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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 75 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, an icon

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and landmark for generations

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becomes our newest state park,

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one family's

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unique contribution

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to the preservation

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and breeding of waterfowl,

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and North Carolina's

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showboat battleship

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houses some surprises

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below decks.

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[mellow mandolin 
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(male narrator) 
It all began

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with a 25¢   ride 
up the mountain...

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by donkey, mule, 
or horseback...

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depending on which story 
you believe.

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(woman) 
Well, Dr. Lucius Morse 
was from St. Louis,

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and he came to this area,

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actually, 
because he had tuberculosis

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and he was looking 
for a better climate.

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And so he used to ride 
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down into Hickory Nut Gorge,

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and he saw the monolith 
known as Chimney Rock

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and thought, "Wow!

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This is an incredible place 
for a tourist attraction."

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And so that really was 
the beginning of his dream.

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(narrator) 
All that happened 
back around 1902.

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But there's a whole lot 
of Dr. Morse's dream

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that happened 
between 1902 and today,

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including participation 
by two older brothers

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in his dream--

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twin brothers who quickly 
became as smitten as Dr. Morse

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by Chimney Rock 
and its possibilities.

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(Jaeger-Gale) 
Dr. Lucius--he was the one 
that had the vision--

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Hiram and Asahel 
were the ones

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that helped to bankroll 
the operation.

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(narrator) 
When the Morse brothers bought

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the original 64 acres 
of Chimney Rock Mountain

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from Jerome Freeman, 
their first challenge

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was how to get visitors 
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beginning 
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(man) 
You can just imagine 
what it's like

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to build a road 
on the side of a mountain.

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They got about two miles 
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and the engineers were telling 
them to stop at that point

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because they encountered 
so much rock

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that it made it very difficult 
to get past.

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They ended up buying some 
property on top of the mountain

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to get some water 
to power their steam drills

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and blasted on 
through the rock

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and got 
the last mile completed.

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(narrator) 
Building the road also meant

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bridging the Rocky Broad River,

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which they accomplished 
by June of 1916.

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A few weeks later, 
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Mother Nature whipped up 
a pretty good storm

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and an ambitious flood 
that undid all their good work

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by washing 
the new bridge away.

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(Jaeger-Gale) 
That probably would have put 
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like, "that's enough for me,"

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but it didn't daunt 
their spirits.

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They went right back at it 
and built the road.

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That was really the beginning 
of the real access.

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(narrator) 
And people came 
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in their horse-drawn 
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then their Model Ts,

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and parked 
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where you could 
relax at the inn

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that backed up against 
the cliffside at that time.

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But getting to the base 
of the chimney

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was just the first part 
of your journey.

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Heh--you still had 
some climbing to do.

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The 470 steps 
they built to the top

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was quite an improvement

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over what earlier visitors 
had to negotiate.

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(Jaeger-Gale) 
They had some pretty 
rudimentary stairs and things,

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and we hear that people 
shimmied up locust posts

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to get up on top 
of the chimney.

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I think, when there's 
a will, there's a way,

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and that's pretty much 
the access that they had.

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(narrator) 
Another part 
of the doctor's ambitious dream

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was to change the view 
from his mountain,

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which he actually 
made happen in the 1920s

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by creating Lake Lure.

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[airy flute leads 
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But the long-term goal

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of a first-class resort 
to encompass Chimney Rock Park

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was derailed 
by Depression-era economics.

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And about the same time, 
ambitious plans were hatched

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to improve access 
to the mountain even more

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in a novel 
and dramatic fashion.

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(Jaeger-Gale) 
This was a dream 
of Hiram Morse.

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He wanted everyone 
to have access to the mountain,

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and so they looked 
at all kinds of ways.

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They looked at funiculars,

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but the elevator seemed 
to make the most sense.

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They had plans for that 
and talked about that

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early on in the century, 
but it wasn't until 1948

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that they actually 
accomplished that goal.

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[banjo chord]

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(narrator) 
An elevator?

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Up the side 
of a mountain?!

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No... 
inside the mountain.

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(Morse) 
They did some 
engineering studies,

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and unfortunately 
those studies happened

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around the time 
that Dr. Morse passed away,

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so I think he 
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with the idea 
of the elevator

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but didn't get to see it 
to its completion.

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And they began construction, 
I guess, back in 1947,

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and it took about, uh,

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18 months 
and 8 tons of dynamite.

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Blasting into the rock 
and then straight up

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was a pretty incredible thing,

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given the fact 
that the hoistway

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is a 258-foot shaft, uh, 
straight up into the mountain.

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It was the tallest elevator 
in the state of North Carolina

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when it was constructed

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and then opened to the public 
in 1949, and um,

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some people ask me, 
Why don't you have another one?

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heh, heh, heh

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[gentle melody]

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(narrator) 
Today's visitors are reminded

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what a feat 
of engineering this was

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by displays posted along 
the 198-foot tunnel walkway.

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So glad y'all 
come to see us, 
and y'all enjoy!

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Thank 
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Thanks.

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(narrator) 
The trip to the top takes...

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about 30 seconds.

