Ruth and Louis Kirk were a husband and wife team of filmmakers who made numerous documentaries over a decades-long career across the American Northwest and West. Acclaimed Washington naturalist Ruth Kirk achieved lasting success, most notably as a writer, but also as a photographer and filmmaker working in close collaboration with her husband Louis Kirk to create films and television programs focusing on the natural spaces of the Northwest, Southwest, and Canada, wildlife, archaeology and historic preservation, and Native American communities.
The daughter of a physician and a chemical engineer, Ruth Kratz was born in 1925 and spent her formative years in Los Angeles. During her studies at Occidental College, Ruth met Louis Kirk, a young coast guardsman serving in the area and they married in 1943. At the end of the Second World War, Louis pursued his education, earning degrees in natural sciences, psychology, and education. Louis was interested in working outdoors, and in 1947 became a ranger and naturalist with the National Park Service (NPS). During almost 20 years with the NPS, Louis served in a succession of posts in the Southwest, North and South Dakota, Olympic National Park and Mount Rainier National Park, along with special assignments in England and Washington D.C. In his work as a naturalist, he was frequently asked to create attention-grabbing visitor presentations and museum exhibits to tell the story of America's national parks.
Ruth frequently worked with her husband as an active partner on a
range of official and unofficial projects. She also nurtured an avid personal
interest in nature photography, and soon began publishing photo-essays for the
When Louis retired from the NPS in 1967, he was offered a position
with the KPEC (later KCPQ), a television station run by the Clover Park School
District in Lakewood, Washington. Influenced by Louis’ experience with
interpretative presentation, as well as their deep affection for the National
Park system, the Kirks soon shifted into a new career producing films. While
Louis usually served as the principal cameraperson, at one time or another Ruth
acted as producer, editor, scriptwriter, still photographer, actor, and
narrator for the films they created. Ruth and Louis created curriculum
filmstrips, films, and broadcast documentary programming for use in the
classroom and on television that were produced primarily for the Clover Park
School District Public Broadcasting Systems and distributed by the University
of Washington Press. The Kirks also produced content for other organizations
during this time, including the NPS, Tacoma Public Utilities, and for the
Canadian Broadcasting Corporation’s long-running series
Their films concentrated on natural and environmental themes,
especially within the setting of those National Parks already familiar to them.
Ruth and Louis crisscrossed the Western United States for many years, along
with occasional side-trips to Canada, Mexico, and Japan, filming the landscape.
They also recorded the traditions of the indigenous communities of the
Northwest and Southwest. The Kirks developed several close creative
relationships with Native American communities living along the Northwestern
coast. Their relationship with the Makah of the Olympic Peninsula developed
during production of their film
The Kirks became well-known during the production of their local PBS
series
The Kirks continued to make films for 14 years after the end of
The collection contains production elements and final prints for
approximately 110 projects (films, television episodes, and filmstrips)
produced by the Kirks from 1967 to 1991. The collection is made up of
approximately 1,700 reels of film, filmstrips and audio materials. Much of the
collection documents the Kirks’ career as producers for television shows such
as
Collection is arranged by genre. Individual projects are listed chronologically within each genre:
The Kirks were often producing films using very limited financial
resources and, as a result, they used the same footage for a number of
different projects. They also revisited particular themes repeatedly over the
course of their career and frequently used the same footage for a variety of
purposes, depending upon the needs of the particular film or television
program. For example, footage of a Quinault elder carving a canoe might be seen
in
Dates for
The original films are not accessible due to preservation concerns. Arrangements can be made to view the films by contacting the Visual Materials Curator.
Restrictions may exist on reproduction, quotation, or publication. Contact the Special Collections division of the University of Washington Libraries for details.
Gift of Ruth Kirk, May 7, 1992.
Processed by Hannah Palin, Laird Jimenez, Zola Mumford, Ryer Banta, Rachel Chabra, and Jonathan King, 2008-2011.
