The National Parks: America's Best Idea (2009)
The National Parks: America's Best Idea
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
Season 1
Episodes season 0
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0x1
The scripture of nature: extra
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0x2
The last refuge: extra
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0x3
The empire of grandeur: national parks timeline
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0x4
The empire of grandeur: peace at last/across the ocean
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0x5
The empire of grandeur: horizons
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0x6
The empire of grandeur: green groves of erin
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0x7
The empire of grandeur: the shores of ogygia
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0x8
The empire of grandeur: teddy bear's picnic
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0x9
Going home: an interview with nevada barr
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0x10
Going home: "the boss"
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0x11
Great nature: extra
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0x12
The morning of creation: mount rushmore
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0x13
The morning of creation: yosemite's buffalo soldiers
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0x14
The morning of creation: san antonio missions, keeping history alive
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0x15
The morning of creation: manzanar - never again
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0x16
The morning of creation: city kids in national parks
Episodes season 1
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1x1
The scripture of nature (1851-1890)
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1x2
The last refuge (1890-1915)
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1x3
The empire of grandeur (1915-1919)
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1x4
Going home (1920-1933)
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1x5
Great nature (1933-1945)
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1x6
The morning of creation (1946-1980)
