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The National Parks- America's Best Idea PBS Documentary May Be Among Ken Burns Best
I waited all summer to see this National Parks documentary and Ken Burns did not disappoint. This series traces the birth of the national park idea in the mid-1800s and follows its development for nearly 150 years. Chronicles the addition of new parks through the stories of the people who helped create them.
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Ken Burns - The National Parks, Americas Best Idea Coming
Support PBS programs like this one! Visit www.wmfe.org/support or call 1-866-955-9633. Tells the remarkable story of our National Parks from Acadia to Yosemite, Yellowstone to the Great Smoky Mountains, the Everglades of Florida to the Gates of the Arctic in Alaska, plus scores of other parks that preserve unique landscapes and icons of our national existence.
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Ken Burns: National Parks - America's Best Idea
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The National Parks (six episodes, twelve hours) tells the human history of five of the nation's most important and most heavily visited National Parks (Yellowstone, Yosemite, Grand Canyon, Acadia, and Great Smoky Mountains) and the unforgettable Americans who made them possible. Set against some of the most beautiful landscapes on earth, each park's story is filled with incidents and characters as gripping and fascinating as American history has to offer.
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"The parks are the Nation's pleasure grounds and the Nation's restoring places.... The national parks...are an American idea; it is one thing we have that has not been imported."
J. Horace McFarland
"This is quite simply the most spectacular creative production I've seen. It is my considered opinion that this is Mr. Burns' best work to date. If you like nature, you'll be in awe of the cinematography; if you like history, you'll be fascinated with the tale of a uniquely American process that brought the parks into being and transformed them into national shrines that they are for so many. Most of all, if you love our country, you'll be inspired by the stories of selfless sacrifice and devotion to a dream that have succeeded in preserving that dream for many generations to come. Not only is it a must see for you; I believe it will be a treasure for those future generations. This one will stand the test of time just as it's subject matter has done. A Masterpiece on a grand scale, but told in a lyrical, conversational manner. Outstanding. Bravo!" Leep42
Ken Burns National Parks On Blu-ray
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The National Parks: America's Best Idea [Blu-ray]
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The same great 6-part series on Blu-ray.
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Adirondacks - PBS Home Video
Adirondacks
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On six million acres in upstate New York, the Adirondack Park is by far the largest park in the lower 48 states. Its land is divided almost evenly between protected wilderness and privately owned tracts creating a pattern of ownership that maintains a delicate relationship between progress and preservation. Through the perspectives of several characters, this program explores the history, seasonal landscape and current state of the Adirondacks.
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"There is nothing so American as our national parks.... The fundamental idea behind the parks...is that the country belongs to the people, that it is in process of making for the enrichment of the lives of all of us."
Franklin D. Roosevelt
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- theraggededge theraggededge Nov 13, 2009 @ 5:00 pm
- The series looks great. We have National Parks in the UK but, of course, they are teeny compared to yours! Still beautiful though.
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- happynutritionist happynutritionist Nov 10, 2009 @ 1:45 pm
- We have enjoyed this within the past couple of months on television, excellent series, highly recommend. Nice lens:-)
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- JoyfulPamela JoyfulPamela Nov 10, 2009 @ 11:13 am
- Ken Burns creates such wonderful materials. I like the way you have this presented.
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- GonnaFly GonnaFly Nov 10, 2009 @ 4:15 am
- Great lens. Oh, by the way, I've never actually been to any USA national parks, but our Australian ones are great ;-)
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- Comfortdoc Comfortdoc Nov 9, 2009 @ 10:29 pm
- Another item I thought about buying for my folks for Christmas. Will be popular with National Parks lovers.
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