NSS Video Programs
The NSS Audio-Visual library contains numerous caving related video programs which are available for viewing by local grottos or individuals. The library contains a wide range of materials including educational programs, video programs on conservation, biology, geology, plus many shows about specific caves and caving areas. There are also selections of fiction and music videos.

2023 NSS Video Salon Show
The 2023 NSS Video Salon Show was presented on Thursday night at the 2023 NSS Convention in Elkins, WV. The Video Salon Show includes and opener, short 2 minute clips…
Watch VideoDark Discoveries – Finding Caves in the Dominican Republic
Produced by Lukas Eddy. The Dominican Republic has plenty of under – and unexplored regions. Four of us cavers spent a month in-country with survey equipment, machetes, and bee suits…
Watch VideoExploring Schoharie Cave using an ROV
Produced by Michael Sandone. Schoharie Cave is a well visited beginner cave in upstate New York. At the end of the cave is a sump that was first explored by…
Watch VideoThe Longest Cave in Pennsylvania (Sara Furnace Cave)
Produced by Edward Forrest Frank. For the 2023 Video Salon – The video describes the exploration and mapping of Sarah Furnace Cave in Western PA. This production won an Honorable…
Watch VideoRussell Trall Neville: The Cave Man
Produced by Dean H. Snyder and Dean R Karau. Russell Trall Neville (1878 – 1950) was an attorney who lived in Kewanee, Illinois. During the 1920s, 30s, and 40s, Neville…
Watch VideoHow Shelta Cave and the NSS Found Each Other
Produced by Ken Bailey. William “Bill” Torode NSS 5013RL OS-LB-FE has been involved with Shelta Cave in Huntsville, Alabama since cavers started caving there. His first trip was in 1959.…
Watch Video2022 NSS Video Salon Show
The 2022 NSS Video Salon Show was presented on Thursday night at the 2022 NSS Convention in Rapid City, SD. The Video Salon Show includes and opener, short 2 minute…
Watch Video20,000 Meters Under the Earth – The Giant Cave’s Mystery
Produced by Freddie Röckenhaus. A gripping adventure into a parallel world deep beneath the surface of the Earth. Five explorers take us on an exclusive journey into one of the…
Watch VideoCave Research at Great Basin National Park
Produced by Gretchen Baker. Find out about the various types of research done in a variety of caves at Great Basin National Park, including geology, paleontology, history, and more. This…
Watch VideoDepth Hunters
Produced by Daria Khrenova. Pavel Demidov and his team of Moscow extreme speleologists turned out to be the discoverers of the deepest secrets of the planet. They set a new…
Watch VideoExploring a Marble Cave
Produced by Mike Sandone. In this film we explore the deepest cave in Massachusetts, a marble cave that was discovered less than 15 years ago. The trip is led by…
Watch VideoThe Recovery of Petra
Produced by Dave Socky. A large cat skeleton was discovered deep in Burja Cave in southwest Virginia. It was deemed important enough to be collected, so in October 2021 a…
Watch VideoMerlin Cave
Produced by Mike Sandone. It can be said that discovering and exploring a new cave is one of the most exciting aspects of caving. In this film we join John…
Watch VideoVirtual Tour of Lehman Caves
Produced by Great Basin National Park. Welcome to the virtual world of Lehman Caves. This video is the first of three that takes the viewer through the tour route. The…
Watch VideoLost Copper Mines of Connecticut
NSS 2021 Video Salon. Produced by Mike Sandone, 2020. In the 1730s a copper mining boom took hold in the American Colonies. In this episode we will go in search…
Watch VideoExploring Clarksville Cave
NSS 2021 Video Salon. Produced by Mike Sandone, 2021. In this episode of Caves and Legends we explore one of the best known and most visited caves in the Northeast…
Watch VideoInvisible River
NSS 2021 Video Salon. Directed and produced by Sofia Oggioni, 2019. In a journey inside the earth, we are introduced to the life and dreams of a Swiss explorer who…
Watch VideoSilver Mines of the Hudson Valley
NSS 2021 Video Salon. Produced by Mike Sandone, 2020. In this episode we delve deep into the history of the Hudson Valley New York to investigate legends of silver mines…
Watch VideoBrief Conversation with Roger Brucker
NSS 2021 Video Salon. Produced by Edward Forrest Frank, 2013. A brief conversation with Roger Brucker is a series of excerpts from a longer interview conducted by Phoebe Frear and…
Watch VideoCastleguard Cave Hindsight 2020
NSS 2021 Video Salon. Produced by Darryl Jensen, Aquatic Films, 2021. Three renowned Australasian cave divers come to the Canadian Rockies in winter to dive a frigid 900-meter sump in…
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