11:50.943 align:left position:10%,start line:71% size:80%
an
11:47.807 --> 11:50.943 align:left position:10%,start line:65% size:80%
d people say, "You know,
11:51.043 --> 11:54.280 align:left position:12.5%,start line:65% size:77.5%
"I remember when I was young
I could hear that clock chime,
11:54.380 --> 11:58.451 align:left position:17.5%,start line:65% size:72.5%
and that was my curfew time
to come home."
11:58.551 --> 12:02.888 align:left position:12.5%,start line:65% size:77.5%
(narrator)
These clocks have a great deal
of social value, it seems,
12:02.988 --> 12:06.025 align:left position:27.5%,start line:65% size:62.5%
and they are worthy
of great care.
12:06.125 --> 12:09.195 align:left position:12.5%,start line:65% size:77.5%
Consider the thoughts
of Hillsborough's Tom Magnuson.
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♪
12:11.330 --> 12:14.200 align:left position:10%,start line:65% size:80%
(Magnuson)
12:11.330 --> 12:14.200 align:left position:10%,start line:71% size:80%
I
12:11.330 --> 12:14.200 align:left position:10%,start line:65% size:80%
think that's why
th
e clock winders come up here--
12:14.300 --> 12:15.568 align:left position:17.5%,start line:65% size:72.5%
they feel
like they're participating,
12:15.668 --> 12:18.237 align:left position:25%,start line:65% size:65%
feel like they have
a piece of the town,
12:18.337 --> 12:20.272 align:left position:25%,start line:65% size:65%
and that they're
doing somethin' good.
12:20.372 --> 12:23.576 align:left position:50%,start line:65% size:40%
♪
12:23.676 --> 12:26.612 align:left position:22.5%,start line:65% size:67.5%
And there is a certain
meditative quality.
12:26.712 --> 12:28.614 align:left position:50%,start line:65% size:40%
♪
12:28.714 --> 12:30.983 align:left position:30%,start line:65% size:60%
I've never gone
to sleep up here.
12:31.083 --> 12:34.553 align:left position:10%,start line:65% size:80%
I have come back down the stairs
with my blood pressure lower
12:34.653 --> 12:37.623 align:left position:17.5%,start line:65% size:72.5%
than it was
when I went up the stairs.
12:37.723 --> 12:39.759 align:left position:50%,start line:65% size:40%
♪
12:39.859 --> 12:41.560 align:left position:17.5%,start line:65% size:72.5%
(narrator)
There is something calming
12:41.660 --> 12:44.497 align:left position:22.5%,start line:65% size:67.5%
about the art and craft
of keeping time.
12:46.065 --> 12:49.435 align:left position:15%,start line:65% size:75%
It's almost as if the regular
sounds that clocks make
12:49.535 --> 12:51.937 align:left position:20%,start line:65% size:70%
mimic our own breathing.
12:53.405 --> 12:56.142 align:left position:20%,start line:65% size:70%
So the next time
you have the opportunity,
12:56.242 --> 13:00.012 align:left position:10%,start line:65% size:80%
pause and listen as one of these
12:56.242 --> 13:00.012 align:left position:10%,start line:71% size:80%
gl
12:56.242 --> 13:00.012 align:left position:10%,start line:65% size:80%
orious clocks gives forth
13:00.112 --> 13:03.516 align:left position:20%,start line:65% size:70%
in full voice
with its splendid sound.
13:03.616 --> 13:05.951 align:left position:20%,start line:65% size:70%
You will be transfixed,
13:06.051 --> 13:07.787 align:left position:22.5%,start line:65% size:67.5%
even for but a moment,
13:07.887 --> 13:09.355 align:left position:40%,start line:65% size:50%
in time.
