Social Media: Audio Described Videos

Narration Added for Low Vision Viewers

The following park-produced videos were originally posted on our social media platforms without audio descriptions. All other videos on our website include audio descriptions and closed-captions.

Audio descriptions aim to provide additional information that can not be understood from the main soundtrack and images alone. Now, everyone can fully experience our videos.

 

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  Redwoods and Climate Change

  To celebrate climate week, learn how redwood trees are impacted by climate change. A Redwood National Park ranger and two California State Park guides chat about carbon and climate resilience of redwoods.

  Duration:

  4 minutes, 2 seconds

 

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  America The Beautiful: Chorale Performance

  A musical montage performed by the North Coast Chorale and North Coast Youth Choir of Crescent City, California for the 50th anniversary celebration (2018) of Redwood National Park. The video includes a photo and audio montage of different US national park sites, and a 50-second narration for audio description precedes the music.

  Duration:

  5 minutes, 45 seconds

 

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  Rangsta-Rap

  Enjoy our first (and possibly last) ranger rap video. This is to help educate the public about marbled murrelets and the reason why we need to keep the redwood parks "crumb clean".

  Duration:

  3 minutes, 57 seconds

 

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  Storm Waves at Redwood National Park

  Footage of winter waves at Freshwater Beach. The only audio is of waves crashing and wind blowing

  Duration:

  59 seconds

 

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  Feast for the Sealions

  Footage of sealions feeding on lamprey in the of the mouth of the Klamath River. [no audio except the sound of waves, barking sea lions, and wind]

  Duration:

  30 seconds

 

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  Spring Wildlflowers

  Footage of lupines and other flowers in the Bald Hills. No audio.

  Duration:

  33 seconds

 

 

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  Smith River in Winter

  Footage of the Smith River in high water winter flow. This is the last un-dammed river in California. [No audio except the sound of water flowing]

  Duration:

  30 seconds

 

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  One Minute of Zen

  Footage of sunset on Freshwater Beach. [No audio except the sound of waves on the beach]

  Duration:

  1 minute

 

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  Achieve New Heights

  A fun, musical clip about redwood seeds. [No spoken word in original video - only upbeat music].

  Duration:

  1 minute

 

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  99 Minutes of Big Tree

  Watch time-lapse footage of 99 minutes in the day of the life of a 1,500 year old tree. [No spoken word in original video - only upbeat music].

  Duration:

  1 minute, 9 seconds

 

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  Sneaker Wave

  Rare Footage. This was filmed one morning when the National Weather Service had issued a sneaker wave warning for our coast. This sneaker wave was filmed on Freshwater beach in front of the Kuchel Visitor Center. The ranger was filming for 60-minutes prior to this wave. Ten minutes before this event occurred, the ranger filming had to warn visitors not to sit on the large log that was then filmed being hit by the wave. [The is no audio except the sound of surf and waves]

  Duration:

  59 seconds

 

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  Paul's Poem:

  This was filmed at one of the park's forest restoration sites. It features a lumberman who proudly recites a poem he wrote.

  Duration:

  1 minute, 24 seconds

 

Goto our Ranger-made Videos Page. (These all have closed captions and are audio described)