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LEGENDARY LIGHTHOUSES is a series about lighthouses and the remarkably beautiful places where they are located.

LEGENDARY LIGHTHOUSES II - 4 VHS Set

VOLUME 1

HAWAII - Less than 7,000 miles of land lost in 70 million square miles of ocean, the remote Hawaiian chain ofislands has always been a challenge for navigators. This episode highlights Kilauea Point Lighthouse, located ont eh Kilauea Point Wildlife Refuge on Kaui Island;Makapuu Point Lighthouse, the biggest and most powerful of the lighthouses in Hawaii, located on the eastern end of Oahu, Hawaii's most populous island;and the Diamond Head Lighthouse, located near the foot of the extinct Diamond Head volcano. The beautiful and historic keeper's dwelling is now the offical residence of the Coast Guard's 14th Distric Commander.

VOLUME 2

ALASKA - This episode takes viewers to some of themost remarkable, beautiful and rugged places in America's "Last frontier." Strewn with rocks (some still uncharted), mined with icebergs, often blanketed with fog and torn by ferocious storms, the seas around Alaska are some of the most treacherous on the planet. Yet along Alaska's 33,000 miles of coastline, only a handful of lighthouses were built to mark the way for ocean-going vessels, pleasure boaters and a fleet of commercial fisherman. Most lighthouses in Alaska were built at the turn of the last century, when gold was discovered, and none are accessible by road. All are reachable only by boat, plane or helicopter.

VOLUME 3

EASTERN GREAT LAKES - The Great Lakes, which have long served as an important liquid highway, are the busiest inland waterway on the planet. This progrqam highlights the many lighthouses found along Lake Ontario, Lake Erie and Lake Huron. Ohio, Pennsylvania, New York.

VOLUME 4

GULF OF MEXICO - The U.S. Gulf coast streches for a thousand miles along five states - Florida, Alabama, Mississippi, Louisiana and Texas. This episode features the Biloxi Lighthouse - which now stands in the middle of four lanes of traffic in Biloxi, Mississippi - and privately owned Aransas Pass Ligh Station in Texas. At one time, Texas had more than 50 lighthouses to mark its long and dangerous shoreline. Today, only a few remain in reasonably good shape, and most are in private hands.

LEGENDARY LIGHTHOUSES is a series about lighthouses and the remarkably beautiful places where they are located. It offers the viewer an opportunity to rediscover the romance and the history of these fabled structures, up close and personal.