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And then 
once you arrive,

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you can enjoy 
the 75-mile view,

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visit the Opera Box,

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long a favorite spot,

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or climb 
the remaining 44 stairs

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to look out from the chimney 
top's 1,965-foot elevation.

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[airy flute leads 
plucked mandolin]

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Other scenic attractions--

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the Devil's Head outcropping,

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or you can try

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squeezing your way 
through narrow Needle's Eye...

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[banjo twangs]

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(man) 
There they are, right?

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(man #2) 
One at a time.

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(man #3) 
Pants off and go 
one leg at time.

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(narrator) 
...or perhaps even hike 
to Hickory Nut Falls.

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At 404 feet, it's one 
of our state's highest

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and was part 
of a well-known scene

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from the feature film 
"The Last of the Mohicans."

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[mandolin leads 
resonant strings]

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♪

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Of course, the main attraction 
remains the magnificent view

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of Hickory Nut Gorge 
and Lake Lure from the chimney.

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[airy flute leads 
plucked mandolin]

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Resisting the pressure 
of commercial development

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and after much thought 
and soul searching,

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the Morse family 
decided in 2007

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to sell 
the 996-acre park

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to the state 
of North Carolina.

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The result is 
a much larger park,

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more like Lucius Morse 
envisioned all those years ago.

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[tempo slows]

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(woman) 
For a long time, 
there were ideas and plans,

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as part of the New Parks 
for a New Century initiative,

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to develop the 
Hickory Nut Gorge State Park.

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And lands had 
already been acquired,

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and the General Assembly 
had already authorized

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the development of the 
Hickory Nut Gorge State Park.

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The lands were adjacent, 
and it made sense

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to make a contiguous park

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and include 
the Chimney Rock Park.

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And so this is very new,

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and we're all learning 
as we go, every day.

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I'm tickled to death 
to be here.

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(Jaeger-Gale) 
The thing that probably was

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most concerning to folks 
in the community

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was that it continued 
to be a park,

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that it would continue to, um, 
bring guests to our area

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because our entire area is 
totally dependent on tourism.

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And of course our associates 
that we work with--

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me included-- 
were very concerned

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about what happens to us 
if it becomes a state park.

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And I think the Morse family's 
concern, too,

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is not just 
about their property

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and making sure that it 
was preserved and shared,

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but also that the community 
and the associates

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and their family 
found the best solution.

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(Morse) 
We were so delighted that 
the state of North Carolina--

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the state parks-- 
recognized that,

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and it certainly was a win 
for our employees

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and, I believe, 
the community

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because the people 
that have been working here

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over all these years 
were able to continue

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to do what they do best 
and what they love to do.

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And I hope the people of North 
Carolina will be satisfied

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because the people 
that love Chimney Rock

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will be able 
to experience it

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in much the same way 
as they have in years past

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for many generations to come,

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I think, 
as a result of this agreement.

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[trilling flute 
leads plucking mandolin]

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♪

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[electronic strings 
and woodwinds resonate]

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[squealing birds]

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(female narrator) 
Welcome to waterfowl heaven.

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If there's any place 
in the world

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that might qualify 
to be called that,

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it's probably this place, 
right here in North Carolina.

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At this extraordinary spot 
in Scotland Neck,

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Mike and Ali Lubbock, 
their son Brent,

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and their staff 
have created,

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if not 
a waterfowl heaven...

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then something 
that comes mighty close.

257
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(man) 
This facility is set up

258
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for the public 
to be able to learn more

259
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about the waterfowl 
found throughout the world

260
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and other birds too.

261
00:11:17,934 --> 00:11:20,668
[long, descending call]

262
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We have 
about a thousand birds,

263
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170 species, uh, 
mainly waterfowl,

264
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which is ducks, 
geese, and swans.

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[squawking]

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We are the largest 
collection of waterfowl

267
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for view to the public.

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There might be other 
collections around the world,

269
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but there's nothing 
this size or magnitude

270
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that the public can view.

271
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(narrator) 
It's a dream come true

272
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for the husband 
and wife team,

273
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who came here from England 
some 20 years ago

274
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and declared 
this area perfect.

275
00:11:46,534 --> 00:11:48,368
(Mike Lubbock) 
The temperature was right.

276
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The winters were not harsh, 
and everything about it--

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it's a farming community,

278
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and, basically, I was farming 
waterfowl at the time.

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We worked with the United States 
when we were based in England--

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a lot with, particularly, 
Sea World

281
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and a lot of the other zoos-- 
Bronx Zoo and such.

282
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And they really introduced me 
to the North Carolina Zoo.

283
00:12:06,267 --> 00:12:08,167
And then Zoo Society 
of North Carolina--

284
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the zoo partnershiped 
with us--

285
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and if it hadn't 
been for them,

286
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we couldn't put 
this together.

287
00:12:13,334 --> 00:12:15,835
They obviously wanted my birds 
because I was bringing birds

288
00:12:15,935 --> 00:12:18,167
in from Europe which 
they didn't have over here.

289
00:12:18,267 --> 00:12:20,267
(Ali Lubbock) 
It's been really wonderful

290
00:12:20,368 --> 00:12:22,935
to have 
a reverse situation here.

