The national parks: America's best idea > Episode five, Great nature (1933-1945)
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
- Publication:
- [Arlington, Va.] : PBS Home Video, [2009]
- Distribution:
- [Arlington, Va.] : Distributed by PBS Distribution
- Copyright:
- ©2009
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- Summary:
- To battle unemployment during the Great Depression, Franklin D. Roosevelt creates the Civilian Conservation Corps, which spawns a "golden age" for the parks through major renovation projects. In a groundbreaking study, a young NPS biologist named George Melendez Wright discovers widespread abuses of animal habitats and pushes the service to reform its wildlife policies. Congress narrowly passes a bill to protect the Everglades in Florida as a national park -- the first time a park has been created solely to preserve an ecosystem, as opposed to scenic beauty. As America becomes entrenched in World War II, Roosevelt is pressured to open the parks to mining, grazing and lumbering. The president is also subjected to a storm of criticism for expanding Grand Teton National Park in Wyoming by accepting a gift of land secretly purchased by John D. Rockefeller, Jr.
- Table of Contents:
- Introduction
- Idea of America itself
- Good hygiene for civilization
- Land by the gallon
- Building human happiness
- Redefining beauty
- Old curmudgeon
- Holy mountain
- Wilderness park
- Sudden burst of Pearl Harbor
- One weeps for Wyoming
- My country, 'Tis of thee'
- 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: Great nature (1933-1945) - Subjects:
- Genres:
- System Details:
- DVD, NTSC, region 1 ; Dolby digital 5.1 surround or 2.0 stereo.
- Performers:
- Narrator: Peter Coyote ; voices, Philip Bosco, Tim Clark, Tom Hanks, Amy Madigan, Yumi Mizui, Kevin Conway, Andy Garcia, James Kyson Lee, Albert McFadyen and George Takei.
- Production Credits:
- Episode editor, Erik Ewers ; supervising film editor, Paul Barnes ; cinematography, Buddy Squires, Allen Moore, Lincoln Else, Ken Burns.
- General Notes:
- Originally broadcast in 2009 as an episode of the public television documentary series.
Disc five of a six disc set. - Audience:
- Not rated.
- Physical Description:
- 1 videodisc (approximately 158 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:
- 449835571
