The national parks: America's best idea > Episode two, The last refuge (1890-1915)
a Florentine Films production; produced in association with WETA Washington, D. C.; National Films Project, LLC; a film by Ken Burns; written by Dayton Duncan; produced by Dayton Duncan and Ken Burns
- Resource Type:
- DVD Video
- Edition:
- Widescreen ed.
- Publication:
- [Arlington, Va.] : PBS Home Video, [2009]
- Distribution:
- [Arlington, Va.] : Distributed by PBS Distribution
- Copyright:
- ©2009
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- Summary:
- By the end of the 19th century, widespread industrialization has left many Americans worried about whether the country will have any pristine land left. At the same time, poachers in the parks are rampant, and visitors think nothing of littering or carving their names near iconic sites like Old Faithful. Congress has yet to establish clear judicial authority or appropriations for the protection of the parks. This sparks a conservation movement by organizations such as the Sierra Club, led by John Muir; the Audubon Society, led by George Bird Grinnell; and the Boone and Crockett Club, led by Theodore Roosevelt. The movement fails, however, to stop San Francisco from building the Hetch Hetchy dam at Yosemite, flooding Muir's "mountain temple" and leaving him broken-hearted before he dies.
- Table of Contents:
- Introduction
- Grand tour
- Calvary protects the parks
- Dust of centuries
- For ourselves and our children
- Greatest good
- Most vital man
- Leave it as it is
- Distance in his eyes
- Devil and his relations
- Credits.
- Contributors:
- Coyote, Peter , narrator
- Language Notes:
- English or Spanish dialogue; optional English or Spanish subtitles ; closed-captioned; optional audio descriptions for the visually impaired.
- Alternate Titles:
- America's best idea
Issue title: Last refuge (1890-1915) - Subjects:
- Genres:
- System Details:
- DVD, NTSC, region 1 ; Dolby digital 5.1 surround or 2.0 stereo.
- Performers:
- Narrator: Peter Coyote ; voices, Lee Stetson, Philip Bosco, Kevin Conway, Murphy Guyer, Tom Hanks, Derek Jacobi, Gene Jones, Marcus Lovell Smith, Josh Lucas, Amy Madigan, Caroly McCormick, Campbell Scott.
- Production Credits:
- Episode editor, Craig Mellish ; supervising film editor, Paul Barnes ; cinematography, Buddy Squires, Allen Moore, Lincoln Else, Ken Burns.
- General Notes:
- Disc two of a six disc set.
Originally broadcast in 2009 as an episode of the PBS television documentary series. - Audience:
- Not rated.
- Physical Description:
- 1 videodisc (ca.155 min.) : sound, color and black & white ; 4 3/4 in.
- Physical Characteristics:
- plastic; metal; polychrome; monochrome
- Audio Characteristics:
- digital; optical
- Video Characteristics:
- NTSC
- Digital Characteristics:
- video file; DVD video; region 1
- Call Numbers:
- NAT 2009 DVD
- ISBNs:
- 9781415749517 (set)
1415749515 (set) - Other Standard Numbers:
- Universal Product Code: 097368944442
Publisher Number, PBS Home Video: 89444
Publisher Number, PBS Home Video: NPAB600 - OCLC Numbers:
- 449252786
