Video Library

Video Archive: Endangered Places &  Threatened Historic Structures Gathering and presenting video clips for the benefit of the historic and cultural preservation community.  Our aim is to present clips that demonstrate building restoration techniques; historic tours, walking tours and heritage travel; spotlight endangered historic places, structures and objects; and other video related to historic and cultural resource preservation.

Instructions: To view the videos, double click the body of the video (ie. the "play" button).  To view the video in full screen in a new window, double click on the video after it has begun playing or choose the "full screen" option from the video menu.  To stop or pause the video, click the "pause" button in the bottom left hand corner of the video.  

Please Note: These video clips, unless noted, are not produced by PreservationDirectory.com and are being collected/presented for the benefit of the historic preservation community.  For more information, click on the accompanying link for each video clip (in most cases it will take you to YouTube). 



Endangered Places & Threatened Historic Structures

Title: Charity Hospital in New Orleans Description: Nationally Recognized Architectural Firm Says Charity Hospital in New Orleans, LA is "Structurally Sound" and Ready for Transformation to State-of-the-Art Modern Medical Facility Source: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_P9RiqkvrIE
Title: America's 11 Most Endangered Places - 2008 Description: The National Trust for Historic Preservation's 2008 list of America's 11 Most Endangered Historic Places®, an annual list that highlights important examples of the nation's architectural, cultural and natural heritage that are at risk for destruction or irreparable damage. Source: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Q-E7YabV7B0
Title: A Lustron Legacy Description: Arlington Virginia's effort to move an preserve a Lustron House. The house is expected to be shipped to New York's Museum of Modern Art. Source: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=NsbuZmsKGko
Title: Utah's Nine Mile Canyon is at Risk Description: A massive proposed oil and gas development project would cause irreparable damage to Nine Mile Canyon in Utah, home to one of the most important and extensive collections of prehistoric rock art panels in the world.  Source: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=yveYWkpCnEw
Title: Undwelled Thru Four Seasons Description: Documentary photographer Gaston Callum tours 27 endangered plantations houses across North Carolina and Virginia. Callum founded Southland Historic Preservation in 1996 with a mission to identify, record, and raise awareness on behalf of the South's fleeting historic architecture.  www.southlandhp.org Source: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=CdUIEWe075w
Title: Abandoned Mansions on the James Description: SHP director Gaston Callum revisits two familiar old haunts along the James River in Virginia just days after Hurricane Isabel tracked north along the James inflicting damage to scores of historic properties. www.southlandhp.org Source: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=rD99JpvxhpY
Title: Abandoned South Carolina Plantation Houses Description: In 2007 documentary photographer Gaston Callum photographed and videotaped some worthy candidates for an upcoming Most Endangered List of South Carolina plantation houses. www.southlandhp.org Source: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_rgN_1qVUyo

Interested in sharing your historic preservation-related video clip with our community?  Please contact us via our "contact us" form, and provide details about your clip and a link to it (ie. on YouTube or other online video sharing services) and we will be happy to review it. 

We are always looking to share clips that demonstrate building restoration techniques, display historic places and historic walking tours, provide insight into historic events, and other historic and cultural resource-related clips.