13:09.455 --> 13:11.490 align:left position:42.5%,start line:65% size:47.5%
dnnggg
13:11.590 --> 13:13.893 align:left position:42.5%,start line:65% size:47.5%
dnnggg
13:13.993 --> 13:16.195 align:left position:40%,start line:65% size:50%
dnnggggg
13:22.134 --> 13:24.603 align:left position:30%,start line:65% size:60%
[gulls calling]
ahh, ahh...ahh
13:24.703 --> 13:27.673 align:left position:30%,start line:65% size:60%
[engine running]
rrrrnn
13:33.479 --> 13:35.848 align:left position:25%,start line:65% size:65%
[jaunty flute
and drum arrangement]
13:37.116 --> 13:39.251 align:left position:30%,start line:65% size:60%
(narrator)
At several places
along our coast,
13:39.351 --> 13:42.421 align:left position:15%,start line:65% size:75%
you quite literally
come to the end of the road.
13:42.521 --> 13:44.723 align:left position:30%,start line:65% size:60%
[water lapping]
slsh, slsh...slsh
13:44.824 --> 13:47.159 align:left position:22.5%,start line:65% size:67.5%
Travelers find that,
to continue their trip,
13:47.259 --> 13:49.628 align:left position:25%,start line:65% size:65%
they must board
one of the 20 vessels
13:49.728 --> 13:52.998 align:left position:17.5%,start line:65% size:72.5%
the state operates
to reach their destination.
13:53.098 --> 13:55.401 align:left position:32.5%,start line:65% size:57.5%
[horn blowing]
ehhn, ehhn
13:55.501 --> 14:00.072 align:left position:50%,start line:65% size:40%
♪
14:00.172 --> 14:02.808 align:left position:25%,start line:65% size:65%
[steel ramp clanking]
tnnk, tnnk
14:02.908 --> 14:04.243 align:left position:30%,start line:65% size:60%
For some people,
14:04.343 --> 14:07.513 align:left position:20%,start line:65% size:70%
a ferry trip
is a fact of daily life.
14:09.048 --> 14:11.383 align:left position:25%,start line:65% size:65%
Other folks sometimes
go out of their way
14:11.483 --> 14:13.986 align:left position:17.5%,start line:65% size:72.5%
to do this when they can.
14:14.086 --> 14:16.355 align:left position:50%,start line:65% size:40%
♪
14:16.455 --> 14:17.723 align:left position:32.5%,start line:65% size:57.5%
For tourists,
14:17.823 --> 14:20.793 align:left position:15%,start line:65% size:75%
it's often one of the charms
of coastal travel.
14:20.893 --> 14:22.761 align:left position:32.5%,start line:65% size:57.5%
[violin joins]
14:22.862 --> 14:26.131 align:left position:50%,start line:65% size:40%
♪
14:26.232 --> 14:28.367 align:left position:27.5%,start line:65% size:62.5%
(man)
In the beginning,
it was started to--
14:28.467 --> 14:29.869 align:left position:25%,start line:65% size:65%
to bridge the islands
14:29.969 --> 14:31.737 align:left position:30%,start line:65% size:60%
and bridge people
to the mainland.
14:31.837 --> 14:34.406 align:left position:20%,start line:65% size:70%
And of course,
it still does that today.
14:35.674 --> 14:37.643 align:left position:20%,start line:65% size:70%
You know, we carry, uh,
14:37.743 --> 14:41.814 align:left position:12.5%,start line:65% size:77.5%
about 2.3--
2.35 million passengers a year.
14:41.914 --> 14:45.751 align:left position:10%,start line:65% size:80%
A lot of those people are people
14:41.914 --> 14:45.751 align:left position:10%,start line:71% size:80%
fr
14:41.914 --> 14:45.751 align:left position:10%,start line:65% size:80%
om all over the country--
14:45.851 --> 14:48.487 align:left position:17.5%,start line:65% size:72.5%
all over the United States
and the world.
14:48.587 --> 14:50.556 align:left position:50%,start line:65% size:40%
♪
14:50.656 --> 14:53.292 align:left position:20%,start line:65% size:70%
It's a tourist attraction
within itself.
14:53.392 --> 14:55.527 align:left position:30%,start line:65% size:60%
[gulls calling]
ahh, ahh...ahh
14:55.628 --> 14:57.930 align:left position:50%,start line:65% size:40%
♪
14:58.030 --> 15:00.566 align:left position:20%,start line:65% size:70%
But we have
three classes of ferries.
