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The National Parks: America's Best Idea

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Documentary

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 - “The National Parks: America's Best Idea” is nonetheless a story of people: people from every conceivable background – rich and poor; famous and unknown; soldiers and scientists; natives and newcomers; idealists, artists and entrepreneurs; people who were willing to devote themselves to saving some precious portion of the land they loved, and in doing so reminded their fellow citizens of the full meaning of democracy.

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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 - “The National Parks: America's Best Idea” is nonetheless a story of people: people from every conceivable background – rich and poor; famous and unknown; soldiers and scientists; natives and newcomers; idealists, artists and entrepreneurs; people who were willing to devote themselves to saving some precious portion of the land they loved, and in doing so reminded their fellow citizens of the full meaning of democracy.

Network / Platform
PBS
First Aired
27/Sep/2009
Language
English
Schedule
Monday, Tuesday, Wednesday, Thursday, Friday, Saturday, Sunday · 20:00

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Season 10 / 6 watched
S1 E1The Scripture of Nature (1851 – 1890)27/Sep/2009 • 120m
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S1 E2The Last Refuge (1890 – 1915)28/Sep/2009 • 120m
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S1 E3The Empire of Grandeur (1915 – 1919)29/Sep/2009 • 120m
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S1 E4Going Home (1920 – 1933)30/Sep/2009 • 120m
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S1 E5Great Nature (1933 – 1945)01/Oct/2009 • 120m
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S1 E6The Morning of Creation (1946 – 1980)02/Oct/2009 • 120m
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S0 E1The Scripture Of Nature: Extra— • 120m
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S0 E2The Last Refuge: Extra— • 120m
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S0 E3The Empire of Grandeur: National Parks Timeline— • 120m
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S0 E4The Empire of Grandeur: Peace At Last/Across The Ocean— • 120m
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S0 E5The Empire of Grandeur: Horizons— • 120m
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S0 E6The Empire of Grandeur: Green Groves Of Erin— • 120m
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S0 E7The Empire of Grandeur: The Shores Of Ogygia— • 120m
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S0 E8The Empire of Grandeur: Teddy Bear's Picnic— • 120m
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S0 E9Going Home: An Interview with Nevada Barr— • 120m
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S0 E10Going Home: "The Boss"— • 120m
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S0 E11Great Nature: Extra— • 120m
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S0 E12The Morning of Creation: Mount Rushmore— • 120m
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S0 E13The Morning of Creation: Yosemite's Buffalo Soldiers— • 120m
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S0 E14The Morning of Creation: San Antonio Missions, Keeping History Alive— • 120m
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S0 E15The Morning of Creation: Manzanar - Never Again— • 120m
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S0 E16The Morning of Creation: City Kids In National Parks— • 120m
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Status
Ended
Country
United States
Runtime
120 min
External
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Full cast and crew
Adam ArkinPhilip BoscoPeter CoyoteNarratorAmy MadiganTom HanksMurphy GuyerKen BurnsDirector, ProducerJulie A. DunfeyProducerDayton DuncanWriter
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