291
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We're helping supply them 
with most of the waterfowl

292
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in all of the zoos 
in the United States.

293
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It's a '07 bird,

294
00:12:30,935 --> 00:12:33,300
and it was reared 
at Sylvan Heights Waterfowl.

295
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♪

296
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(narrator) 
Mike and his wife Ali 
both arrived here

297
00:12:38,034 --> 00:12:40,001
with considerable 
aviculture experience,

298
00:12:40,101 --> 00:12:42,201
most notably, 
deep expertise

299
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in the breeding 
of endangered waterfowl.

300
00:12:45,202 --> 00:12:47,434
(Mike Lubbock) 
Our breeding center 
is very different

301
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from what the public 
see over here.

302
00:12:49,601 --> 00:12:51,368
We actually 
don't take the public.

303
00:12:51,468 --> 00:12:53,701
We take members, 
and we have to escort them.

304
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It's designed 
for breeding birds

305
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and not for walking around.

306
00:12:57,868 --> 00:13:00,001
The other 
name for them 
is zebra duck

307
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because of the-- 
the stripes on them.

308
00:13:02,501 --> 00:13:05,634
(narrator) 
Here's one fascinating 
example of their work--

309
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a baby Eurasian eagle owl 
which has fallen from its nest.

310
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This little fellow 
isn't as tiny as he looks.

311
00:13:13,434 --> 00:13:16,368
And it isn't quite as simple 
as you might think

312
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restoring him to his mama!

313
00:13:19,768 --> 00:13:21,700
[strings lead 
suspenseful arrangement]

314
00:13:21,800 --> 00:13:23,934
♪

315
00:13:24,034 --> 00:13:26,368
(Mike Lubbock) 
Everybody stay still, please.

316
00:13:26,468 --> 00:13:29,668
[cage doors clattering]

317
00:13:29,768 --> 00:13:32,801
(narrator) 
All's well that ends well.

318
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Breeding birds is all 
about new beginnings...

319
00:13:36,067 --> 00:13:38,401
[soft, chiming 
celesta melody]

320
00:13:38,501 --> 00:13:42,768
...which starts, 
of course, with an egg.

321
00:13:42,868 --> 00:13:45,801
And what's fascinating 
is that the first step

322
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in the incubation 
of a rare waterfowl egg

323
00:13:49,534 --> 00:13:52,301
is to stick it under a local, 
garden-variety chicken

324
00:13:52,401 --> 00:13:53,735
for a while.

325
00:13:53,835 --> 00:13:56,101
(man) 
We actually find 
that birds are better

326
00:13:56,201 --> 00:13:58,668
at starting the eggs off 
or sitting on the eggs

327
00:13:58,768 --> 00:14:00,600
than using incubators 
from day one.

328
00:14:00,700 --> 00:14:02,368
[clucking]

329
00:14:02,468 --> 00:14:04,234
They come out 
for 25 minutes.

330
00:14:04,334 --> 00:14:06,234
They feed, go to the toilet,

331
00:14:06,334 --> 00:14:07,967
have something to drink,

332
00:14:08,067 --> 00:14:11,501
and, um, we check 
the duck eggs.

333
00:14:11,601 --> 00:14:14,900
What I do is, 
I shine a light through.

334
00:14:15,001 --> 00:14:17,668
What I'm looking for 
is fertility.

335
00:14:17,768 --> 00:14:20,968
Any bad eggs 
have to come out.

336
00:14:21,068 --> 00:14:23,967
Otherwise it'll make 
all the other eggs go bad.

337
00:14:24,067 --> 00:14:26,800
This one actually 
started but it went off.

338
00:14:26,900 --> 00:14:28,900
It didn't get any further,

339
00:14:29,001 --> 00:14:32,201
so I'll have to take 
that one out.

340
00:14:32,301 --> 00:14:35,401
So, now that they've 
had their break,

341
00:14:35,501 --> 00:14:38,200
it's time for them 
to go back to work.

342
00:14:39,468 --> 00:14:41,601
So the eggs'll 
stay under here

343
00:14:41,701 --> 00:14:45,133
for about 18 days before 
they move into incubator room.

344
00:14:46,633 --> 00:14:48,901
♪

345
00:14:49,002 --> 00:14:52,234
(Mike Lubbock) 
In the very early days, when 
I first got into waterfowl,

346
00:14:52,334 --> 00:14:54,101
birds were caught 
out of the wild

347
00:14:54,201 --> 00:14:55,967
and brought back 
into captivity.

348
00:14:56,067 --> 00:14:58,768
Well, those birds had 
that migratory instinct,

349
00:14:58,868 --> 00:15:00,701
so that when 
the breeding season came,

350
00:15:00,801 --> 00:15:02,767
they wanted to go 
back up north.

351
00:15:02,867 --> 00:15:04,800
They were never 
very settled.

352
00:15:04,900 --> 00:15:06,534
[clarinet leads]

353
00:15:06,634 --> 00:15:09,034
Well, I pioneered 
collecting waterfowl eggs.