15:00.666 --> 15:03.168 align:left position:20%,start line:65% size:70%
We have the sound class.
15:03.269 --> 15:07.640 align:left position:27.5%,start line:65% size:62.5%
Sound class ferries
are 220 feet.
15:07.740 --> 15:10.709 align:left position:20%,start line:65% size:70%
Uh, they are the largest
ferries that we have.
15:10.809 --> 15:13.279 align:left position:50%,start line:65% size:40%
♪
15:13.379 --> 15:16.148 align:left position:25%,start line:65% size:65%
Then we have
the double-end class.
15:16.248 --> 15:19.852 align:left position:20%,start line:65% size:70%
Uh, those ferries
are 180 foot in length--
15:19.952 --> 15:22.821 align:left position:22.5%,start line:65% size:67.5%
drive on and drive off
on either end.
15:22.922 --> 15:25.157 align:left position:50%,start line:65% size:40%
♪
15:25.257 --> 15:27.092 align:left position:17.5%,start line:65% size:72.5%
Then the other class ferry
15:27.192 --> 15:29.895 align:left position:25%,start line:65% size:65%
is what we call
the "Hatteras class."
15:31.397 --> 15:33.499 align:left position:22.5%,start line:65% size:67.5%
And that is 150 foot--
15:33.599 --> 15:35.834 align:left position:32.5%,start line:65% size:57.5%
uh, just drive
on one end,
15:35.935 --> 15:39.538 align:left position:10%,start line:65% size:80%
and of course, you got to turn
15:35.935 --> 15:39.538 align:left position:10%,start line:71% size:80%
th
15:35.935 --> 15:39.538 align:left position:10%,start line:65% size:80%
e vessel around the other way.
15:39.638 --> 15:42.308 align:left position:30%,start line:65% size:60%
[gulls calling]
ahh, ahh...ahh
15:42.408 --> 15:44.877 align:left position:40%,start line:65% size:50%
shhhhhhhh
15:44.977 --> 15:46.745 align:left position:20%,start line:65% size:70%
(narrator)
On the Neuse River ferry,
15:46.845 --> 15:49.148 align:left position:25%,start line:65% size:65%
between Cherry Point
and Minnesott Beach,
15:49.248 --> 15:51.684 align:left position:12.5%,start line:65% size:77.5%
the daily riders
probably don't spend much time
15:51.784 --> 15:53.485 align:left position:12.5%,start line:65% size:77.5%
thinking about the technology
15:53.585 --> 15:56.689 align:left position:27.5%,start line:65% size:62.5%
making their trip
shorter and easier.
15:56.789 --> 15:59.625 align:left position:12.5%,start line:65% size:77.5%
But these ferries have
an ingenious propulsion system,
15:59.725 --> 16:01.360 align:left position:22.5%,start line:65% size:67.5%
called a "Voit drive,"
16:01.460 --> 16:04.129 align:left position:15%,start line:65% size:75%
that provides better control
in windy conditions
16:04.229 --> 16:06.732 align:left position:22.5%,start line:65% size:67.5%
and gives them
great maneuverability.
16:08.667 --> 16:10.936 align:left position:30%,start line:65% size:60%
(man)
It's got a system
on either end--
16:11.036 --> 16:12.805 align:left position:20%,start line:65% size:70%
the A end and the B end.
16:12.905 --> 16:14.239 align:left position:27.5%,start line:65% size:62.5%
And what it does,
16:14.340 --> 16:17.643 align:left position:12.5%,start line:65% size:77.5%
it looks like helicopter blades
underneath the water.
16:17.743 --> 16:21.313 align:left position:15%,start line:65% size:75%
It's not a conventional
propeller and rudder system.
16:21.413 --> 16:23.315 align:left position:30%,start line:65% size:60%
Then, if I want
to straighten up,
16:23.415 --> 16:25.217 align:left position:20%,start line:65% size:70%
I just put it straight,
16:25.317 --> 16:28.520 align:left position:22.5%,start line:65% size:67.5%
and if I want
the bow to go that way,
16:28.620 --> 16:30.622 align:left position:22.5%,start line:65% size:67.5%
you move it that way.