Related materials can be found in the Ruth Kirk Manuscript Collection (Acc No. 4166)
Films produced by the Kirks in collaboration with the Clover Park School District 400 and distributed by the University of Washington Press and the National Park Service Division of Audiovisual Arts. These films were produced for use in the classroom, or for other instructional uses. Several were produced with assistance from the Makah Tribal Council, the Office of Architecture and Historic Preservation and Washington State University.
Illustrates how glaciers have affected the geology of the North American Continent.
Producer, United States, National Park Service. Division of Audiovisual Arts ;cinematography & story by Louis & Ruth Kirk. Distributed by the National Audiovisual Center.
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Describes one of the oldest fully documented discoveries of early humans man in the Western Hemisphere--the remains of the Marmes man found in southeast Washington. Explains the techniques which anthropologists, archeologists, geologists, and other scientists use in the field and laboratory to reconstruct humanity's past.
Producer, Media Department, Clover Park School District 400, Lakewood Center, Washington; cinematography & story by Louis & Ruth Kirk. Distributed by University of Washington Press.
Narrator, Paul Herlinger; Archaeologist: Richard Daugherty; Geologist: Roald Fryxell, Researchers: Grover Krantz and Carl Gustafson; Warren G. Magnuson;
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The life and habits of the local Marmot colony is examined. Ruth and Louis Kirk join zoology student David Barash and his wife Beverly on Hurricane Ridge in Olympic National Park, where David is studying the hibernation, reproduction, feeding, and social interactions of the Olympic Marmot in its natural environment. The four also travel to nearby Vancouver Island in search of the rare and elusive Vancouver Island Marmot, but are unsuccessful.
Producer, Media Department, Clover Park School District 400, Lakewood Center, Washington; cinematography & story by Louis & Ruth Kirk.; Narrator, Paul Herlinger. Distributed by University of Washington Press.
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Depicts how and with what tools the traditional cedar dugout canoes of Northwest Indians are carved. Also included are the Quinault River motorized canoe races, the Makah tribe’s paddle canoe races in Neah Bay, stocking of a King Salmon fish hatchery, and a salmon bake. There is particular emphasis on how indigenous communities keep traditions alive and relevant through their incorporation into sports and celebration days.
Distributed by University of Washington Press.
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Archaeological excavations in Ozette, Cape Alava, Washington, site of a Makah Indian village which was inhabited at least 2,000 years ago.
Producer, Media Department, Clover Park School District 400, Lakewood Center, Washington; cinematography & story by Louis & Ruth Kirk in cooperation with Richard Daugherty ; Narrator, Paul Herlinger. Distributed by University of Washington Press.
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Presents the archaeological investigations of Dr. Richard D. Daugherty and his students from Washington State University on the history of Makah Indians at the Ozette village at Cape Alava, on Washington's Olympic peninsula.
Producer, KCPQ-TV 13, Clover Park School District 400, Lakewood Center, Washington; cinematography & story by Louis & Ruth Kirk.; Narrator, Paul Herlinger. Distributed by University of Washington Press.
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There are several versions of this title produced from 1972-1978. Elements from these versions have not been fully processed.
Project has not been fully processed. There are viewing copies of two versions of this film, and it is not clear which is the final cut of the film as released.
In the viewpoint of Makah Indians, fishing is an ancient and fundamental way of life guaranteed them in perpetuity by their 1855 treaty agreement with the United States Government. Part one of the film includes reminiscences by the Makahs about their past and comments on the future of their tribal salmon management programs. Part two is a defense by Makah fishermen and elders of their treaty rights to fish for salmon and a discussion of their previous relinquishment of whaling, sealing and halibut rights guaranteed to them by treaty. Artifacts dealing with fishing found at Hoko River and Ozette are also demonstrated.
Producer, KCPQ TV Channel 13, Clover Park School District 400, Lakewood Center, Washington; film, story, and production, Louis and Ruth Kirk ; in cooperation with the Makah Tribal Council; Songs, Makah senior citizens (pt.1), the Parker family, and Nora Barker (pt.2) ; narration, Louis and Ruth Kirk, with Paul Herlinger ; editing, Cathy Cook. Distributed by University of Washington Press.
