The national parks. Going home : America's best idea / a production of Florentine Films and WETA Television ; written by Dayton Duncan ; produced by Dayton Duncan and Ken Burns.
At the start of the 1920s, Stephen Mather and Horace Albright push for more park visitation in order to convince Congress to provide funding. They use the automobile to further their cause, and by the mid 1920s, park visits are up to 2 million. The stories of two couples, Margaret and Edward Gehrke,...
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| Format: | Video |
| Language: | English |
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[Arlington, VA] :
Public Broadcasting Service (PBS),
2009.
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| Series: | The PBS Video Collection.
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| Summary: | At the start of the 1920s, Stephen Mather and Horace Albright push for more park visitation in order to convince Congress to provide funding. They use the automobile to further their cause, and by the mid 1920s, park visits are up to 2 million. The stories of two couples, Margaret and Edward Gehrke, and Glen and Bessie Hyde, and their relationships with the national parks, are featured. A national campaign is undertaken by Horace Kephart and George Masa to protect the last stands of virgin forest in the Smoky Mountains. With the help of John D. Rockefeller, Jr. and newly-elected president, Franklin Roosevelt, the Great Smoky Mountains National Park is established. |
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| Item Description: | Title from resource description page (viewed Jun. 17, 2014) |
| Physical Description: | 1 online resource (115 min.) |
| Playing Time: | 01:54:41 |
| Participant or Performer: | Narrator: Peter Coyote ; voices, Carolyn McCormick, Amy Madigan, Eli Wallach, Gene Jones, Sho Wada, Adam Arkin, Murphy Guyer, Derek Jacobi, Kevin Conway, Tom Hanks, Sam Waterson. |
| Language: | This edition in English. |
| Terms Governing Use and Reproduction Note: | Public performance rights obtained |