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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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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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Our Summer in Tehran | Park Melat | PBS
During the weekends (Thursday and Friday in Iran), the city's many parks are a colorful and crowded check-board of picnic blankets. Iranians have elevated the picnic to an art form. In the summer... 01:10
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Our Summer in Tehran | Amusement Park | PBS
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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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INDEPENDENT LENS | Taking Root: The Vision of Wangari Maathai | Film Clip #3 (#1019)
Wangari Maathai and the Green Belt Movement protest the closing of the only major park in Nairobi and succeed in keeping it open. 04:02
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OpenRoad | SF Bay Area's East Bay Parks | PBS
Doug McConnell explores several little known open space gems in San Francisco's East Bay. 08:05
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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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