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Alternate title: Archaeology of early man
A look at early humans in the Pacific Northwest. Portrays the 1977 discovery at the Manis farm in Sequim, Washington of a mastodon struck by a hunter's bone spear more than 11,000 years ago, and the recovery of Marmes Man in southeast Washington, the oldest human skeletal material in the western hemisphere to be fully documented in place and supported by detailed knowledge of the environment of 10,000 years ago. Modern archaeologists excavate the artifacts and use them to study the past via painstakingly replication and testing. Shows sequences of making stone tools and using them to chop down trees and cut fish.
Producer, KCPQ TV Channel 13, Clover Park School District 400, Lakewood Center, Washington; filmed, written, edited & produced by Ruth & Louis Kirk.; Narrator, Paul Herlinger ; Consultants: Washington State University archaeologists: Richard D. Daugherty Jeffrey Flenniken, Carl E. Gustafson, Harvey Rice cello & piano, John Mattern, Terry Spiller. Distributed by University of Washington Press.
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An exploration of historic and modern use of cedar as an integral part of Northwest Coast culture. The film discusses the carving of totem poles and canoes, methods of housing construction, preservation attempts and the issues surrounding the removal of totems from their original outdoor environments. Viewers are taken on visits to the Queen Charlotte Islands, the historic village of ‘Ksan [Kasaan] in Hazelton, British Columbia, the Museum of Anthropology at the University of British Columbia, the Ozette archaeological dig at Neah Bay and the Hoko River Archaeological site in Clallam County, Washington.
Producer, Clover Park School District 400; filmed, written, edited & produced by Ruth & Louis Kirk.; Narrator, Paul Herlinger. Made possible by a grant from the Office of Archaeology & Historic Preservation to Clover Park School District. Distributed by the University of Washington Press.
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Content that was not used in the completed film includes a brief scene with Erna Gunther, an anthropologist and University of Washington professor, speaking to archaeology students at the Hoko River Archaeological Site. Another reel shows a ceremony performed by members of the Makah Tribal Community dedicating the Hoko rock shelter excavation followed by a picnic, featuring Makah elders and community members, Dale Croes, director of the Hoko project, and the crew working on the dig.
Details historic preservation efforts in Washington State. Various structures across the state are profiled, including the Volunteer Park Conservatory and Fort Worden State Park. The ongoing renovation, restoration, and reuse of notable older buildings is particularly emphasized.
Producer, KCPQ TV Channel 13, Clover Park School District 400, Lakewood Center, Washington; filmed, scripted, edited, and produced by Ruth and Louis Kirk.; Narrator, Paul Herlinger. Distributed by University of Washington Press.
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Presents the story of historic preservation in Washington State in terms of its historical development and change, combined with a rich sampling of the early-day structures and skills still practiced. Notable historical sites like Fort Vancouver and the Yakima Indian Museum are profiled in terms of their historical context.
Producer, KCPQ TV Channel 13, Clover Park School District 400, Lakewood Center, Washington; filmed, scripted, edited, and produced by Ruth and Louis Kirk.; Narrator, Paul Herlinger. Distributed by University of Washington Press.
Possible alternate title: Historic preservation in Washington
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Producer: Kumsheen Raft Adventures
Some footage was shot by Andy Snider and there appears to be a connection to Chess Lyons with this particular piece of film.
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Surveys the history of the Hudson's Bay Company's Fort Nisqually and describes the 1989 excavations of its site. Also contains brief promotional material for Northwest Landing, Weyerhaeuser's planned residential community.
Producer: Weyerhaeuser Real Estate Company; Photographers and scriptwriters: Ruth and Louis Kirk.
Narrator: Paul Herlinger.
VC141 contains viewing copies of multiple release prints (DVD running time: 1 hour, 1 minute).
This tells the story of the archeological investigation of this long-occupied site, and gives us a glimpse into the ancient people who lived there. Archaeologists discovered evidence of an ancient seasonal fishing village when they explored the site of Tacoma Public Utilities' Taidnapam Park on the shore of Riffe Reservoir, at the upper Cowlitz River near Morton in Washington state.
