Episodes (6)

The Scripture of Nature: 1851-1890
S01E01 · The Scripture of Nature: 1851-1890

Sep 27, 2009

A study of the first ideas which led to the establishment of America's national parks, with an emphasis on the work of John Muir and the exploration and preservation of Yosemite and Yellowstone.

The Last Refuge: 1890-1915
S01E02 · The Last Refuge: 1890-1915

Sep 28, 2009

Americans begin to question the nation's rush across the continent that has devastated forests and ravaged animals. Conservation's greatest champion is Theodore Roosevelt, who audaciously sets aside 800,000 acres of the Grand Canyon.

The Empire of Grandeur: 1915-1919
S01E03 · The Empire of Grandeur: 1915-1919

Sep 29, 2009

Stephen Mather accepts the offer to oversee the national parks for one year. He launches a campaign to publicize the parks as a unified system and to persuade Congress to create a single agency to oversee it: the National Park Service.

Going Home: 1920-1933
S01E04 · Going Home: 1920-1933

Sep 30, 2009

Mather and Albright ally themselves with the automobile to "democratize" the national parks. Horace Kephart and George Masa launch a campaign to save the forests of the Smoky Mountains from destruction by establishing a national park.

Great Nature: 1933-1945
S01E05 · Great Nature: 1933-1945

Oct 01, 2009

Franklin D. Roosevelt enters battles to create national parks on the Olympic Peninsula, Florida's Everglades, and California's High Sierra. George Melendez Wright begins arguing that the parks are not doing enough to protect wildlife.

The Morning of Creation: 1946-1980
S01E06 · The Morning of Creation: 1946-1980

Oct 02, 2009

After World War II, an increasingly mobile nation visits the parks as never before. When Jimmy Carter sets aside 56 million acres in Alaska-the largest grassroots movement in conservation history fights for the creation of seven new parks.

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The National Parks: America's Best Idea Season 1 (2009) is released on Sep 27, 2009. Watch The National Parks: America's Best Idea online - the English Documentary TV series from United States. The National Parks: America's Best Idea is directed by Ken Burns and created by Dayton Duncan with Peter Coyote and William Cronon. The National Parks: America's Best Idea is available online on Hoopla and Amazon Video.

As know as:

Les parcs nationaux: la meilleure idée de l'Amérique, The National Parks: America's Best Idea, The National Parks: America's Best Idea(English), Les parcs nationaux: la meilleure idée de l'Amérique(French)

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United States

Language:

English

Production Companies:

Florentine Films, WETA

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