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Miniseries
Season 1 episodes2009-09-27

Miniseries

Filmed over the course of more than six years at some of nature's most spectacular locales – from Acadia to Yosemite, Yellowstone to the Grand Canyon, the Everglades of Florida to the Gates of the Arctic in Alaska - “The National Parks: America's Best Idea” is nonetheless a story of people: people from every conceivable background – rich and poor; famous and unknown; soldiers and scientists; natives and newcomers; idealists, artists and entrepreneurs; people who were willing to devote themselves to saving some precious portion of the land they loved, and in doing so reminded their fellow citizens of the full meaning of democracy.

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Episodes

Season 1

Episode 1

The Scripture of Nature (1851 – 1890)

1h 54m

Episode 2

The Last Refuge (1890 – 1915)

2h 11m

Episode 3

The Empire of Grandeur (1915 – 1919)

1h 51m

Episode 4

Going Home (1920 – 1933)

1h 55m

Episode 5

Great Nature (1933 – 1945)

1h 54m

Episode 6

The Morning of Creation (1946 – 1980)

1h 54m