354
00:15:09,134 --> 00:15:10,768
You go out to the wild

355
00:15:10,868 --> 00:15:12,835
and you collect two eggs 
from a clutch,

356
00:15:12,935 --> 00:15:14,700
so you're not actually 
hurting the birds

357
00:15:14,800 --> 00:15:16,568
because a clutch 
is ten eggs.

358
00:15:16,668 --> 00:15:19,533
You bring the eggs back 
into a captive situation...

359
00:15:19,633 --> 00:15:20,800
Uh, oh.

360
00:15:20,900 --> 00:15:22,234
...and you rear them,

361
00:15:22,334 --> 00:15:24,301
and then they don't know 
any different, really.

362
00:15:24,401 --> 00:15:25,934
And this helped us 
tremendously

363
00:15:26,034 --> 00:15:28,368
for breeding these birds 
in the future.

364
00:15:28,468 --> 00:15:30,434
Because we keep quite 
a few birds together,

365
00:15:30,534 --> 00:15:33,301
not all of them are allowed 
to rear their own young,

366
00:15:33,401 --> 00:15:36,167
but some of the swans 
and some and geese are allowed

367
00:15:36,267 --> 00:15:39,767
to rear their youngsters 'cause 
they're very good parents.

368
00:15:39,867 --> 00:15:41,768
[tender celesta arrangement]

369
00:15:41,868 --> 00:15:44,101
(narrator) 
This is what 
a black swan looks like

370
00:15:44,201 --> 00:15:46,101
when it gets 
a little older.

371
00:15:46,201 --> 00:15:48,767
She and the intern 
are in training.

372
00:15:48,867 --> 00:15:50,401
Mostly take her 
swimming--

373
00:15:50,501 --> 00:15:53,835
I spend at least four hours 
a day with her.

374
00:15:53,935 --> 00:15:56,967
That way she'll get used 
to people, not only me.

375
00:15:57,067 --> 00:15:58,234
[squealing]

376
00:15:58,334 --> 00:16:00,268
You're getting too big, 
aren't you?

377
00:16:00,369 --> 00:16:03,668
(narrator) Without the help of 
this intern and young 
volunteers,

378
00:16:03,768 --> 00:16:06,501
Sylvan Heights Waterfowl Park 
and Eco-Center

379
00:16:06,601 --> 00:16:08,700
wouldn't be nearly 
as successful.

380
00:16:08,800 --> 00:16:10,102
[trilling]

381
00:16:10,202 --> 00:16:12,102
(Ali Lubbock) 
Just volunteers 
from other countries

382
00:16:12,202 --> 00:16:14,867
that just want to come 
and learn about the waterfowl--

383
00:16:14,967 --> 00:16:16,867
we're unbelievably 
dependent on them.

384
00:16:16,967 --> 00:16:18,868
♪

385
00:16:18,968 --> 00:16:21,201
(narrator) 
But it's also about the future,

386
00:16:21,301 --> 00:16:24,668
especially endangered species 
and vanishing habitat.

387
00:16:24,768 --> 00:16:27,002
(Mike Lubbock) 
This is 
the white-winged wood duck.

388
00:16:27,102 --> 00:16:29,568
It's probably one of 
the rarest ducks in the world.

389
00:16:29,668 --> 00:16:31,900
There are only about 200 
left in the wild.

390
00:16:32,001 --> 00:16:33,501
And they come 
from Sumatra.

391
00:16:33,601 --> 00:16:35,468
Vietnam, 
they used to be in.

392
00:16:35,568 --> 00:16:37,401
Habitat has been 
their problem,

393
00:16:37,501 --> 00:16:39,401
and, obviously, in Vietnam

394
00:16:39,501 --> 00:16:42,434
with all the Agent Orange 
during the Vietnam War.

395
00:16:42,534 --> 00:16:45,601
But we've been breeding them 
now for several years,

396
00:16:45,701 --> 00:16:48,701
and then what I do with 
these birds is loan them out

397
00:16:48,801 --> 00:16:50,301
to zoos 
and private collections

398
00:16:50,401 --> 00:16:52,634
so that we can bring 
those birds back here.

399
00:16:52,735 --> 00:16:54,968
Give 'em the time; 
when we find a place

400
00:16:55,068 --> 00:16:57,801
we can put them back, 
that's what we're going to do.

401
00:16:57,901 --> 00:17:00,667
(narrator) 
You might say that this 
place is for the birds...

402
00:17:00,767 --> 00:17:02,667
all shapes...

403
00:17:02,767 --> 00:17:04,700
sizes...

404
00:17:04,800 --> 00:17:06,201
colors...

405
00:17:06,301 --> 00:17:08,034
[birds squealing]

406
00:17:08,134 --> 00:17:10,134
...and degrees 
of cuteness.

407
00:17:10,234 --> 00:17:13,301
♪

408
00:17:13,401 --> 00:17:15,967
From cartoon ducks...

409
00:17:16,067 --> 00:17:18,401
to showoff peacocks...

410
00:17:18,501 --> 00:17:21,900
flamingos straight 
from a postcard...

411
00:17:22,001 --> 00:17:25,601
and just about 
everything in between.

412
00:17:25,701 --> 00:17:28,901
And doesn't it seem that 
that's the way it should be

413
00:17:29,002 --> 00:17:32,500
for a place that could easily 
be called waterfowl heaven?

