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Warnors Theatre

Warnors Theatre

Season 8 Episode 8009
27:22
Solano Train Ferry

Solano Train Ferry

Season 8 Episode 8010
26:39
Trout

Trout

Season 8 Episode 8012
26:44
Baseball Sod

Baseball Sod

Season 13 Episode 1308
27:11
Catalina Arabian Ranch

Catalina Arabian Ranch

Season 9 Episode 9003
26:58
Yosemite Railroad

Yosemite Railroad

Season 9 Episode 9006
26:42
Yosemite Buildings

Yosemite Buildings

Season 9 Episode 9007
25:56
Pet Cemetery

Pet Cemetery

Season 9 Episode 9008
25:30
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California's Gold with Huell Howser

Fotoplayer

Season 8 Episode 8007

Huell meets Joe Rinaudo, whose passion is a 1926 Fotoplayer, which uses music rolls like those for player pianos to provide music and sound effects to silent films. Joe spent thousands of hours restoring his Fotoplayer, and although the “talkies” made them obsolete in the late 1920s, Huell discovers there is still no better way to enjoy a silent movie than with Joe and his Fotoplayer.

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Baseball Sod
27:11
Huell meets with West Coast Turf and learns all about the grass that they install at sports venues.
Pet Cemetery
25:30
Huell goes in search of some of our most permanent residents in this episode of California
Yosemite Buildings
25:56
Huell discovers two very historic and beautiful buildings in Yosemite National Park.
Yosemite Railroad
26:42
Huell takes an exciting 4-mile excursion on Yosemite Mountain Sugar Pine Railroad.
Sea Urchins
27:19
Huell goes to sea on an urchin diving adventure off the Channel Islands.
Catalina Arabian Ranch
26:58
Nestled in a small valley on Catalina Island is El Ranch Escondido, "the hidden ranch."
Roads Go Thru
26:37
Huell goes to Groveland, a quirky Gold Rush town with Native American roots near Yosemite.
Trout
26:44
Huell travels to the high sierras to see how trout are dropped by airplane into mountain lakes.
Solano Train Ferry
26:39
Huell’s off to San Francisco Bay to learn about the largest train ferry ever built.
Warnors Theatre
27:22
The Warnors Theatre, a Fresno landmark that opened in 1928, houses a unique pipe organ.
The Lost Golden Spike
25:55
Huell learns about Last Spike of the Transcontinental Railroad at the Cantor Arts Center.
Printing Museum
27:36
Huell Visits the International Printing Museum in Carson
Huell visits the the International Printing Museum in Carson.
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