The National Parks: America's Best Idea by PBS

Description

THE NATIONAL PARKS is the story of an idea as uniquely American as the Declaration of Independence: that the most special places in the nation should be preserved for everyone. The series traces the birth of the national park idea in the mid-1800s and follows its evolution for nearly 150 years, chronicling the addition of new parks through the stories of the people who helped create them.

Special Features:

Disc One – The Making of The National Parks (Includes Spanish Audio and Subtitles);

Disc Two – Capturing the Parks (A behind-the-scenes look at filming of The National Parks: America s Best Idea);

Disc Three – Musical Journeys through the National Parks (National Parks Timeline, Peace at Last/ Across the Ocean, Horizons, Green Groves of Erin, The Shores of Ogygia, Teddy Bears' Picnic);

Disc Four – Outtakes (An Interview with Nevada Barr, author and former National Park Service ranger; and The Boss, the story of Frank Pinkley and Casa Grande. Narrated by Ken Burns);

Disc Five – The National Parks: This Is America (Mini Documentary, Includes Spanish Audio and Subtitles)

Disc Six – Contemporary Stories from America s National Parks (San Antonio Missions: Keeping History Alive, Yosemite's Buffalo Soldiers, Mount Rushmore: Telling America's Stories, Manzanar: “Never Again,” City Kids in National Parks, Includes Spanish Audio and Subtitles).

This film is presented in “widescreen” format. Enchanced for 16×9 televisions.

Audio: English 5.1 Surround, English 2.0 Stereo, Spanish 2.0 Stereo, Described Video for the Visualy Impaired

Subtitles: English & Spanish

Region: NTSC 1