Producer: Tacoma Public Utilities; Distributor: Tacoma (Wash.). Dept. of Public Utilities; Photographers and scriptwriters: Ruth and Louis Kirk.
Narrator: Paul Herlinger.
VC141 contains viewing copies of multiple release prints (DVD running time: 1 hour, 1 minute).
Few episodes of
This film describes the feeling the Japanese have toward their land.
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Project is not fully processed; print copies may not be the final cut of film as released.
Ruth and Louis Kirk explore the major parks of Japan and their scenic attractions.
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Project is not fully processed; print copies may not be the final cut of film as released.
The Kirks travel to the tiny gold-rush town of Atlin in the Northwest corner of British Columbia and the Stewart-Cassiar Highway, which heads north from Hazelton and runs to Watson Lake. They travel to the copper town of Stewart and Mount Edziza Provincial Park. The entire drive is through wilderness punctuated only occasionally by settlements.
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The premiere broadcast of
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Project is not fully processed; print copies may not be the final cut of film as released.
A look at what the Japanese people are doing to preserve the classic beauty of their land. The film focuses on the country side of Kyushu, Japan's southern island, and on the villages outlying from the Tokyo to Osaka strip familiar to tourists. Featured are the ama of Wagu, hiking in Kirishima National Park, and participation in a tea ceremony in Kyoto. Also includes native wild horses at Cape Toi, snow monkeys off the Nichinan coast, rooftop playgrounds and gardens.
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Viewing copy shares DVD with other projects (DVD running time: 2 hours, 3 minutes, 1 second).
This episode looks at the everyday life of Eskimos in a remote village of the interior Alaskan Arctic as it moves from a subsistence economy to a cash economy. The effect on their lifestyle is seen in the replacement of dog sleds with snowmobiles. Scenes include villagers using snowmobiles while hunting, fishing, obtaining water from beneath the ice, and snaring ptarmigan.
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VC134 contains Viewing Copies of multiple Episode Prints.
The successful efforts of the Scottish Countryside Commission (a government organization created to coordinate activity relating to Scotland's National Parks) in land management and ecological preservation are examined in this tour of the Highlands. Highlights include island bird rookeries, a proposed national park at Carngorms, and Loch Lomond.
Louis and Ruth Kirk visit the buried Makah Indian village near Lake Ozette on the Olympic Peninsula, which is a joint project by Washington State University archaeologists and the Makah Indian Nation. Included in the program is a look at field excavations and laboratory preservation techniques, together with brief comments by several of the Makah Indians helping project director Dr. Richard Daughtery.
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A visit to the Canyonlands National Park and the Navajo reservations in Utah and Arizona for a look at the country, the cliff dwellings of the ancient Anazazi. The film features a trip to Keet Seel, a cliff dwelling and important archaeological site. The Kirks also visit Monument Valley, and a Navajo family who are educating one son for modern life, the other to carry on traditional life.
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VC135 contains viewing copies of multiple episode prints (DVD running time: 2 hours, 7 minutes, 35 seconds).
A visit to Glacier Bay, near Juneau, Alaska. The program includes film footage of the sixteen glaciers that give the area its name. Features humpback whales, mountain goats, glaciers calving, Bartlett Cove, and the occasional cruise ship.
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Project is not fully processed; print copies may not be the final cut of film as released.
The unique habits of Olympic marmots are observed and explained. David Barash, professor at University of Washington, has studied the marmots and joins Louis Kirks as he hikes the alpine meadows of the Olympics. Mountain goats, deer, chipmunks, and a variety of birds share the flower slopes with the marmots and they, too, are a part of this program.
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The Kirks explore the wilderness by canoe and explore some of more remote regions in Yellowstone National Park, such as Shoshone Lake. The Kirks describe the geological nature of the region, such as geysers, hot spots, and thermal pools and discuss wildlife in the Yellowstone region including, beavers, buffalo, and moose. The episode then follows their later trip down the Snake River in the wilds of the Grand Teton National Park. They observe wildlife: Canadian geese, elk, deer, moose, Great Blue Heron, pelicans, teals, mergansers, beavers, muskrat, and Trumpeter Swans. As the two trips unfold, narration provides a commentary on the fragile interaction between man and wilderness.
