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The National Parks: America's Best Idea -- A Film by Ken Burns
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[2011], c2009
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Introduction: The National Parks: America's Best Idea - A Film by Ken Burns - Part 1, "The Scripture of Nature" (1851-1890) (2:53)
Nature's Superlatives (2:21)
Preserving Connection to the Land (2:08)
Home in the Parks (1:56)
Co-Owning Magnificence (1:56)
Story of the Parks and of People (2:26)
Yosemite (2:26)
First Tourists in Yosemite (2:08)
Giant Sequoias (1:31)
Nature's Influence on America's Growth (1:48)
Transcendentalism and Manifest Destiny (3:09)
Set Aside as Monument of American Idealism (3:00)
Gathering of Life and Spirit (2:51)
Conflicting Ideals for Yosemite (2:50)
John Muir (4:06)
The John Muir Who Walks (5:02)
Ecstatic Holy Man (2:37)
Unconditional Surrender (2:26)
Yosemite's High Priest (2:41)
Precedent for Natural Parks (1:37)
Deep Love of the Land (1:50)
Colter's Hell (3:25)
An Attraction Beyond Wildest Dreams (3:30)
Old Faithful (2:55)
Everts' Experience (5:10)
New Exploration (2:16)
First National Park (2:42)
The Politics of a Park (3:15)
Indian War in Yellowstone (4:33)
Tourists Flock to Yellowstone (3:21)
Stopping 'the Park Grab' (3:06)
The Debate Rages (2:58)
Muir Returns to the Wild (3:15)
Views of the Natural World (2:39)
Muir Re-Engages the Wilderness (2:28)
Muir's Return to Yosemite (2:57)
Desire for More Preservation (2:27)
Battle for the High Country (2:37)
'Wildness Is a Necessity' (2:36)
Credits: The National Parks: America's Best Idea - A Film by Ken Burns - Part 1, "The Scripture of Nature" (1851-1890) (4:15)
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Pulled into the Environment (2:03)
Roosevelt Loves to Hunt (1:58)
An Idea Based on Generosity (1:40)
Exploitation of the Natural Landscape (2:31)
First National Parks (2:28)
"The Grand Tour"- First Stop (2:39)
"The Grand Tour"- First Geyser Area (2:26)
"The Grand Tour"- Lower Geyser Basin (2:01)
"The Grand Tour"- The Last Leg (2:06)
National Park Etiquette (2:18)
Yellowstone in the Winter (1:20)
Cavalry in Charge of National Parks (1:31)
Developing and Protecting the Parks (3:13)
Sierra Nevada, a Range of Light (3:15)
Wilderness Redeemed by Man (1:58)
Mesa Verde Ruins (1:37)
Mesa Verde's Unprotected Treasures (2:54)
For Ourselves and Our Children (3:22)
Saving the Wildlife (1:38)
Fighting for Park Protection (3:25)
Seeking Prosperity (1:36)
"The Greatest Good for the Greatest Number" (2:15)
Two Sides of the Same Coin (2:37)
Fashion Decrees Feathers (3:02)
Wasting Resources No More (2:50)
Conservation is in America's Vocabulary (2:29)
Interest in the Natural World (3:12)
Growth in Yellowstone (3:44)
Roosevelt's Address at Yellowstone (3:52)
Preservation of the Grand Canyon (3:52)
Salvation can be Found in the Immersion in the Natural World (2:33)
A Meeting in the Grove (3:43)
Temple of Yosemite (4:45)
Distance in His Eyes (2:46)
Chaco Canyon (2:15)
Artifacts Uncovered by Wetherill (1:44)
Colorado Cliff Dwellings Association (3:50)
Act for the Preservation of American Antiquities (2:41)
Muir Woods - Petrified Forest National Monument (4:05)
Distance in His Eyes (2:20)
Grand Canyon (3:40)
Hetch Hetchy (3:18)
San Francisco Earthquake (1:54)
Interior Secretary Grants Application to Dam Hetch Hetchy (3:42)
End of John Muir's Battle (4:08)
Thoughts on John Muir & Hetch Hetchy (2:43)
John Muir's Legacy (1:40)
Credits: The National Parks: America's Best Idea- A Film by Ken Burns Part 2, The Last Refuge (1890-1915) (3:55)
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Transcendent Spaces (2:26)
A Collection of Special Places, No Master Plan (1:25)
Turning Point in the History of the Parks (1:59)
A New Leader for the Parks (2:20)
The John Muir of the Rockies (2:58)
The Perfect Man for the Job (2:18)
