The National Parks: America's Best Idea (2009)
Synopsis
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.
First Air Date: 2009-09-27
Last Air Date: 2009-10-02
Number of Seasons: 1
Number of Episodes: 6
Networks: PBS
Top Cast
- Adam Arkin as N/A
- Philip Bosco as N/A
- Peter Coyote as Narrator
- Amy Madigan as N/A
- Tom Hanks as N/A
- Murphy Guyer as N/A
Seasons
Specials
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Episodes:
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Ep. 1: The Scripture Of Nature: Extra
The Making of The National Parks: America's Best Idea
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Ep. 2: The Last Refuge: Extra
Capturing the Parks Ken Burns
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Ep. 3: The Empire of Grandeur: National Parks Timeline
Musical Journeys through the National Parks
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Ep. 4: The Empire of Grandeur: Peace At Last/Across The Ocean
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Ep. 5: The Empire of Grandeur: Horizons
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Ep. 6: The Empire of Grandeur: Green Groves Of Erin
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Ep. 7: The Empire of Grandeur: The Shores Of Ogygia
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Ep. 8: The Empire of Grandeur: Teddy Bear's Picnic
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Ep. 9: Going Home: An Interview with Nevada Barr
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Ep. 10: Going Home: "The Boss"
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Ep. 11: Great Nature: Extra
The National Parks: This is America Stories of extraordinary people from a wide variety of backgrounds devoted to the National Park ideal
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Ep. 12: The Morning of Creation: Mount Rushmore
Contemporary stories from America's National Parks
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Ep. 13: The Morning of Creation: Yosemite's Buffalo Soldiers
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Ep. 14: The Morning of Creation: San Antonio Missions, Keeping History Alive
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Ep. 15: The Morning of Creation: Manzanar - Never Again
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Ep. 16: The Morning of Creation: City Kids In National Parks
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