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VC134 contains viewing copies of multiple episode prints (DVD running time: 2 hours, 3 minutes, 1 second).
The Kirks travel to the tiny gold-rush town of Atlin in the Northwest corner of British Columbia and the Stewart-Cassiar Highway, which heads north from Hazelton and runs to Watson Lake. They travel to the copper town of Stewart and Mount Edziza Provincial Park. The entire drive is through wilderness punctuated only occasionally by settlements. The lives and livelihoods of those families and individuals who choose to live in this isolated region are a particular focus of the film.
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The Kirks visit the rocky, beautiful stretch of high cliffs and sandy beaches of the west coast of Vancouver Island. The coast is threaded by the old trail and has been included in the Pacific Rim National Park. They hike the old Lifesaving Trail with Canadian friends from Nitinat Lake to Bamfield, a distance of 29 miles.
VC139 contains Viewing Copies of multiple Episode Prints (DVD running time: 1 hour, 14 minutes, 56 seconds).
A look at the present day scenery and village life of San Blas and Nootka, mixed with reminders of their past. The Kirks visit San Blas, Mexico and Nootka, British Columbia, the political capitals for the Spanish and British on the West Coast of North America in the late 1700s. Two centuries later, one is a picturesque fishing village situated between jungle and surf, as it was before the Spanish colonized it. The other is a small village in a spruce forest in remote British Columbia.
VC135 contains viewing copies of multiple episode prints (DVD running time: 2 hours, 7 minutes, 35 seconds).
The Kirks visit the Queen Charlotte Islands off the coast of North British Columbia. There they visit three abandoned Haida Indian villages to study the past and present of Northwest Coast Indian peoples. Includes footage of the anthropology museum at the University of British Columbia in Vancouver and the museum's doors being carved at 'Ksan [Kasaan] near Hazelton, B. C, where Tsimshian artists worked with red cedar donated by Rayonier and experimentally kiln dried on the UBC campus. The program looks at the Ozette archaeological project on the Olympic Peninsula and moves to the Hoh River where members of indigenous communities fish from cedar dugout canoes and dance with cedar bark costume regalia.
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VC134 contains viewing copies of multiple episode prints (DVD running time: 2 hours, 3 minutes, 1 second).
A comparison between the Hesquiat and Tsimishian Indian tribes of British Columbia, approaches and dilemmas towards preserving and maintaining cultural and tribal heritage. The Kirks first visit the Hesquiat tribe along with archaeologists looking for clues into the tribal past. The original village of Hesquiat was moved in the 1920s and destroyed in 1965 by the Alaskan earthquake and subsequent tidal wave and a modern village was established in its place. The Kirks visit the Provincial Museum in Victoria, BC, where Hesquiat heritage is being preserved. They next visit the villages of Kitwancool and Kitwanga and Kispiox and 'Ksan [Kasaan] of the Tsimishian Indian tribe. The Tsimishian people maintain their culture by inhabiting their original land and practicing the old ways: totem pole carving, longhouse building, and holding potlatches (ancient rituals of song and dance). They sustain cultural and tribal unity through commissioned totem pole carving and touring dance groups. The program focuses on how Hesquiat and Tsimishian Indians maintain tribal unity and values in a modern world.
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The Kirks travel to this unspoiled desert land, where giant cactus, volcanic cinder cones, and an abundance of wildlife abound. This is also the site of a proposed international park, which was ultimately never completed.
The Kirks take a rafting trip down the Fraser River of British Columbia on the pioneering commercial run of the middle third of the river's length by Kumsheen Raft Adventures. They floated from near Williams Lake, through the fabled Hell’s Gate and about twenty other rapids to Yale, BC. Sights along the way included a mile-long cliff face with erosion similar to Bryce Canyon, Utah, with ancient terraces marking previous levels of the river, waterfalls, and side canyons.