16:30.723 --> 16:32.925 align:left position:22.5%,start line:65% size:67.5%
And also,
I can control my B end
16:33.025 --> 16:36.195 align:left position:17.5%,start line:65% size:72.5%
with this one right here.
16:36.295 --> 16:40.165 align:left position:17.5%,start line:65% size:72.5%
You know, you can go
to the dock in a hard wind,
16:40.265 --> 16:45.471 align:left position:22.5%,start line:65% size:67.5%
a hardnortheaster,
and not even touch it.
16:45.571 --> 16:48.140 align:left position:30%,start line:65% size:60%
[engine humming]
ennnnnn
16:48.240 --> 16:49.908 align:left position:17.5%,start line:65% size:72.5%
(narrator)
The powerful diesel engines
16:50.009 --> 16:53.779 align:left position:12.5%,start line:65% size:77.5%
are used to hold the ferry
against the dock for boarding.
16:53.879 --> 16:56.348 align:left position:30%,start line:65% size:60%
[steel clanking]
tnnk, tnnk
16:59.084 --> 17:01.453 align:left position:15%,start line:65% size:75%
Once the last car is aboard,
17:01.553 --> 17:03.022 align:left position:15%,start line:65% size:75%
the controls are switched--
17:03.122 --> 17:07.092 align:left position:17.5%,start line:65% size:72.5%
the bow becomes the stern;
the stern becomes the bow.
17:07.192 --> 17:09.294 align:left position:25%,start line:65% size:65%
And the captain
simply changes chairs
17:09.395 --> 17:12.564 align:left position:20%,start line:65% size:70%
to move the boat forward
out of the dock.
17:13.832 --> 17:16.835 align:left position:20%,start line:65% size:70%
That way, the ferry
never has to turn around.
17:16.935 --> 17:18.303 align:left position:42.5%,start line:65% size:47.5%
rrrnnn
17:18.404 --> 17:26.245 align:left position:50%,start line:65% size:40%
♪
17:26.345 --> 17:34.019 align:left position:50%,start line:65% size:40%
♪
17:34.119 --> 17:36.255 align:left position:30%,start line:65% size:60%
[gulls calling]
ahh, ahh...ahh
17:36.355 --> 17:43.562 align:left position:50%,start line:65% size:40%
♪
17:43.662 --> 17:45.164 align:left position:12.5%,start line:65% size:77.5%
Twenty minutes after boarding,
17:45.264 --> 17:49.234 align:left position:12.5%,start line:65% size:77.5%
you are across the Neuse River
and on your way again.
17:49.334 --> 17:54.673 align:left position:50%,start line:65% size:40%
♪
17:54.773 --> 17:56.975 align:left position:25%,start line:65% size:65%
Outer Banks travelers
are most familiar
17:57.076 --> 18:01.547 align:left position:12.5%,start line:65% size:77.5%
with the boats linking
Hatteras Island with Ocracoke.
18:01.647 --> 18:03.348 align:left position:32.5%,start line:65% size:57.5%
[gull calling]
ahhuh, eeh
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ahhuh, eeh
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ahhuh, eeh
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These Hatteras class boats
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have to contend with
the constantly shifting sands
18:13.292 --> 18:15.561 align:left position:27.5%,start line:65% size:62.5%
of the very shallow
Hatteras Inlet.
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♪
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(man)
This is our worst part
of the channel, right here.
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We're slowing down
so we don't bump bottom.
18:23.268 --> 18:26.105 align:left position:17.5%,start line:65% size:72.5%
We probably got maybe
a foot and a half of water
18:26.205 --> 18:28.340 align:left position:27.5%,start line:65% size:62.5%
underneath the keel
right now and it's--
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the tide's probably almost high,
18:30.476 --> 18:34.346 align:left position:22.5%,start line:65% size:67.5%
so can you imagine
what it is at low tide?
