The National Parks America's Best Idea Discs 3 & 4
Traces the birth of the national park idea in the mid-1800s and follows its evolution for nearly 150 years. Using archival photographs, first-person accounts of historical characters, personal memories and analysis from more than 40 interviews, and what Burns believes is the most stunning cinematogr...
| Corporate Author: | Florentine Films., WETA-TV (Television station : Washington, D.C.), Public Broadcasting Service (U.S.), PBS Home Video., Paramount Home Entertainment (Firm) |
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| Other Authors: | Duncan, Dayton., Burns, Ken, 1953-, Coyote, Peter. (Narrator) |
| Format: | Videos DVD |
| Language: | English Spanish |
| Published: |
[United States] : Hollywood, Calif. :
PBS Home Video ; Distributed by Paramount Home Entertainment,
c2009.
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| Summary: |
Traces the birth of the national park idea in the mid-1800s and follows its evolution for nearly 150 years. Using archival photographs, first-person accounts of historical characters, personal memories and analysis from more than 40 interviews, and what Burns believes is the most stunning cinematography in Florentine Films' history, the series chronicles the steady addition of new parks through the stories of the people who helped create them and save them from destruction. |
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| Item Description: |
Originally broadcast as episodes of the television documentary on PBS in 2009. Special features: Making of ; capturing the parks: a behind-the-scenes look ; musical journeys through the parks ; outtakes: an interview with Nevada Barr & "The Boss" ; mini-documentary: The National Parks: This is America ; contemporary stories from America's national parks: series of five short films. |
| Physical Description: |
2 videodiscs (231 min.) : sd., col. and b&w ; 4 3/4 in. |
| Format: |
DVD, widescreen, Dolby digital 5.1 surround or 2.0 stereo., NTSC, region 1. |
| Audience: |
Not rated. |
| Production Credits: |
Cinematography, Buddy Squires, Allen Moore, Lincoln Else, Ken Burns ; supervising film editor, Paul Barnes ; episode editors, Paul Barnes, Craig Mellish, Erik Ewers. |
| ISBN: |
1415749515 9781415749517 0793694876 9780793694877 |