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Ruth and Louis Kirk, along with friends Merle Carey, Darcy Carey, and Yoshi Nishihara, travel via camper down the Gulf coast of Baja California in order to meet Ruth's parents at the southern tip. Along the way, they film wildlife, native plants, scenic beauty, and the local residents. Unfortunately, her father dies before they can meet, ending the episode on a somber note.
VC135 contains viewing copies of multiple episode prints (DVD running time: 2 hours, 7 minutes, 35 seconds).
Pacific salmon became the foundation of a major fishing industry in the Northwest and the subject of a bitter struggle between the Indian Tribes and the white society which surrounded them. The right to fish was presumably guaranteed to the Makah tribe by the treaties of 1854 and 1855 made with the United States. The legal conflict has revolved around interpreting the language of the fishing right clauses of the treaties. The episode explores the lack of public understanding concerning the indigenous perspectives on treaty fishing rights. Ruth and Louis Kirk listen to the Makah people tell their side of the story.
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This was split into two
The Kirks travel to the Hoh River Valley on the west side of Washington's Olympic Peninsula and hike along the valley's fifty mile length. Includes footage of Minnie Peterson, a homesteader who leads horse trips into the mountains, Native American Quileute families who fish the river mouth from dugout canoes, backpackers, mountain climbers and scientists studying the remnants of glaciers.
VC135 contains viewing copies of multiple episode prints (DVD running time: 2 hours, 7 minutes, 35 seconds).
Unfinished projects and films not used in other projects. Elements may also belong to known projects, but were not identified as such for reasons of unclear documentation.
Original entry note lists item as "missing
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Appears to be an unfinished film about an archaeological dig near Ozette started in 1967, including the Hoko Rock Shelter, Tatoosh Island, Cape Flattery, and Ozette. Hoko Rock Shelter, and additional part of the dig, began in 1980.
Producer: KTPS-TV
Appears to be an unfinished film about African American poet Minnie Coleman.
Project possibly aired as an episode of the
Educational filmstrips produced by Ruth and Louis Kirk for the Clover Park Educational District.
Filmstrip projects have not been fully processed; only a basic descriptive inventory has been undertaken.
Alternative title: Media facilities story.
Demonstrates the adaptability of audiovisual materials to all methods of learning. Describes types of learning spaces with emphasis on the need to consider the media facilities during the design stage of the whole program.
Producer, University of Washington Office of Learning Resources; Distributor, University of Washington Press; Director, G.M. Torkelson.
Presents plants and animals of the Olympic Mountains in Washington as an introduction to the sub-alpine life zone. Includes pictures of the glacier lily and the insect-trapping butterwort, mountain beavers, and the whistling marmot. With captions.
Producer, Clover Park School District 400; Text and photographs, Louis Kirk; Drawings, Yoshi Nishihara.
Presents an overview of the types of rock and soil formations and the kinds of plant and animal life found in the desert.
Producer, Clover Park School District 400; Distributor, University of Washington Press.
Depicts the geology, weather, and ecology of a fifty-mile stretch of Washington's Olympic Peninsula, from the Hoh River to Cape Flattery. Includes scenes of land and sea mammals and of marine animals from different life zones along the beach. With captions.
Producer, Media Unit, Clover Park School District 400; Distributor, Clover Park School District 400; Text and photographs, Louis Kirk; Drawings, Yoshi Nishihara.
Discusses the archaeological excavations at the Ozette Indian Village at Cape Alava, Washington, a village which has been the home of seafaring hunters for at least two thousand years.
Producer, Clover Park School District 400; Distributor, University of Washington Press; Photographer, Louis Kirk.
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Shows how glaciers are formed and to describe the materials and methods used for research on the Blue Glacier of Washington State .
Producer, Media Unit, Clover Park School District 400; Distributor, Clover Park School District 400; Photographer, Louis Kirk.
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Presents scenes of the three rain forest valleys of Hoh, Queets, and Quinault, located on the ocean side of Washington's Olympic Peninsula. Depicts meteorological and geological factors leading to the development of these forests. Pictures plant and animal life and the ecology of the region.
Producer, Clover Park School District 400; Text and photographs, Louis Kirk; Drawings, Yoshi Nishihara.
