DVD
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The national parks : America's best idea
Edition
Widescreen version.
Languages
In English or Spanish; English or Spanish subtitles; closed-captioned.
Performers
Narrator: Peter Coyote.
Publication Information
[Boston] : PBS Distribution ; Hollywood, Calif. : Distributed by Paramount Home Entertainment, c2009.
Physical Description
6 videodiscs (750 min.) : sd., col. and b&w ; 4 3/4 in.
Audience
Not rated.
Summary
Traces the birth of the national park idea in the mid-1800s and follows its evolution for nearly 150 years. Using archival photographs, first-person accounts of historical characters, personal memories and analysis from more than 40 interviews, the series chronicles the steady addition of new parks through the stories of the people who helped create them and save them from destruction.
Notes
Originally broadcast in episodes on PBS in 2009.
Special features: Making of ; Capturing the parks: a behind-the-scenes look ; Musical journeys through the parks ; outtakes: an interview with Nevada Barr & "The Boss" ; mini-documentary: The national parks: this is america ; contemporary stories from America's national parks: series of five short films.
Contents
- [Disc 1] Episode one. The scripture of nature (1851-1890)
- [Disc 2] Episode two. The last refuge (1890-1915)
- [Disc 3] Episode three. The empire of grandeur (1915-1919)
- [Disc 4] Episode four. Going home (1920-1933)
- [Disc 5] Episode five. Great nature (1933-1945)
- [Disc 6] Episode six. The morning of creation (1946-1980).