18:34.446 --> 18:35.948 align:left position:17.5%,start line:65% size:72.5%
We try not to bump bottom,
18:36.048 --> 18:38.083 align:left position:25%,start line:65% size:65%
but on low tide,
you will bump bottom
18:38.183 --> 18:40.719 align:left position:10%,start line:65% size:80%
in a few spots in this channel.
18:40.819 --> 18:43.522 align:left position:22.5%,start line:65% size:67.5%
And the more hurricanes
we have each season,
18:43.622 --> 18:46.592 align:left position:22.5%,start line:65% size:67.5%
the trickier it gets.
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(narrator)
The channel
is dredged periodically
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by the Army Corps of Engineers,
18:50.629 --> 18:52.297 align:left position:17.5%,start line:65% size:72.5%
but it's a constant battle
18:52.397 --> 18:55.534 align:left position:20%,start line:65% size:70%
between shifting budgets
and shifting sand.
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Lately, the sand
seems to be winning.
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(Goodman)
Around here,
you got to stay on your toes,
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because we work seven day on,
seven days off.
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Your first day back,
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you got to relearn
parts of the channel--
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every week.
19:10.816 --> 19:12.184 align:left position:27.5%,start line:65% size:62.5%
(narrator)
The shallow channel
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brings another challenge
for the boat captains--
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the effects of the wind.
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(Goodman)
These boats are made
for shallow draft,
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and the less draft you have,
the more tendency they have
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to adverse effects
from the wind.
19:24.530 --> 19:26.932 align:left position:27.5%,start line:65% size:62.5%
So if it's blowin'
50 mile an hour,
19:27.032 --> 19:30.202 align:left position:12.5%,start line:65% size:77.5%
it's gonna shove you sideways.
19:30.302 --> 19:32.037 align:left position:30%,start line:65% size:60%
It's a big sail.
19:32.137 --> 19:33.472 align:left position:37.5%,start line:65% size:52.5%
p-p-p-p-p-p
19:33.572 --> 19:37.142 align:left position:50%,start line:65% size:40%
♪
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(narrator)
Travelers to Ocracoke
from the south
19:39.578 --> 19:43.148 align:left position:15%,start line:65% size:75%
gather at the ferry terminal
on Cedar Island.
19:43.248 --> 19:44.816 align:left position:20%,start line:65% size:70%
The larger ferries here
19:44.917 --> 19:47.252 align:left position:17.5%,start line:65% size:72.5%
are designed to accommodate
the shallow waters
19:47.352 --> 19:50.289 align:left position:27.5%,start line:65% size:62.5%
of Pamlico Sound.
19:50.389 --> 19:52.658 align:left position:20%,start line:65% size:70%
A similar ferry operation
links Ocracoke
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with the Hyde County seat
of Swan Quarter.
19:56.862 --> 20:01.433 align:left position:15%,start line:65% size:75%
The view out here is one
you can't get from any road.
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The two-and-a-half-hour trip
across Pamlico Sound
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is like a mini ocean voyage.
20:08.340 --> 20:10.475 align:left position:15%,start line:65% size:75%
Land disappears for awhile,
20:10.576 --> 20:13.345 align:left position:27.5%,start line:65% size:62.5%
and you never know
what you might see.
20:15.247 --> 20:19.685 align:left position:12.5%,start line:65% size:77.5%
In this case,
it's the ship "Elizabeth II"...
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a sight that might have been
common in colonial times,
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but a spectacular
surprise today.
20:26.225 --> 20:35.033 align:left position:50%,start line:65% size:40%
♪
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♪
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No matter
what your final destination,
20:44.943 --> 20:49.281 align:left position:12.5%,start line:65% size:77.5%
getting on a ferry can mean
you are where you are going...
20:51.049 --> 20:53.652 align:left position:15%,start line:65% size:75%
at least for a little while.
