![Video thumbnail: The National Parks Morning of Creation (1946-1980)]()
Morning of Creation (1946-1980)
Examine the proliferation of protected lands and the protection of predatory animals.
Morning of Creation (1946-1980)
![Video thumbnail: The National Parks Great Nature (1933-1945)]()
Learn about the changes to the national parks during the Great Depression and World War II
Great Nature (1933-1945)
![Video thumbnail: The National Parks The National Parks: An Introduction]()
The National Parks: An Introduction
Introductory clip from THE NATIONAL PARKS: America's Best Idea, a film by Ken Burns.
The National Parks: An Introduction
![Video thumbnail: The National Parks The Empire Of Grandeur (1915-1919)]()
The Empire Of Grandeur (1915-1919)
Learn about the federal agency created to protect the parks.
The Empire Of Grandeur (1915-1919)
The story of an idea as American as the Declaration of Independence and just as radical.
Filmed over the course of more than six years at some of nature's most spectacular locales, the film is a story of people from every conceivable background—rich and poor, soldiers and scientists, natives and newcomers—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.
Filmed over the course of more than six years at some of nature's most spectacular locales, the film is a story of people from every conceivable background—rich and poor, soldiers and scientists, natives and newcomers—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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![Morning of Creation (1946-1980)]()
Morning of Creation (1946-1980)
Examine the proliferation of protected lands and the protection of predatory animals.
Morning of Creation (1946-1980)
![Great Nature (1933-1945)]()
Learn about the changes to the national parks during the Great Depression and World War II
Great Nature (1933-1945)
![The National Parks: An Introduction]()
The National Parks: An Introduction
Introductory clip from THE NATIONAL PARKS: America's Best Idea, a film by Ken Burns.
The National Parks: An Introduction
