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Format:

DVD, Videorecording, Projected Medium, Visual Materials, Electronic Resources

Title:

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.

Publisher, Date:

Description:

6 videodiscs (750 min.) : sound, color and black and white ; 4 3/4 in.

Summary:

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 through the stories of the people who helped create them and save them from destruction.

Target Audience Note:

Not rated.

Subjects:

United States. National Park Service -- History.

National parks and reserves -- United States -- History.

Nature conservation -- United States -- History.

United States -- History, Local.

Genre:

Documentary television programs.

Historical television programs.

Nonfiction television programs.

Video recordings for the hearing impaired.

Video recordings for people with visual disabilities.

Other Author:

Burns, Ken, 1953-

Duncan, Dayton.

Squires, Buddy.

Moore, Allen, 1952-

Else, Lincoln.

Barnes, Paul, 1951-

Mellish, Craig.

Ewers, Erik.

Coyote, Peter.

Florentine Films.

WETA-TV (Television station : Washington, D.C.)

Public Broadcasting Service (U.S.)

PBS Distribution (Firm)

Other Title:

Scripture of nature (1851-1890)

Last refuge (1890-1915)

Empire of grandeur (1915-1919)

Going home (1920-1933)

Great nature (1933-1945)

Morning of creation (1946-1980)

Notes:

Originally broadcast as episodes of the television documentary on PBS in 2009.

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.

Cinematography, Buddy Squires with Allen Moore, Lincoln Else, Ken Burns (Episode 1, 2, 3); supervising film editor, Paul Barnes ; episode editors, Paul Barnes (Episode 1, 4), Craig Mellish (Episode 2, 6), Erik Ewers (Episode 3, 5).

Narrated by Peter Coyote.

DVD, Region 1, NTSC, widescreen presentation, enhanced for 16x9 televisions; Dolby digital 5.1 surround, 2.0 stereo.

English or dubbed Spanish dialogue with optional English or Spanish subtitles; video description for the visually impaired; closed-captioned.

Contents:

Episode one: The scripture of nature (1851-1890), ca. 116 min. -- Episode two: The last refuge (1890-1915), ca. 131 min. -- Episode three: The empire of grandeur (1915-1919), ca. 114 min. -- Episode four: Going home (1920-1933), ca. 117 min. -- Episode five: Great nature (1933-1945), ca. 116 min. -- Episode six: The morning of creation (1946-1980), ca. 116 min.

ISBN:

1415749515

9781415749517

0793694876

9780793694877

1415752265

9781415752265

9781888213225

1888213221

9781531703974

1531703976

1415749515

Publisher Number:

NPAB600

NPAB601

89444

Other Number:

439018699

System Availability:

2

Current Holds:

0

# Local items:

2

Control Number:

795097

# Local items in:

2

# System items in:

2

Call Number:

DVD 917.3 National