The National Parks: America's Best Idea
TV Show| Title | The National Parks: America's Best Idea |
| User score | 8.2 |
| Release date | Sep 27, 2009 |
| Release date of last episode | Oct 2, 2009 |
| Genre | Documentary |
| Production country | US |
| Production companies | Florentine Films |
| Series status | Ended |
| Seasons count | 1 (List of episodes) |
| Episodes count | 6 |
| Run time | 120 min. |
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.
Latest episodes
List of episodes
S1.E6 ∙ The Morning of Creation (1946-1980)
Oct 2, 2009
S1.E5 ∙ Great Nature (1933-1945)
Oct 1, 2009
S1.E4 ∙ Going Home (1920-1933)
Sep 30, 2009
S1.E3 ∙ The Empire of Grandeur (1915-1919)
Sep 29, 2009
S1.E2 ∙ The Last Refuge (1890-1915)
Sep 28, 2009
S1.E1 ∙ The Scripture of Nature (1851-1890)
Sep 27, 2009
S0.E16 ∙ The Morning of Creation: City Kids In National Parks
S0.E15 ∙ The Morning of Creation: Manzanar - Never Again
S0.E14 ∙ The Morning of Creation: San Antonio Missions, Keeping History Alive
S0.E13 ∙ The Morning of Creation: Yosemite's Buffalo Soldiers
S0.E12 ∙ The Morning of Creation: Mount Rushmore
S0.E11 ∙ Great Nature: Extra
S0.E10 ∙ Going Home: "The Boss"
S0.E9 ∙ Going Home: An Interview with Nevada Barr
S0.E8 ∙ The Empire of Grandeur: Teddy Bear's Picnic
S0.E7 ∙ The Empire of Grandeur: The Shores Of Ogygia
S0.E6 ∙ The Empire of Grandeur: Green Groves Of Erin
S0.E5 ∙ The Empire of Grandeur: Horizons
S0.E4 ∙ The Empire of Grandeur: Peace At Last/Across The Ocean
S0.E3 ∙ The Empire of Grandeur: National Parks Timeline
Videos
Ken Burns' The National Parks | PBS America
Mar 27, 2012
