The National Parks: America's Best Idea

The National Parks: America's Best Idea (2009)


  • Genre: Documentary
  • First Air Date: 2009-09-27
  • Last Air Date: 2009-10-02
  • Total Seasons: 1
  • Total Episodes: 6
  • Status: Ended
  • Episode Runtime: 120 min.
  • Production Company: Florentine Films
  • Network: PBS
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Summary

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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  • The National Parks: America's Best Idea Trailer

    The National Parks: America's Best Idea Seasons

    Season 0

    First Air Date:
    16 Episodes

    Season 1

    First Air Date: 2009-09-27
    6 Episodes

    The National Parks: America's Best Idea Episodes

    Title Air Date Duration
    Season 1Episode 1The Scripture of Nature (1851-1890)120 min
    Season 1Episode 2The Last Refuge (1890-1915)120 min
    Season 1Episode 3The Empire of Grandeur (1915-1919)120 min
    Season 1Episode 4Going Home (1920-1933)120 min
    Season 1Episode 5Great Nature (1933-1945)120 min
    Season 1Episode 6The Morning of Creation (1946-1980)120 min
    • Adam Arkin

      as
    • Philip Bosco

      as
    • Peter Coyote

      as Narrator
    • Amy Madigan

      as
    • Tom Hanks

      as
    • Murphy Guyer

      as
    Directing Ken Burns Director
    Production Ken Burns Producer
    Production Julie A. Dunfey Producer
    Writing Dayton Duncan Writer

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