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- 1. The Scripture of Nature (1851-1890) Sep 27, 2009
- California's Yosemite Valley; first national park is Yellowstone.
- 2. The Last Refuge (1890-1915) Sep 28, 2009
- President Theodore Roosevelt champions the national parks.
- 3. The Empire of Grandeur (1915-1919) Sep 29, 2009
- The National Park Service is established in 1916; Grand Canyon.
The National Parks: America's Best Idea is story of an idea as American as the Declaration of Independence and just as radical. Full documentary by Ken Burns now...
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- The Untold Stories Project
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Own Oscar Winning Documentary - FRONTLINE: 20 Days in...
- Acadia
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- Biscayne
Biscayne - The National Parks: America's Best Idea | Ken...
- Denali
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- Everglades
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- Grand Canyon
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The National Parks: America's Best Idea: With Peter Coyote, William Cronon, Dayton Duncan, Shelton Johnson. The history of the U.S. National Parks system, including the initial ideas which led to the world's first national parks and the expansion of the system over 150 years.
- (2K)
- 2009-09-27
- Documentary, History
- 115
This episode offers details about the ecological damage caused by 62 million visitors each year, the debates over the allocation of federal properties in Alaska, and the controversial decision to reintroduce wolves in Yellowstone which had been hunted to extinction in all other parks. Runtime: 115 minutes
Jul 29, 2022 · Simultaneously a biography of both historical and contemporary characters and a uniquely American idea, this 12-hour, six-part documentary, directed by Ken Burns and co-produced with writer Dayton Duncan, traces the evolution of national parks beginning in the mid-1800s and follows it over the next 150 years.
- 697 min
Ken Burns: The National Parks - America's Best Idea. The National Parks series, from filmmaker Ken Burns, is a breathtaking journey through the nation’s most spectacular landscapes and a celebration of the people—famous and unknown—who fought to save them for future generations to treasure.
Filmed over the course of more than six years at some of nature’s most spectacular locales—from Acadia to Yosemite, Yellowstone to the Grand Canyon, the Everglades of Florida to the Gates of the Arctic in Alaska—this twelve-hour documentary series is nonetheless a story of people: people from every conceivable background who were willing ...
The National Parks: America's Best Idea is the story of an idea as uniquely American as the Declaration of Independence and just as radical: that the most special places...
