Contributor
Burns, Ken, 1953-
Edition Statement:Widescreen
Imprint:[Arlington, VA?] : PBS, Hollywood, CA : Distributed by Paramount Home Entertainment c2009.
Description6 videodiscs (732 min.) : sd., col. and b&w ; 4 3/4 in.
Note:Documentary
Note:Title from container
Note:For specific features see interactive menu.
Note:Disc 1. The scripture of nature (1851-1890) -- Disc 2. The last refuge (1890-1915) -- Disc 3. The empire of Grandeur (1945-1919) -- Disc. 4. Going home (1920-1933) -- Disc 5. Great nature (1933-1945) -- Disc 6. The morning of creation (1946-1980).
Target AudienceTV parental guidelines rating ; Not rated ; Canadian home video rating: G (suitable for all ages).
Note:Traces the birth of the national park idea in the mid-1800s and follows its evolution for nearly 150 years. Using archival photographs, first-person accounts of historical characters, personal memories and analysis from more than 40 interviews, and what Ken Burns believes is the most stunning cinematography in Florentine Films' history, the series chronicals the steady addition of new parks through the stories of the people who helped create them and save them from distruction.
Note : PerformerNarrator, Peter Coyote.
System Details NotesDigital video disc.
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