414
00:17:32,600 --> 00:17:34,500
♪

415
00:17:34,600 --> 00:17:36,100
[bird calls]

416
00:17:37,368 --> 00:17:39,266
[droning bass note]

417
00:17:39,367 --> 00:17:44,234
♪

418
00:17:44,334 --> 00:17:46,734
[suspenseful 
piano chords join]

419
00:17:46,834 --> 00:17:49,434
♪

420
00:17:49,534 --> 00:17:52,500
(male narrator) 
In the dark corners 
of almost every basement,

421
00:17:52,600 --> 00:17:54,534
there are secrets...

422
00:17:54,634 --> 00:17:58,568
tucked away in faded cartons 
on long-forgotten shelves,

423
00:17:58,668 --> 00:18:02,101
far-removed 
from the light of day,

424
00:18:02,201 --> 00:18:03,835
visible only momentarily

425
00:18:03,935 --> 00:18:07,167
in the sweeping arc 
of an exploring lamp.

426
00:18:07,267 --> 00:18:11,301
If only we had the time to 
pick our way through it all,

427
00:18:11,401 --> 00:18:14,200
what hidden treasures 
we could find.

428
00:18:14,300 --> 00:18:16,368
♪

429
00:18:16,468 --> 00:18:17,968
[gentle piano melody]

430
00:18:18,068 --> 00:18:21,768
Welcome to the Battleship 
North Carolina, more properly,

431
00:18:21,868 --> 00:18:25,501
the USS North Carolina 
Battleship Memorial.

432
00:18:25,601 --> 00:18:27,501
This magnificent vessel 
was once

433
00:18:27,601 --> 00:18:29,868
the world's greatest 
seaborne weapon,

434
00:18:29,968 --> 00:18:33,767
a gun platform of almost 
unimaginable power,

435
00:18:33,867 --> 00:18:36,200
at least in 1941.

436
00:18:37,468 --> 00:18:39,368
It's hard to imagine 
what wartime

437
00:18:39,468 --> 00:18:41,234
on this vessel was like,

438
00:18:41,334 --> 00:18:42,967
but on special occasions,

439
00:18:43,067 --> 00:18:45,468
a dedicated volunteer 
living-history crew

440
00:18:45,568 --> 00:18:48,433
tries to help visitors 
understand.

441
00:18:48,533 --> 00:18:50,500
Range 1,800--

442
00:18:50,600 --> 00:18:52,467
elevation 1,500.

443
00:18:52,567 --> 00:18:53,834
Track on target!

444
00:18:53,934 --> 00:18:55,201
[explosions]

445
00:18:55,301 --> 00:18:56,968
[strings lead 
grim composition]

446
00:18:57,068 --> 00:18:59,967
(narrator) 
North Carolina participated 
in every major offensive battle

447
00:19:00,067 --> 00:19:02,267
in the Pacific during that war.

448
00:19:02,368 --> 00:19:05,234
(man) 
All hands, 
man your battle stations!

449
00:19:05,334 --> 00:19:07,734
All hands, 
man your battle stations!

450
00:19:07,834 --> 00:19:09,633
[sonar beeping]

451
00:19:09,734 --> 00:19:12,201
(man #1) 
Range bearing 3--

452
00:19:12,301 --> 00:19:13,901
(man #2) 
Range 1, 5.

453
00:19:14,002 --> 00:19:16,234
Three, two, five-- 
twenty miles and closing fast!

454
00:19:16,334 --> 00:19:18,001
(man #3) 
Commence firing!

455
00:19:18,101 --> 00:19:20,033
[explosions]

456
00:19:21,301 --> 00:19:23,867
[machine gun fire]

457
00:19:23,967 --> 00:19:26,233
[explosions roaring]

458
00:19:26,333 --> 00:19:29,301
♪

459
00:19:29,401 --> 00:19:31,035
(narrator) 
After the war,

460
00:19:31,135 --> 00:19:33,601
the technologically advanced 
ship was mothballed

461
00:19:33,701 --> 00:19:36,601
and, by 1958, 
was about to be scrapped

462
00:19:36,701 --> 00:19:38,934
when a grassroots North 
Carolina fund-raising effort

463
00:19:39,034 --> 00:19:41,568
came to the rescue.

464
00:19:41,668 --> 00:19:43,634
The battleship arrived 
at her new berth

465
00:19:43,735 --> 00:19:45,967
in Wilmington's 
Cape Fear River

466
00:19:46,067 --> 00:19:48,334
in October of 1961

467
00:19:48,434 --> 00:19:50,568
and, on April 29th 
of the next year,

468
00:19:50,668 --> 00:19:52,267
was dedicated 
to the memory

469
00:19:52,368 --> 00:19:55,201
of more than 10,000 
North Carolina servicemen

470
00:19:55,301 --> 00:19:58,700
who died serving their country 
in the Second World War.

471
00:19:58,800 --> 00:20:00,400
[trumpet playing slowly]

472
00:20:00,500 --> 00:20:01,801
And below decks,

473
00:20:01,901 --> 00:20:04,568
the treasure hunt 
was just getting underway.

