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The Dust Bowl Episode | Eyewitnesses | PBS
Ken Burns, Dayton Duncan, Julie Dunfey and Susan Shumaker talk about making The Dust Bowl, and how they discovered the incredible people to interview. The Dust Bowl airs November 18 and 19, 2012. 06:46
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The Dust Bowl Episode | Uncovering the Dust Bowl | PBS
Ken Burns and Dayton Duncan discuss making The Dust Bowl and the myriad hardships facing those in the Panhandle during the 1930s. The Dust Bowl airs November 18 and 19, 2012 05:56
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THE NATIONAL PARKS: AMERICA'S BEST IDEA | Robert Sterling Yard | PBS
Writer, journalist and wilderness activist Robert Sterling Yard once described the national parks as a place where all are "just Americans." 01:31
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THE NATIONAL PARKS: AMERICA'S BEST IDEA | Grand Teton | PBS
For writer Terry Tempest Williams and her family, Grand Teton is the park that has a special place in their hearts. 01:48
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THE NATIONAL PARKS: AMERICA'S BEST IDEA | Hawaii's New Land
Ken Burns's newest film, THE NATIONAL PARKS: AMERICA'S BEST IDEA, premiering Sunday-Friday, September 27-October 2, 2009, showcases hypnotic footage of glowing lava from a Hawaiian volcano in as it... 02:03
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THE NATIONAL PARKS: AMERICA'S BEST IDEA | Truman Everts
The harrowing story of Vermonter Truman C. Everts, who gets separated from an expedition in Yellowstone. He is found 37 days later, but is he alive? 05:46
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THE NATIONAL PARKS: AMERICA'S BEST IDEA | Ranger Johnson Arrives at Yellowstone | PBS
At the entrance to Yellowstone National Park is a stone arch inscribed with the words "For the benefit and enjoyment of the people." Park ranger Shelton Johnson discusses his arrival at this famed... 00:52
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THE NATIONAL PARKS: AMERICA'S BEST IDEA | Automobiles | PBS
Author Bill Cronon discusses the impact that cars had on family vacations taken in the parks in the 1950s. 01:01
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THE NATIONAL PARKS: AMERICA'S BEST IDEA | The Gehrkes | PBS
Over nearly 30 years, park enthusiasts Margaret and Edward Gehrke from Lincoln, Nebraska, made pilgrimages to national parks across the country. 04:45
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THE NATIONAL PARKS: AMERICA'S BEST IDEA | Totuya | PBS
In July 1929, 90-year-old Maria Lebrado returned to the Yosemite Valley in California for the first time since she was a young girl. 02:27
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THE NATIONAL PARKS: AMERICA'S BEST IDEA | Chiura Obata | PBS
Ken Burns's newest film tells the story of Chiura Obata, a promising young painter whose original intention was to stay only briefly in America until a life-changing visit to Yosemite. 05:07
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THE NATIONAL PARKS: AMERICA'S BEST IDEA | Park's Protection | PBS
When Congress failed to appropriate money for the park's protection in 1886, General Philip Sheridan sent the US Cavalry to Yellowstone to maintain order in the park 03:42
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PBS at the TV Critics Press Tour | Duncan / Johnson interview
Zadi Diaz interviews Dayton Duncan, the writer and co-producer of THE NATIONAL PARKS: AMERICA'S BEST IDEA, and park ranger Shelton Johnson. 06:25
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THE NATIONAL PARKS: AMERICA'S BEST IDEA | George Melendez Wright | PBS
George Melendez Wright was the first person in history to propose and conduct a survey of wildlife and plantlife conditions in America's parks. 03:55
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THE NATIONAL PARKS: AMERICA'S BEST IDEA | Americans own the land | PBS
Over a montage of images of the country's most spectacular landscapes — from the Grand Canyon to Yosemite — writer Dayton Duncan talks about the notion that is at the heart of the park idea:... 02:26
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Dust Bowl
In this series, Ken Burns and producer Dayton Duncan chronicle the Dust Bowl in all its complexities and profound human drama. It is both an oral history, using interviews of 30 survivors, and an historical accounting of what happened...
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Dayton Duncan
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Intelligent Talk Television
Intelligent Talk Television showcases recent lectures given by guest speakers at colleges, universities, and libraries across Iowa. The collaborative effort between IPTV and participating institutions provides top-notch programs featuring...
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Iowa Press
Each week Iowa Press explores the issues affecting the lives of Iowans. Newsmakers, policy makers and elected officials join capitol reporters in a weekly discussion.
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Living in Iowa
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National Parks: America's Best Idea
The film is a human history set against the most stunning backdrop imaginable. The film works its way chronologically through the history of the national parks featuring characters -- some famous, most not, from every walk of life -- who...


