For Love of the Great Outdoors (2:03)
The Conceptualizer and the Implementer (2:03)
No One Goes There (2:37)
The Mather Mountain Party (2:04)
Making Converts, Not Preaching to the Choir (1:54)
Using Patriotism to Promote the Parks (1:11)
Homeland of the Blackfeet (2:18)
See America First (2:24)
Performing for the Tourists (2:01)
The Dollar Value of the Parks (1:17)
Describing Kilauea (2:23)
Hawaii's Volcanos (2:02)
New Land (2:27)
Painters' Paradise (1:38)
Cottages (2:03)
Idealistic Dreams for Mt. Desert (2:12)
The Hancock County Trustees of Public Reservations (1:58)
Working Toward a National Park (0:59)
Conflicting Views of Conservation (2:04)
The Paradoxical Purpose of the National Parks (2:28)
The Goal is Finally Achieved (2:04)
Mather Suffers a Breakdown (2:29)
Pursuing a Passion (2:21)
Scaling Mt. McKinley (2:38)
Abundant Wildlife (2:09)
Patrician Populist Power Elite Push for Parks (3:00)
The Windows of Heaven (2:40)
Albright Tries to Protect the Parks (2:27)
Zion National Park (1:32)
Growing Up With Zion NP (1:44)
The Inspiring and Calming Influence of Nature (2:03)
Beethoven's 9th Symphony in Stone (2:16)
The Grand Canyon (1:57)
The Grand Canyon Suite (2:21)
The View From Below (1:46)
Grand Canyon Entrepreneurs (2:00)
Moving Pictures of the Canyon (2:38)
A Tough Opponent (2:06)
Staking Claim to the Grand Canyon (2:55)
The Greatest View in the World (1:54)
John D. Rockefeller, Jr.'s Contributions (1:58)
Acadia National Park (2:53)
The Beginning of the Beginnings (3:23)
Credits: The National Parks: America's Best Idea
A Film by Ken Burns
Part3, "The Empire of Grandeur" (1915-1919) (3:00)
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Grand Canyon Experience (1:36)
Margaret Gehrke (1:59)
Lake McDonald (2:43)
National Park Idea (2:20)
Stephen Mather (1:38)
Automobile and the National Parks (1:28)
Mather's Ideas About Parks (1:52)
Promotion of Parks (1:55)
Automobile and Parks (2:11)
Park-to-Park Highway (2:01)
Rangers (2:42)
Role of Rangers (2:00)
Mather and the Rangers (2:02)
Female Rangers and Silly Questions (1:23)
Gehrkes' Long Road Trip (2:12)
Trip Continues (2:37)
Another Road Trip (2:01)
Collecting Parks (3:08)
Smokey Mountains (2:49)
Back of Beyond (1:41)
Kephart's Writing (1:51)
Lumber Companies in Smokey Mountains (1:34)
George Masa in the Smokey Mountains (2:22)
Uniting to Save Smokeys (2:04)
Fundraising for Park (2:37)
Senator Cameron (3:04)
Mather Versus Cameron (1:19)
Mather Defeated (1:37)
Grandeur of Canyon (0:58)
Bessie Hyde and the Colorado River (1:52)
Hydes Press On (2:20)
Hydes Stop to Rest (2:44)
Hydes Disappear (2:50)
Man and Nature (1:56)
Push to Expand Yellowstone (2:13)
Rockefeller Junior's Visit (2:53)
Rockefeller Buys Land (2:43)
Parks Unite America (2:25)
Scenic Roads Project (1:40)
Competing Visions of Parks (2:15)
Wilderness Society (1:51)
Mather's the Man (2:54)
Mather's Death and Legacy (2:50)
Rockefeller and the Grand Smokey (2:28)
Locals Forced Out (2:12)
Kephart and Masa Die (2:25)
Franklin Roosevelt Boosts Grand Smokey (1:32)
Crowding Parks (2:33)
Gehrkes' Continuing Travels (2:12)
Return to Rocky Mountain (2:08)
Margaret After Edward's Death (2:53)
Credits: The National Parks: America's Best Idea-A Film- by Ken Burns Part 4, Going Home (1920-1933) (2:37)
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To-tu-ya, Granddaughter of Chief Tenaya Returns (2:25)
Rangers Consider National Parks (1:31)
Now I am in America (2:52)
Roosevelt Transforms the Park Service (2:05)
New Park Service Sites (1:09)
Wildlife Has a Friend in George Melendez Wright (2:50)
Status of Wildlife In America's Parks (2:28)
America's Changing Relationship with National Parks (2:36)
The People Love Their Parks (1:39)
History of the Florida Everglades (2:17)
"Drain the Everglades" (1:22)
Save the Everglades (3:20)
National Park Service Reluctant to Make Everglades a National Park (3:10)
