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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:... 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 depicts Theodore Roosevelt's first visit to the grandest canyon of them all. Upon seeing the Grand Canyon for the first time, President Roosevelt was overwhelmed by its... 03:15
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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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Dayton Duncan on Documentaries, National Parks, and the Civil War (#1617)
In 2006, Dayton Duncan, historian, documentarian, and politico, visited the Iowa Public Television studios. In this clip, he speaks with Morgan Halgren about his love of history, Lewis & Clark, and... 09:18
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John F. Lacey - National Park Conservationist (#1018)
An introduction to Major John Fletcher Lacey, who in his time, was known far and wide as “the father of the American conservation movement.” 09:10
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William Temple Hornaday - Iowan who helped save U.S. buffalo from extinction (#427)
This 1994 video tells the story of William Temple Hornaday, an American credited with saving the buffalo from extinction. In the late 1800s, Iowa taxidermist William Temple Hornaday used what he... 07:00
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1921 Boy Scouts' Adventure to Yellowstone (#214)
In 1921, boy scouts from Clinton, Iowa had a big adventure - a road trip in Model T's to Yellowstone National Park. They were heralded as heros, winding through mountains on dirt roads, splashing... 09:42
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NATURE | The Wolf That Changed America | Wolf Expert | PBS (#2604)
In this Web-exclusive video, wolf expert Doug Smith discusses the Yellowstone Wolf Project. Smith hopes that Wolf Project research can help replace common misconceptions about wolves with factual... 06:23
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