The national parks : America's best idea
Item details
- ISBN: 1415749515
- ISBN: 9781415749517
- ISBN: 0793694876
- ISBN: 9780793694877
- ISBN: 1415752265
- ISBN: 9781415752265
- ISBN: 9781888213225
- ISBN: 1888213221
- ISBN: 9781531703974
- ISBN: 1531703976
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Physical Description:
videodisc
6 videodiscs (750 min.) : sound, color and black and white ; 4 3/4 in. - Publisher: [United States] : PBS Distribution, ©2009.
Contents / Notes
General Note: | Originally broadcast as episodes of the television documentary on PBS in 2009. Special features: disc 1: "The making of The national parks: America's best idea" behind-the-scenes tour; disc 2. "Capturing the parks" Ken Burns, Dayton Duncan and crew on location; disc 3: Musical journeys through the national parks; disc 4: An interview with Nevada Barr; "The Boss"; disc 5: "The national parks: this is America" mini-documentary; disc 6: "Contemporary stories from America's national parks" series of five short films: San Antonio Missions: Keeping History Alive, Yosemite's Buffalo Soldiers, Mount Rushmore: Telling America's Stories, Manzanar: "Never Again", City Kids in National Parks. |
Formatted Contents Note: | Episode one: The scripture of nature (1851-1890), ca. 116 min. -- Episode two: The last refuge (1890-1915), ca. 131 min. -- Episode three: The empire of grandeur (1915-1919), ca. 114 min. -- Episode four: Going home (1920-1933), ca. 117 min. -- Episode five: Great nature (1933-1945), ca. 116 min. -- Episode six: The morning of creation (1946-1980), ca. 116 min. |
Creation/Production Credits Note: | Cinematography, Buddy Squires with Allen Moore, Lincoln Else, Ken Burns (Episode 1, 2, 3); supervising film editor, Paul Barnes ; episode editors, Paul Barnes (Episode 1, 4), Craig Mellish (Episode 2, 6), Erik Ewers (Episode 3, 5). |
Participant or Performer Note: | Narrated by Peter Coyote. |
Target Audience Note: | Not rated. |
System Details Note: | DVD, Region 1, NTSC, widescreen presentation, enhanced for 16x9 televisions; Dolby digital 5.1 surround, 2.0 stereo. |
Language Note: | English or dubbed Spanish dialogue with optional English or Spanish subtitles; video description for the visually impaired; closed-captioned. |
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