474
00:20:04,668 --> 00:20:07,002
[harp plucks chord 
as low note drones]

475
00:20:07,102 --> 00:20:09,701
(man) 
You never know 
what you're gonna find.

476
00:20:09,801 --> 00:20:12,334
When the ship 
was transferred here in 1961,

477
00:20:12,434 --> 00:20:15,134
they came in, took off 
what they wanted to take off,

478
00:20:15,234 --> 00:20:17,001
closed the doors, 
put the dehumidification on,

479
00:20:17,101 --> 00:20:18,534
and walked away.

480
00:20:18,634 --> 00:20:20,401
And that's what we're 
dealing with here,

481
00:20:20,501 --> 00:20:23,934
is not only the ship 
and the installed equipment,

482
00:20:24,034 --> 00:20:27,667
but all our parts storerooms 
are filled.

483
00:20:27,767 --> 00:20:29,701
For the technogeeks around,

484
00:20:29,801 --> 00:20:32,634
we have the little 
vacuum tubes in the boxes.

485
00:20:32,735 --> 00:20:35,135
We've got storerooms 
full of 'em.

486
00:20:35,235 --> 00:20:39,134
(woman) 
When I came to work here, 
I was only the second curator.

487
00:20:39,234 --> 00:20:41,401
And really, you know, 
we are a ship.

488
00:20:41,501 --> 00:20:44,067
We are a museum, but we're 
like a historic house.

489
00:20:44,167 --> 00:20:45,934
Think of it 
as "This Old Ship."

490
00:20:46,034 --> 00:20:48,434
And I came on, 
and all of a sudden

491
00:20:48,534 --> 00:20:50,701
it was so much fun 
to go exploring!

492
00:20:50,801 --> 00:20:54,301
What's behind this door, 
and what's behind that door?!

493
00:20:54,401 --> 00:20:56,368
(narrator) 
You never really know.

494
00:20:56,468 --> 00:20:57,768
(woman) 
Ah!

495
00:20:57,868 --> 00:21:00,101
(narrator) 
It could be important 
historical records,

496
00:21:00,201 --> 00:21:02,634
an old navigation instrument,

497
00:21:02,735 --> 00:21:06,768
a ship's gyro, 
and who knows what else?

498
00:21:06,868 --> 00:21:09,801
A ladder descends 
further down--heh--

499
00:21:09,901 --> 00:21:12,068
and doesn't look 
all that inviting, unless,

500
00:21:12,168 --> 00:21:14,901
perhaps, you're waiting 
for your 30 days in the brig

501
00:21:15,002 --> 00:21:17,767
to finish up, 
and the walls are closing in.

502
00:21:17,867 --> 00:21:19,434
Whether it's a glimpse

503
00:21:19,534 --> 00:21:21,868
of a sailor's life 
scribbled on a cell wall...

504
00:21:21,968 --> 00:21:24,068
(woman) 
Thirty days--ooh-hoo-hoo-hoo!

505
00:21:24,168 --> 00:21:27,401
(narrator) 
...or a few moments recreated 
by the living-history crew,

506
00:21:27,501 --> 00:21:29,167
it's important to remember

507
00:21:29,267 --> 00:21:31,935
that life on board was, 
in some ways,

508
00:21:32,035 --> 00:21:34,500
like life in a small, 
unusually compact town.

509
00:21:34,600 --> 00:21:35,967
[indistinct talking]

510
00:21:36,067 --> 00:21:37,233
[shouts name]

511
00:21:37,333 --> 00:21:38,500
Yes!

512
00:21:38,600 --> 00:21:40,500
[laughter]

513
00:21:40,600 --> 00:21:42,134
[indistinct talking]

514
00:21:42,234 --> 00:21:44,201
(narrator) 
The ship's records 
and equipment,

515
00:21:44,301 --> 00:21:46,167
quite ordinary at the time,

516
00:21:46,267 --> 00:21:48,468
today prove endlessly 
fascinating.

517
00:21:48,568 --> 00:21:50,700
[slow clarinet 
and piano arrangement]

518
00:21:51,968 --> 00:21:54,368
(woman) 
Well, we try to collect 
and interpret

519
00:21:54,468 --> 00:21:56,368
items relating to daily life,

520
00:21:56,468 --> 00:21:59,401
but we also try to figure out 
ways to connect,

521
00:21:59,501 --> 00:22:02,668
to make it relevant to someone 
in the 21st century.

522
00:22:02,768 --> 00:22:04,634
Some of my favorite 
recent discoveries

523
00:22:04,735 --> 00:22:07,234
have been papers relating 
to the supply department,

524
00:22:07,334 --> 00:22:09,901
from gunnery down to foods.

525
00:22:10,002 --> 00:22:13,735
Christmas menu from 1944-- 
printed menu--

526
00:22:13,835 --> 00:22:17,401
Fourth of July dinner 
in 1942.

527
00:22:17,501 --> 00:22:18,834
[strings enter]

528
00:22:18,934 --> 00:22:21,101
Uh, this is a range indicator

529
00:22:21,201 --> 00:22:23,534
in fair condition.