20:55.487 --> 20:57.322 align:left position:25%,start line:65% size:65%
[steel ramp clanking]
tnnk, tnnk
20:57.422 --> 20:59.324 align:left position:37.5%,start line:65% size:52.5%
tnnk, tnnk
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♪
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[drums lead
fast-paced march tune]
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♪
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[brass joins]
21:19.011 --> 21:23.582 align:left position:17.5%,start line:65% size:72.5%
(narrator)
It's hard to resist the fun
and spectacle of a parade.
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You can watch,
or you can take part.
21:26.818 --> 21:33.925 align:left position:47.5%,start line:65% size:42.5%
♪
21:34.026 --> 21:37.496 align:left position:12.5%,start line:65% size:77.5%
[P.A. blasting Little Richard's
"Long Tall Sally"]
21:37.596 --> 21:39.965 align:left position:15%,start line:65% size:75%
You can let it all hang out,
21:40.065 --> 21:43.135 align:left position:27.5%,start line:65% size:62.5%
jump up and down,
or laugh out loud.
21:43.235 --> 21:45.003 align:left position:40%,start line:65% size:50%
Ahhhhhh!
21:45.103 --> 21:47.072 align:left position:20%,start line:65% size:70%
(narrator)
Parades give us an excuse
21:47.172 --> 21:49.541 align:left position:22.5%,start line:65% size:67.5%
to become someone else,
if we choose,
21:49.641 --> 21:52.377 align:left position:17.5%,start line:65% size:72.5%
to act out our alter ego.
21:53.845 --> 21:57.015 align:left position:17.5%,start line:65% size:72.5%
March to the beat
or forget about the beat--
21:57.115 --> 21:58.417 align:left position:27.5%,start line:65% size:62.5%
it doesn't matter.
21:58.517 --> 22:00.952 align:left position:25%,start line:65% size:65%
In fact,
it adds to the fun--
22:01.053 --> 22:03.789 align:left position:17.5%,start line:65% size:72.5%
part order, part anarchy.
22:03.889 --> 22:05.691 align:left position:27.5%,start line:65% size:62.5%
And we Americans,
22:05.791 --> 22:07.759 align:left position:20%,start line:65% size:70%
well, we love a parade,
22:07.859 --> 22:09.995 align:left position:12.5%,start line:65% size:77.5%
especially in North Carolina,
22:10.095 --> 22:14.166 align:left position:12.5%,start line:65% size:77.5%
where there's a choice variety
to choose from.
22:14.266 --> 22:16.868 align:left position:12.5%,start line:65% size:77.5%
[drums pace lively march tune]
22:16.968 --> 22:18.770 align:left position:32.5%,start line:65% size:57.5%
[brass joins]
22:18.870 --> 22:20.772 align:left position:50%,start line:65% size:40%
♪
22:20.872 --> 22:23.375 align:left position:12.5%,start line:65% size:77.5%
The Governor's inaugural parade
in the capital city
22:23.475 --> 22:25.944 align:left position:22.5%,start line:65% size:67.5%
gives people a chance
to loosen their ties,
22:26.044 --> 22:28.146 align:left position:20%,start line:65% size:70%
forget about
their cares for a while,
22:28.246 --> 22:30.215 align:left position:22.5%,start line:65% size:67.5%
and have a little fun.
22:30.315 --> 22:32.751 align:left position:10%,start line:65% size:80%
[speaker blasting George Jones's
22:30.315 --> 22:32.751 align:left position:10%,start line:71% size:80%
"W
22:30.315 --> 22:32.751 align:left position:10%,start line:65% size:80%
hite Lightning"]
22:32.851 --> 22:34.753 align:left position:50%,start line:65% size:40%
♪
22:34.853 --> 22:36.488 align:left position:22.5%,start line:65% size:67.5%
Wilmington's
Azalea Festival parade,
22:36.588 --> 22:38.557 align:left position:10%,start line:65% size:80%
the largest parade in our state,
22:38.657 --> 22:43.128 align:left position:17.5%,start line:65% size:72.5%
is full of springtime color
and exuberance.
