The National Parks: America's Best Idea(2009)
Documentary
First Air Date: 2009-09-27
Average Runtime: 2h 0m
Rating: 7.9
Votes: 22
Seasons: 1
Episodes: 6
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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Seasons & Episodes
Miniseries
Episodes: 6E01
The Scripture of Nature (1851 – 1890)
Air Date: 2009-09-27
In 1851, word spreads across the country of a beautiful area of California's Yosemite Valley, attracting visitors who...
E02
The Last Refuge (1890 – 1915)
Air Date: 2009-09-28
By the end of the 19th century, widespread industrialization has left many Americans worried about whether the countr...
E03
The Empire of Grandeur (1915 – 1919)
Air Date: 2009-09-29
In the early 20th century, America has a dozen national parks, but they are a haphazard patchwork of special places u...
E04
Going Home (1920 – 1933)
Air Date: 2009-09-30
While visiting the parks was once predominantly the domain of Americans wealthy enough to afford the high-priced trai...
E05
Great Nature (1933 – 1945)
Air Date: 2009-10-01
To battle unemployment in the Great Depression, Franklin D. Roosevelt creates the Civilian Conservation Corps, which ...
E06
The Morning of Creation (1946 – 1980)
Air Date: 2009-10-02
Following World War II, the parks are overwhelmed as visitation reaches 62 million people a year. A new billion-dolla...
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