530
00:22:23,634 --> 00:22:27,501
The schedule of events 
for the battle of Iwo Jima--

531
00:22:27,601 --> 00:22:31,334
very detailed plots 
of different ships.

532
00:22:31,434 --> 00:22:34,534
We do have diaries 
from the sailors.

533
00:22:34,634 --> 00:22:37,201
Gerry Kass, April of 1945--

534
00:22:37,301 --> 00:22:39,101
the day that the ship was hit

535
00:22:39,201 --> 00:22:40,967
and a number of men 
were killed,

536
00:22:41,067 --> 00:22:42,835
and one of them 
was his friend.

537
00:22:42,935 --> 00:22:45,900
We spend a lot of time 
trying to show the daily life,

538
00:22:46,001 --> 00:22:47,634
and really what a nice place

539
00:22:47,735 --> 00:22:49,968
the battleship was to be 
during World War II!

540
00:22:50,068 --> 00:22:53,067
But it was a war, 
and so you find this material

541
00:22:53,167 --> 00:22:55,935
and it just really 
touches your heart.

542
00:22:56,035 --> 00:22:59,701
(narrator) 
Visitors to the 21st-century 
USS North Carolina

543
00:22:59,801 --> 00:23:01,735
will be astonished 
at the condition

544
00:23:01,835 --> 00:23:04,401
of the ship 
and its contents--

545
00:23:04,501 --> 00:23:06,433
a floating city 
that once housed

546
00:23:06,533 --> 00:23:10,334
2,339 people.

547
00:23:10,434 --> 00:23:12,201
But what of the future?

548
00:23:12,301 --> 00:23:14,167
Yes, believe it or not,

549
00:23:14,267 --> 00:23:16,601
the Navy could call 
the North Carolina

550
00:23:16,701 --> 00:23:20,368
back into service, 
which isn't likely.

551
00:23:20,468 --> 00:23:23,401
Meanwhile, another vessel 
named USS North Carolina

552
00:23:23,501 --> 00:23:25,534
has taken to the waves--

553
00:23:25,634 --> 00:23:27,534
a fast-attack 
nuclear submarine,

554
00:23:27,634 --> 00:23:30,267
the latest of a handful 
of American vessels

555
00:23:30,368 --> 00:23:32,668
to carry the name 
of our state.

556
00:23:32,768 --> 00:23:35,468
(man over P.A.) 
The flag of the secretary 
of the Navy

557
00:23:35,568 --> 00:23:37,334
is flying 
over USS North Carolina.

558
00:23:37,434 --> 00:23:40,568
(Scheu) 
To put it in perspective, 
the last time a ship

559
00:23:40,668 --> 00:23:42,467
named "North Carolina" 
was commissioned

560
00:23:42,567 --> 00:23:44,534
was April 9th of 1941,

561
00:23:44,634 --> 00:23:48,501
and it was commissioned 
in New York City and not here.

562
00:23:48,601 --> 00:23:50,834
And in your life-- 
the rest of our lifetimes,

563
00:23:50,934 --> 00:23:52,900
you will probably 
never see another ship

564
00:23:53,001 --> 00:23:55,167
named USS North Carolina

565
00:23:55,267 --> 00:23:58,068
commissioned 
or even named.

566
00:23:58,168 --> 00:24:01,501
(narrator) Yet, the USS North 
Carolina Battleship Memorial

567
00:24:01,601 --> 00:24:03,401
no doubt will endure,

568
00:24:03,501 --> 00:24:06,633
as long as visitors 
can walk her teak decks,

569
00:24:06,734 --> 00:24:08,501
gaze at the bristling guns,

570
00:24:08,601 --> 00:24:11,901
and, maybe, even pretend, 
if but for a moment,

571
00:24:12,002 --> 00:24:14,067
that they're fighting 
an enemy aircraft

572
00:24:14,167 --> 00:24:17,301
diving on the ship 
from out of the sun

573
00:24:17,401 --> 00:24:20,401
and, as long as dedicated 
curators like Kim

574
00:24:20,501 --> 00:24:23,368
still get excited about their 
below-decks detective work...

575
00:24:23,468 --> 00:24:25,701
Isn't this cool?! 
Never been in here!

576
00:24:25,801 --> 00:24:27,701
(narrator) 
...heh--finding and exhibiting

577
00:24:27,801 --> 00:24:29,868
the artifacts 
from the war years

578
00:24:29,968 --> 00:24:33,534
that are yet to discovered 
in the ship's great basement.

579
00:24:33,634 --> 00:24:36,266
[horns and strings hold chord]

580
00:24:36,367 --> 00:24:38,800
♪

581
00:24:40,201 --> 00:24:42,867
[silence]

582
00:24:45,201 --> 00:24:47,034
[birds singing]

583
00:24:47,134 --> 00:24:49,100
[camera shutter clicking]

584
00:24:50,934 --> 00:24:53,167
[lens mechanism clacking]

585
00:24:53,267 --> 00:24:55,434
(Fennema) 
I don't sell photographs, um--

586
00:24:55,534 --> 00:24:57,434
framed things like that.