22:43.228 --> 22:45.597 align:left position:22.5%,start line:65% size:67.5%
[brass leads
up-tempo orchestration]
22:45.697 --> 22:51.103 align:left position:50%,start line:65% size:40%
♪
22:51.203 --> 22:53.872 align:left position:25%,start line:65% size:65%
[fife and drums
play "Yankee Doodle"]
22:53.972 --> 22:58.009 align:left position:50%,start line:65% size:40%
♪
22:58.110 --> 23:00.145 align:left position:20%,start line:65% size:70%
[indistinct crowd noise]
23:00.245 --> 23:02.681 align:left position:20%,start line:65% size:70%
Practically anything goes
in a parade.
23:02.781 --> 23:05.283 align:left position:22.5%,start line:65% size:67.5%
As long as it's good,
clean, American fun,
23:05.384 --> 23:08.920 align:left position:15%,start line:65% size:75%
let the child in you come out
and play for a few minutes.
23:09.020 --> 23:12.791 align:left position:15%,start line:65% size:75%
[band plays "When the Saints
Go Marching In"]
23:12.891 --> 23:25.637 align:left position:50%,start line:65% size:40%
♪
23:25.737 --> 23:28.907 align:left position:32.5%,start line:65% size:57.5%
clp, clp...clp
23:29.007 --> 23:31.643 align:left position:30%,start line:65% size:60%
[bagpipes drone]
23:31.743 --> 23:38.917 align:left position:50%,start line:65% size:40%
♪
23:39.017 --> 23:46.658 align:left position:50%,start line:65% size:40%
♪
23:46.758 --> 23:55.534 align:left position:50%,start line:65% size:40%
♪
23:55.634 --> 23:57.369 align:left position:32.5%,start line:65% size:57.5%
[applause]
clp, clp...clp
23:57.469 --> 24:00.872 align:left position:12.5%,start line:65% size:77.5%
Parades are a distinctive part
of the American character.
24:00.972 --> 24:02.707 align:left position:32.5%,start line:65% size:57.5%
For one thing,
they're free.
24:02.808 --> 24:04.109 align:left position:32.5%,start line:65% size:57.5%
[kids shouting]
Candy!
24:04.209 --> 24:06.711 align:left position:22.5%,start line:65% size:67.5%
(narrator)
And they're patriotic.
24:06.812 --> 24:08.547 align:left position:32.5%,start line:65% size:57.5%
[applause]
clp, clp...clp
24:08.647 --> 24:11.049 align:left position:15%,start line:65% size:75%
The tiny
North Carolina town of Faith
24:11.149 --> 24:14.719 align:left position:10%,start line:65% size:80%
holds one of the state's largest
24:11.149 --> 24:14.719 align:left position:10%,start line:71% size:80%
Fo
24:11.149 --> 24:14.719 align:left position:10%,start line:65% size:80%
urth of July parades.
24:14.820 --> 24:16.555 align:left position:20%,start line:65% size:70%
[steel drums
lead calypso arrangement]
24:16.655 --> 24:27.199 align:left position:50%,start line:65% size:40%
♪
24:27.299 --> 24:29.568 align:left position:30%,start line:65% size:60%
[brass and drums
play a march]
24:29.668 --> 24:36.475 align:left position:50%,start line:65% size:40%
♪
24:36.575 --> 24:38.310 align:left position:32.5%,start line:65% size:57.5%
[horn blowing]
ehhh-uhhhh
24:38.410 --> 24:42.113 align:left position:50%,start line:65% size:40%
♪
24:42.214 --> 24:44.382 align:left position:30%,start line:65% size:60%
[bagpipes drone
as drum pounds]
24:44.483 --> 24:51.690 align:left position:50%,start line:65% size:40%
♪
24:51.790 --> 24:59.397 align:left position:50%,start line:65% size:40%
♪
24:59.498 --> 25:03.068 align:left position:50%,start line:65% size:40%
♪
25:03.168 --> 25:06.171 align:left position:12.5%,start line:65% size:77.5%
[brass leads
"Angels We Have Heard on High"]
25:06.271 --> 25:09.341 align:left position:12.5%,start line:65% size:77.5%
Asheville's wonderful Christmas
parade can't be missed--
25:09.441 --> 25:10.575 align:left position:25%,start line:65% size:65%
a creative spectacle
25:10.675 --> 25:13.845 align:left position:15%,start line:65% size:75%
with the Blue Ridge Mountains
as a backdrop.
