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THE NATIONAL PARKS: AMERICAS BEST IDEA | Mt Rainier & Iwao Matsushita | PBS
Iwao Matsushita, a Japanese citizen who moved to Seattle in 1919, organized outings to nearby Mount Rainier National Park. 02:41
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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 archway ... 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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PBS at the TV Critics Press Tour | Ken Burns interview
Video blogger Zadi Diaz interviews filmmaker Ken Burns, about his documentary THE NATIONAL PARKS: AMERICA'S BEST IDEA. 08:23
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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: namely that ... 02:26
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THE NATIONAL PARKS: AMERICA’S BEST IDEA | Theodore Roosevelt Visits the Grand Canyon | PBS
Ken Burns's newest film, THE NATIONAL PARKS: AMERICA'S BEST IDEA, premiering Sunday-Friday, September 27-October 2, 2009, at 8 pm ET/PT, depicts Theodore Roosevelt's first visit to the grandest canyon ... 03:15
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PBS PREVIEWS: NATIONAL PARKS | Extended Preview | PBS
A preview of the newest Ken Burns documentary series, THE NATIONAL PARKS: AMERICA'S BEST IDEA. 26:49
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Producer Dayton Duncan Previews "The National Parks: America's Best Idea" (#165)
Full Program: On Friday, May 1, 2009, award-winning writer and documentary filmmaker Dayton Duncan addressed a capacity crowd at Lekberg Hall on the campus of Simpson College in Indianola, Iowa. 58:14
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