587
00:24:57,534 --> 00:24:59,434
I do bookmarks, note cards,

588
00:24:59,534 --> 00:25:02,101
magnets, um, posters,

589
00:25:02,201 --> 00:25:05,634
whatever is, uh-- 
I feel like doin' at the time,

590
00:25:05,735 --> 00:25:08,900
and I'm constantly comin' up 
with new things, um.

591
00:25:10,168 --> 00:25:13,534
I like to put somethin' 
that'll give people a smile.

592
00:25:13,634 --> 00:25:15,768
When they go to a place 
on vacation,

593
00:25:15,868 --> 00:25:19,835
I try to think of them 
as a tourist like I am,

594
00:25:19,935 --> 00:25:23,633
and what would I want 
if I went to a place?

595
00:25:24,900 --> 00:25:27,334
I like history 
and, um, nature,

596
00:25:27,434 --> 00:25:30,501
since I'm a biologist 
by schooling, um,

597
00:25:30,601 --> 00:25:33,267
animals, um, just anything 
that's interesting,

598
00:25:33,368 --> 00:25:35,001
and most everything 
is interesting,

599
00:25:35,101 --> 00:25:38,001
so it's fair game 
for the camera.

600
00:25:39,534 --> 00:25:42,601
Um, but I've focused 
my photography on the coast.

601
00:25:42,701 --> 00:25:46,267
That's where I live, and it's 
the most accessible to me,

602
00:25:46,368 --> 00:25:48,067
especially these days, uh.

603
00:25:48,167 --> 00:25:50,601
And, uh, it's where 
my customers are,

604
00:25:50,701 --> 00:25:54,735
and I'll go to photograph 
whenever I go to my customers.

605
00:25:54,835 --> 00:25:56,668
I'll deliver, 
and we'll have lunch

606
00:25:56,768 --> 00:25:58,534
and sit down 
and just talk

607
00:25:58,634 --> 00:26:00,967
about what they need 
and any ideas,

608
00:26:01,067 --> 00:26:02,834
and then I'll 
go shoot something

609
00:26:02,934 --> 00:26:04,701
if they have 
something in mind.

610
00:26:04,801 --> 00:26:06,868
And then I'll usually 
take a vacation

611
00:26:06,968 --> 00:26:09,134
once a year 
in the wintertime in February

612
00:26:09,234 --> 00:26:11,201
and I'll go 
to the Outer Banks

613
00:26:11,301 --> 00:26:13,568
when all the migratory 
birds are there

614
00:26:13,668 --> 00:26:15,934
and there's no people--heh!

615
00:26:17,468 --> 00:26:20,735
Taking pictures is a very small 
part of what I do anymore.

616
00:26:20,835 --> 00:26:23,401
I'm at the computer 
a lot of the time,

617
00:26:23,501 --> 00:26:26,234
printing, assembling, 
and that's what I like to do,

618
00:26:26,334 --> 00:26:28,101
is give people 
something to read.

619
00:26:28,201 --> 00:26:30,401
Maybe they'll learn something 
on the back of it

620
00:26:30,501 --> 00:26:32,467
but smile when 
they see the picture.

621
00:26:32,567 --> 00:26:35,300
[birds singing]

622
00:26:37,501 --> 00:26:39,667
[distant bird chirping]

623
00:26:48,668 --> 00:26:51,067
[mellow mandolin 
and bass arrangement]

624
00:26:51,167 --> 00:27:06,101
♪

625
00:27:06,201 --> 00:27:20,734
♪

626
00:27:20,834 --> 00:27:24,601
♪

627
00:27:24,701 --> 00:27:27,601
Caption Editors 
Will Halman & Lauren Gardner

628
00:27:27,701 --> 00:27:31,001
Caption Perfect, Inc. 
www.CaptionPerfect.com

629
00:27:31,101 --> 00:27:33,867
♪

630
00:27:36,935 --> 00:27:39,568
(male announcer) 
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to "Our State" magazine,

631
00:27:39,668 --> 00:27:43,001
visit the Web site 
www.ourstate.com or call...

632
00:27:48,034 --> 00:27:50,501
[gentle piano melody]

633
00:27:50,601 --> 00:27:54,167
(announcer) 
From the time BB&T 
opened its doors in 1872

634
00:27:54,267 --> 00:27:56,434
in the town of Wilson,

635
00:27:56,534 --> 00:27:59,167
we've supported the people and 
communities of North Carolina

636
00:27:59,267 --> 00:28:02,568
from the Outer Banks 
to the Blue Ridge Mountains.

637
00:28:02,668 --> 00:28:05,767
We've been in business 
for 136 years,

638
00:28:05,867 --> 00:28:07,467
making us 
the oldest bank

639
00:28:07,567 --> 00:28:08,934
in North Carolina.

640
00:28:09,034 --> 00:28:10,800
We're proud 
of this distinction,

641
00:28:10,900 --> 00:28:12,434
and we're also very proud

642
00:28:12,534 --> 00:28:14,734
to provide funding 
for "Our State."

643
00:28:14,834 --> 00:28:16,700
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644
00:28:17,968 --> 00:28:20,001
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645
00:28:20,101 --> 00:28:21,500
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646
00:28:21,600 --> 00:28:23,134
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647
00:28:23,234 --> 00:28:27,234
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