The national parks : America's best idea / a Florentine Films production ; a film by Ken Burns ; written by Dayton Duncan ; produced by Dayton Duncan, Ken Burns ; WETA.

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...

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Corporate Authors: Florentine Films, WETA-TV (Television station : Washington, D.C.), Public Broadcasting Service (U.S.), PBS Distribution (Firm)
Other Authors: Burns, Ken, 1953- (Cinematographer, Producer, Director), Duncan, Dayton (Producer, Screenwriter), Squires, Buddy (Cinematographer), Moore, Allen (Cinematographer), Else, Lincoln (Cinematographer), Barnes, Paul, 1951- (Film editor), Mellish, Craig (Film editor), Ewers, Erik (Film editor), Coyote, Peter (Narrator)
Language:English
Spanish
Language of the Original:
English
Language and/or Writing System:
English or dubbed Spanish dialogue with optional English or Spanish subtitles; video description for the visually impaired; closed-captioned.
Published: [United States] : PBS Distribution, [2009], ©2009.
Series:Rovi Media Collection. Movies.
Rovi K-12 education materials.
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Genre:
Physical Description:6 videodiscs (750 min.) : sound, color and black and white ; 4 3/4 in.
Format: Video DVD

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500 |a Special features: disc 1: "The making of The national parks: America's best idea" behind-the-scenes tour; disc 2. "Capturing the parks" Ken Burns, Dayton Duncan and crew on location; disc 3: Musical journeys through the national parks; disc 4: An interview with Nevada Barr; "The Boss"; disc 5: "The national parks: this is America" mini-documentary; disc 6: "Contemporary stories from America's national parks" series of five short films: San Antonio Missions: Keeping History Alive, Yosemite's Buffalo Soldiers, Mount Rushmore: Telling America's Stories, Manzanar: "Never Again", City Kids in National Parks. 
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