25:13.945 --> 25:15.981 align:left position:15%,start line:65% size:75%
[brass leads "Jingle Bells"]
25:16.081 --> 25:23.722 align:left position:50%,start line:65% size:40%
♪
25:23.822 --> 25:25.957 align:left position:25%,start line:65% size:65%
[indistinct talking]
25:27.225 --> 25:29.027 align:left position:30%,start line:65% size:60%
Merry Christmas!
25:29.127 --> 25:31.730 align:left position:12.5%,start line:65% size:77.5%
[brass leads
"God Rest Ye Merry, Gentlemen"]
25:31.830 --> 25:39.037 align:left position:50%,start line:65% size:40%
♪
25:39.137 --> 25:46.778 align:left position:50%,start line:65% size:40%
♪
25:46.878 --> 25:50.715 align:left position:50%,start line:65% size:40%
♪
25:50.815 --> 25:53.418 align:left position:27.5%,start line:65% size:62.5%
[brass transitions
to "Jingle Bells"]
25:53.518 --> 25:55.420 align:left position:50%,start line:65% size:40%
♪
25:55.520 --> 25:56.922 align:left position:27.5%,start line:65% size:62.5%
[crowd applauding]
25:57.022 --> 25:59.624 align:left position:20%,start line:65% size:70%
[electric bass
leads lively pop melody]
25:59.724 --> 26:05.030 align:left position:50%,start line:65% size:40%
♪
26:05.130 --> 26:07.065 align:left position:30%,start line:65% size:60%
(girl #1)
Merry Christmas!
26:07.165 --> 26:09.868 align:left position:32.5%,start line:65% size:57.5%
(girl #2)
Happy holiday!
26:09.968 --> 26:13.038 align:left position:27.5%,start line:65% size:62.5%
[foghorn blasting]
ehhnnnnn
26:13.138 --> 26:16.041 align:left position:20%,start line:65% size:70%
(narrator)
And then, as the new year
rolls around,
26:16.141 --> 26:20.145 align:left position:20%,start line:65% size:70%
there's the unforgettable
New Bern boat parade,
26:20.245 --> 26:22.581 align:left position:22.5%,start line:65% size:67.5%
a mélange of waterborne
sounds and sights
26:22.681 --> 26:24.950 align:left position:15%,start line:65% size:75%
that you'll not soon forget.
26:25.050 --> 26:27.118 align:left position:32.5%,start line:65% size:57.5%
[chimes play
"Jingle Bells"]
26:27.218 --> 26:32.190 align:left position:50%,start line:65% size:40%
♪
26:32.290 --> 26:35.126 align:left position:27.5%,start line:65% size:62.5%
[foghorn blasting]
errrnnnnn
26:35.226 --> 26:43.034 align:left position:50%,start line:65% size:40%
♪
26:43.134 --> 26:45.270 align:left position:27.5%,start line:65% size:62.5%
So the next time
you hear the sounds
26:45.370 --> 26:48.206 align:left position:27.5%,start line:65% size:62.5%
of a parade rising
in the distance,
26:48.306 --> 26:51.009 align:left position:22.5%,start line:65% size:67.5%
drop your inhibitions
and head for the fun
26:51.109 --> 26:54.813 align:left position:17.5%,start line:65% size:72.5%
at different times of the
year all across our state.
26:54.913 --> 27:01.720 align:left position:50%,start line:65% size:40%
♪
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♪
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♪
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♪
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♪
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Captioning
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www.CaptionPerfect.com
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[man yelling]
Whooooa!
27:40.392 --> 27:42.694 align:left position:30%,start line:65% size:60%
(woman)
Merry Christmas!
27:42.794 --> 27:44.062 align:left position:42.5%,start line:65% size:47.5%
(man)
Heeeyy!
27:46.031 --> 27:48.600 align:left position:20%,start line:65% size:70%
(announcer)
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