Title The national parks : America's best idea / a production of Florentine Films and WETA Television, a film by Ken Burns ; written by Dayton Duncan ; produced by Dayton Duncan and Ken Burns.

Publication Info.	Hollywood, Calif. : Distributed by Paramount Home Entertainment, [2009]
	©2009

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Avon Free Public Library - Adult Department	DVD 917.3 NATIONAL DISC 1-6	Check Shelf
Berlin-Peck Memorial Library - Adult Department	DVD 917.3 NATIONAL DISC 1-6	Check Shelf
Bloomfield at the Atrium	DVD 917.3 NAT DISC 1-6	Check Shelf
Bristol, Main Library - Non Fiction	DVD917.3 N213 DISC 1-3	Check Shelf
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Edition	Widescreen format.
Description	6 videodiscs (approximately 750 min.) : sound, color and black and white ; 4 3/4 in.
System Details	DVD, region 1, widescreen (16x9) presentation; Dolby digital 5.1 surround or 2.0 stereo.
Performer	Narrated by, Peter Coyote.
Note	Originally broadcast as episodes of the television documentary on PBS in 2009.
Audience	Not rated.
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.
Contents	Disc one. The scripture of nature (1851-1890) -- Disc two. The last refuge (1890-1915) -- Disc three. The empire of grandeur (1915-1919) -- Disc four. Going home (1920-1933) -- Disc five. Great nature (1933-1945) -- Disc six. The morning of creation (1946-1980).
Note	Special features: The making of 'The National Parks' ; Capturing the parks : a behind-the-scenes look ; Musical journeys through the national parks ; Outtakes : an interview with Nevada Barr & "The Boss" ; The National Parks : this is America mini-documentary ; Contemporary stories from America's national parks : series of five short films.
Language	English or Spanish dialogue with optional English or Spanish subtitles; closed-captioned; described video for the visually impaired.
Note	GMD: videorecording.
Subject	National parks and reserves -- United States -- History.
	Nature conservation -- United States -- History.
	United States. National Park Service -- History.
Genre/Form	Documentary television programs.
	Video recordings for the hearing impaired.
	Video recordings for people with visual disabilities.
Added Author	Burns, Ken, 1953-
	Duncan, Dayton.
	Coyote, Peter. Narrator.
	Florentine Films.
	WETA-TV (Television station : Washington, D.C.)
	Public Broadcasting Service (U.S.)
	PBS Home Video.
	Paramount Home Entertainment (Firm)
Added Title	National parks, this is America.
	Capturing the parks.
	Scripture of nature.
	Last refuge.
	Empire of grandeur.
	Going home.
	Great nature.
	Morning of creation.
Standard No.	841887035705
Music No.	NAPB601
ISBN	1415749515
	9781415749517
	0793694876
	9780793694877
Standard No.	097368944442
	841887009881
Music No.	89444 PBS Home Video

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