Everglades National Park Created (2:42)
"Roosevelt Views Scenic Wonders of the West" (2:23)
Roosevelt's New Deal (2:46)
Memories of the Civilian Conservation Corps (4:16)
After the Civilian Conservation Corps (3:14)
Golden Age of the Depression (2:50)
Saving Trumpeter Swans (2:47)
National Parks Lose Champion George Melendez Wright (2:09)
"Roosevelt Sees Wonders of West" (2:12)
Roosevelt Makes Parks Grow (1:50)
Secretary of the Interior Harold Ickes (2:19)
Mount Olympus National Monument (2:03)
Olympic National Park (1:48)
A Paradise of our Own World and Time. (2:39)
Taught by Silence (4:21)
Holy Mountain (2:05)
Ansel Adams (2:27)
Ansel Adams Dream (1:36)
Kings Canyon National Park (2:23)
Montage of Ansel Adams's Park Photographs (1:05)
World War II (2:33)
Park Attendance Drops - Utility Goes Up (1:50)
Manzanar Internment Camp (3:06)
Moonlight Over Topaz (4:16)
Jackson Hole National Monument (2:29)
Wyoming's Response to Jackson Hole Monument Creation (2:40)
Grand Teton National Park Enlarged (3:45)
The Power of Remembered Landscapes (1:41)
Chasing an American Ideal (1:45)
Marian Anderson Performs at the Lincoln Memorial (4:20)
Credits: The National Parks: America's Best Idea: A Film by Ken Burns Part 5, Great Nature (1933-1945) (3:52)
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On Wolves (1:21)
Majestic Untamed Land (1:58)
National Parks as America's Conscience (3:23)
Landscapes of Childhood for Many Americans (2:23)
"Like Being in Heaven" (3:20)
Ecology of the Coyote in the Yellowstone (2:51)
Wolves (2:36)
Murie's Landmark Wolf Study (2:55)
Wolf Control Program (1:47)
Hetch Hetchy (1:57)
Echo Park Dam Project (2:14)
Crusade to Save Echo Park (3:59)
America's Conservation Movement is Born (1:59)
Loved to Death (2:11)
Mission 66 (3:33)
American Rite of Passage (5:42)
Redwood National Park (2:20)
Udall's Parks (2:02)
Protecting Wild Spaces (0:57)
Park Service's Role in Preserving American History (2:27)
March on Washington August 28, 1963 (2:44)
Dr. King in National Park History (1:25)
Mission 66 Comes to Mt. McKinley (3:19)
Mt. McKinley Road Controversy (2:50)
Yosemite Firefall (1:12)
Yellowstone's Bears (1:36)
Biscayne Bay (2:09)
Islandia (4:20)
Biscayne National Monument Created (3:10)
Excerpt from Wallace Stegner Essay (1:06)
America's Greatest Export (2:44)
Alaska - Last Chance to Do it Right (2:40)
President Carter Signs Orders Creating Alaska Monuments (2:44)
Reaction to Carter's Proclamation (2:44)
Alaska National Interest Lands Conservation Act (3:52)
Seward Alaska Residents and Natives (3:22)
Mt. McKinley National Park Becomes Denali National Park (3:17)
From Inner City Kid to Park Ranger (1:37)
Parks as Monuments to History (2:42)
Ah. This is America (3:42)
Wolves Return to Yellowstone (4:08)
Credits & Sponsors: The National Parks: America's Best Idea: A Film by Ken Burns Part 6, The Morning of Creation (1946-1980) (3:39)
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Subjects
Subjects
Depressions
Depressions -- 1929 -- United States
Educational films
Internet videos
National Audubon Society
National parks and reserves
Physical geography
Physical geography -- North America
Political planning
Public policy (Law)
Public policy (Law) -- United States
Roosevelt, Franklin D
Roosevelt, Franklin D. -- (Franklin Delano), -- 1882-1945
Social policy
Travel
Videorecording
Yellowstone National Park (Agency : U.S.)
Yosemite National Park (Agency : U.S.)
Depressions -- 1929 -- United States
Educational films
Internet videos
National Audubon Society
National parks and reserves
Physical geography
Physical geography -- North America
Political planning
Public policy (Law)
Public policy (Law) -- United States
Roosevelt, Franklin D
Roosevelt, Franklin D. -- (Franklin Delano), -- 1882-1945
Social policy
Travel
Videorecording
Yellowstone National Park (Agency : U.S.)
Yosemite National Park (Agency : U.S.)