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Below you will find a number of videos produced or presented by the Blackstone Valley Tourism Council. Be sure to check back to this page from time to time for additional video material.

Bob Billington Acceptance Speech for World Travel & Tourism Council Tourism for Tomorrow Award - Dubai, 2008 View Video on Flickr

Welcome and Keynote Address from Civic Tourism 2 with Dr. Robert Billington, Robert Leaver, Dr. Dan Schilling And Keynote Address: Traveling at Home with Scott Russell Sanders  View Video on Google

Fish Ladder Restoration Project by Michelle Fontaine  Returning migratory fish to the Blackstone River after 215 years - Guests of the event held in Cumberland, RI learned how the Blackstone River Watershed Council/Friends of the Blackstone, local businesses, state and other federal agencies, working in conjunction with the federal Natural Resource Conservation Service, are planning for the restoration of migratory fish on the Blackstone River. The short film "Fish Ladders along the Blackstone" was produced by Rhode Island's Triple M Productions and narrated by Dave Fallon, who will attend the premier. The presentation will also explain how work is being done with state and congressional leaders and how the restoration efforts can be supported through donations and in-kind support.  The evening was co-hosted by the Rhode Island Corporate Wetlands Restoration Partnership, the Blackstone River Watershed Council/Friends of the Blackstone and the John H. Chafee Blackstone River Valley National Heritage Corridor Commission. Partners and friends of the restoration project will also be displaying their work and distributing literature. The event is open to the public and refreshments will be served. The theater is handicapped accessible. For further information, contact Frank Geary at 333-2123. Photography and this show produced by Michelle Fontaine of View on YouTube

The Power of the Blackstone River - Providence Journal Video - The Blackstone River gave birth to the Industrial Revolution two centuries ago. Over that time, as many as 48 dams harnessed the power of the river. Today, only 18 are left. See the nine of them in Rhode Island, following the flow of the river from Woonsocket to Pawtucket. Providence Journal video by Paul Edward Parker  View Video

Tribute to Bob Billington by the RI State Council on the Humanities - Tribute presenting Bob with the Tom Roberts Creative Achievement in the Humanities Award  View on Google | View with Flash

Video Promotion of Blackstone Valley  Download WMV Format | View on Google

Making Things Work - Produced in 1991  by the Blackstone River Valley National Heritage Corridor Commission. Interviews from people involved with the development of the Blackstone River Valley National Heritage Corridor. View on Google

Attractions in Rhode Island's Blackstone Valley - Short, narrated tour of various historic sites and attractions throughout the RI Blackstone Valley. View on YouTube | View on Google | View with Flash

Blackstone Valley Tourism Council's 2007 Annual Recognition - Honoring Kevin Lima - 2007 Annual Dinner of the Blackstone Valley Tourism Council celebrating World Tourism Day and honoring Kevin Lima, director of Enchanted, with the Excellence in Arts Award. View on Google

Winds of Change - Presents a fabulous brief overview on the dramatic landscape changes that have taken place in the Blackstone River Valley National Heritage Corridor since 1986. Wonderful images and voices from the people of the Blackstone Valley. Wait for a long pause before the video presentation. Produced by the John H. Chafee Blackstone River Valley National Heritage Corridor Commission. 2005. Hosted by the Blackstone Valley Tourism Council. View on Google

Choices - Produced by the National Geographic Society's Center for Sustainable Destinations. A brief stunning visual presentation. Communities may want to consider adopting the Geotourism principles after discussing this presentation's message. Hosted by the Blackstone Valley Tourism Council's Sustainable Tourism Planning and Development Laboratory.  View on Google

Project ZAP - Catalogs the efforts of 10,000 people who began to clean up the Blackstone River in September of 1972. The Blackstone River was the first polluted river on the North American Continent beginning in 1793 with the onset of the American Industrial Revolution. The film is grainy but it is the only known chronology of the Blackstone Valley's first river reclamation. Produced by Blue Sky Films. Hosted by the Blackstone Valley Tourism Council's Sustainable Tourism Planning and Development Laboratory.  View on Google

The 7th Annual Rhode Island Chinese Dragon Boat Races and Taiwan Day Festival - Produced by the Blackstone Valley Tourism Council on the Pawtucket River. This one day event highlights the 500 year old tradition of Dragon Boats in the Chinese Culture. 40 races take place with Chinese food and entertainment presented by Taiwan ROC through the Taipei Economic and Cultural Office of Boston and the Rhode Island Association of Chinese Americans. This event is a part of the Pawtucket Arts Festival, Pawtucket Rhode Island. View on Google

Blackstone Valley Tourism Council's 2006 Annual Recognitions - A World Tourism Day Celebration in the Blackstone River Valley. A video expose' of the "best of the best" tourism award winners in the Blackstone Valley. Produced by the Blackstone Valley Tourism Council.  View  on Google

2007 Labor Day Blackstone Valley Explorer Coffee An' on ON TV View  on Google

Blackstone Alert Flood Forum - March 9, 2006. A video record of a Sustainable Tourism Laboratory focused on the Blackstone River October 2005 flood including development of a regional flood plan. (3 hours)
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Family Guy Rhode Island Video: View Family Guy's take on the Blackstone Valley and Rhode Island View Video