Uses contemporary photographs taken by E.A. Hegg. to give an
overview of the life of the gold seekers in the Klondike region of Alaska at
the end of the 19th century. Includes means of transportation, housing, cities
and routes of travel. Based on the book entitled
Producer, Clover Park School District 400; Distributor, University of Washington Press; filmstrip photography and text adaptation, Louis Kirk; photograph tinting, Yoshi and Kei Nishihara.
Discusses the archaeological excavation in eastern Washington where the Marmes Man was discovered.
Producer, Clover Park School District 400; Distributor, University of Washington Press; Photographer, Louis Kirk.
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Shows how the animals and plants living in the subalpine zone adapt to the deep winter snow, high winds, and dry summers. Includes views of snow worms, wolf spiders, and avalanche lilies.
Producer, Clover Park School District 400; Distributor, University of Washington Press.
Discusses the northwest coast Indians and their surviving traditions. Shows dugout canoes being hollowed from cedar logs and used for fishing, bark grass gathered to make baskets, and masked dancing.
Producer, Clover Park School District 400; Distributor, University of Washington Press.
Presents daily life, farming and fishing methods, and modes of transportation in the Luzon area of the Philippines. Includes scenes of Manila Bay.
Producer, Clover Park School District 400; Distributor, University of Washington Press; Photographer, Louis Kirk.
Alternate title: "The Sculpture of Africa."
Shows the wealth and variety of African sculpture using art
objects from the western Sudan, the Guinea coast, and the Congo. Includes masks
and carvings of human and animals. Based on the book entitled
Producer, Clover Park School District 400; Distributor, University of Washington Press.
Portrays the daily lives of the people who live along the desert and jungle coasts of Northwest Mexico. Includes scenes of the countryside and small cities, the making of adobe bricks, the construction of thatch huts, fishing in the sea, and a village fiesta.
Producer, Clover Park School District 400; Distributor, University of Washington Press.
Describes the national parks of the Northwest-Olympic, North Cascades, Mt. Rainier, and Crater Lake. Includes scenes of the peaks, glaciers, snowfields, flowering meadows, and dense forests that characterize these wilderness areas.
Producer, Clover Park School District 400; Distributor, University of Washington Press
Introduces the indigenous people of the Southwest, past and present, and reveals the history and geography of the land. Includes a view of the desert cliff cities of the apartment-dwelling Indians and the ancient traditions of the Navajo Indians who now inhabit this area. With captions.
Producer, Clover Park School District 400; Distributor, University of Washington Press.
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Describes the history of the area around Washington State Historical Road No. 1 at the southeast end of Puget Sound, from pre-settlement times to the 1850's.
Producer, Clover Park School District 400; Distributor, University of Washington Press
Explains the excavation and reconstruction of an Ozette Indian village on the northwest Washington coast, and points out that this village has been the home of seafaring hunters for at least two thousand years. Includes scenes of pieces of baskets, bone and stone tools, combs, traces of houses, and fire hearts.
Producer, Clover Park School District 400; Distributor, University of Washington Press
Alternative title: Rediscovery of ancient Ozette, a Northwest Coast village.
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Alternative title: Contemporary look at Remnants of a Heritage.
Describes the surviving traditions among Indians of the Olympic Peninsula in Washington. Includes views of the netting and preparation of fish, the making of sand bread, and the manufacture of baskets from swamp and salt water marsh grasses, the fashioning of dugout canoes from cedar logs, masked dancing, and the exchange of gifts.
Producer, Clover Park School District 400; Distributor, University of Washington Press.
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Shows glaciation, volcanic action, tectonic activity and the work of water, wind, and weathering.
Producer, Clover Park High School (District 400, Lakewood Center, Wash.) Media Dept; Distributor, University of Washington Press; Photography and text, Louis & Ruth Kirk.
Describes the early Makah Ozette settlement on the Olympic Peninsula, the archaeological dig now underway there, and the importance of the artifacts recovered from the site.
Producer and Distributor, University of Washington Press; Writers and photographers, Ruth and Louis Kirk.
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