documentary videos about keene

With a camcorder and editing software, anyone can make a short online documentary about life in Keene. Here are some examples. If you want to contribute your own documentary to this section, tell us about it.

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Christmas Tree Lighting 2008
People gather in Central Square for the lighting of the Christmas tree

Reflections: The Hurricane of 1938
This is the story of what the experience was like in the Monadnock Region, during and after the storm, told through the recollections of people who lived here.

Armored Suit Combat League
Knights in armor jousting with fireworks. What's not to like?

Heritage Trolleys in Keene
Keene had a trolley system from 1900 to 1925. Paul Pietz thinks we could, and should, have one again. Interested? Contact him at keenetrolley.com.

My Name Is Sarah (NH)
A small film crew travels through the Swing States, documenting women named Sarah who support Obama. They invite Undecided Voters to write into the Sarahs in each video. This is the second in a five-part series.

Pinch, Poke
Love is painful and people are not always what they seem! Check out this film will a killer twist! A film by Annie Sakellar shown at the Keene State College Film Festival 2008!

Cheshire Fair Chicks
Chickens at the 2008 Cheshire Fair

The Great Ashuelot River Duck Race
In this annual Lions Club charity event, rubber duckies are launched into the Ashuelot River and float downstream to the finish line about a quarter-mile away.

Have you seen Moby Dick and Moby Jane?
moby-dick
This is Moby Jane. Moby Dick is the same size but all white. They've been patrolling Keene's Robin Hood reservoir for as long as I can remember. But I haven't seen them yet this year.

Squirrel Tree Flag
squirrel-flag-tree
When building, use available materials. For the squirrels in Woodland Cemetery, that means, among other things, American flags.

Ovenbird nest on the
new Beech Hill trail
ovenbird
Somewhere on the new trail that angles up Beech Hill to Sunset Rock -- we probably shouldn't say just where -- we surprised a mother ovenbird and found this nest with four eggs.

Climbing at the YMCA
coffey
It's an activity for all ages. Bob Coffey is our elder statesman.

Banding a rose-breasted grosbeak
soccer
The project is a MAPS banding station, operated by Jon Atwood of Antioch University New England and Ashuelot Valley Environmental Observatory. Grosbeaks can really bite! They bite hard!

Soccer Kids
soccer
The thrill of victory, the agony of defeat, the smiles on the faces of little kids

Shorebirds on 101
Shorebirds on 101
The owners of this property say this isn't a wetland, but we've noticed otherwise.

First Course
First Course
First Course provides culinary training for residents of the Monadnock region. Its food processing facilities are also available to local farmers and food entrepeneurs.

cheshire music:
trombone hunter

bird
banding

nightmare
comics

winchester st.
roundabout

pumpkin
festival

skateboarding
tricks

tom foolery
band

in the shadows
of monadnock

feral kittens and
killer bunnies

keene
flood

cheshire music:
jaws spoof

mighty quinn
canoe trip

beaver brook's
hidden falls

monadnock in
three minutes

The 2005 Flood
For many people in Keene, as well as for those afar but connected, this was the definitive story of that day.

The 2005 Pumpkin Festival
It rained, and we didn't beat the record, but none of that mattered, a good time was had by all.

A walking tour of Keene
Created here in Keene, this video alerted the world to the possibilities of citizen-created and GPS-aware multimedia.

Keene crime wave?
Around the country, there's a movement to publish government data online where citizens can access and analyze it. This video explores that idea in a Keene context.


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