www.pbs.org Author Bill Cronon discusses the impact that cars had on family vacations taken in the parks in the 1950s in this clip from Ken Burns’s newest film, THE NATIONAL PARKS: AMERICA’S BEST IDEA, premiering Sunday-Friday, September 27-October 2, 2009, at 8 pm ET/PT. For more information on the film, visit www.pbs.org
www.pbs.org Iwao Matsushita, a Japanese citizen who moved to Seattle in 1919, organized outings to nearby Mount Rainier National Park, where Matsushita not only took still photographs, but also created home movies and kept a small journal to record his adventures. Matsushita experiences in the park are featured in Ken Burnss newest film, THE NATIONAL PARKS: AMERICAS BEST IDEA, premiering Sunday-Friday, September 27-October 2, 2009, at 8 pm ET/PT. For more information on the film, visit www.pbs.org
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www.pbs.org Ken Burns’s newest film, THE NATIONAL PARKS: AMERICA’S BEST IDEA, premiering Sunday-Friday, September 27-October 2, 2009, at 8 pm ET/PT, features a John Wesley Hill quotation that asks what inspires love of the flag, that tunes the ear of America to sing, My country, tis of thee. For more information on the film, visit www.pbs.org
www.pbs.org Cowboys searching for stray cattle in southwestern Colorado came upon the ruins of an ancient city tucked into the side of a cliff. Ken Burnss newest film, THE NATIONAL PARKS: AMERICAS BEST IDEA, premiering Sunday-Friday, September 27-October 2, 2009, at 8 pm ET/PT, reveals how Mesa Verde, the largest concentration of cliff dwellings ever found, was discovered and went from fascinating to controversial. For more information on the film, visit www.pbs.org
www.pbs.org Ken Burns’s newest film, THE NATIONAL PARKS: AMERICA’S BEST IDEA, premiering Sunday-Friday, September 27-October 2, 2009, showcases hypnotic footage of glowing lava from a Hawaiian volcano in as it streams into the ocean. Writer Dayton Duncan describes the exhilarating experience of witnessing this creation of new land. For more information on the film, visit www.pbs.org
www.pbs.org Buy the DVD: www.shoppbs.org Historian Paul Schullery and former National Park Service director George Hartzog describe the power of the national parks in Ken Burns’s newest film, THE NATIONAL PARKS: AMERICAS BEST IDEA, premiering Sunday-Friday, September 27-October 2, 2009. For more information on the film, visit www.pbs.org
www.pbs.org For writer Ruth Kirk, one of the best ways to truly experience the Grand Canyon is to float down the Colorado River and view the magnificent canyon from within. In Ken Burns’s newest film, THE NATIONAL PARKS: AMERICA’S BEST IDEA, premiering Sunday-Friday, September 27-October 2, 2009, she describes the impact the Grand Canyon has had on her and why she is always struck by its beauty. For more information on the film, visit www.pbs.org
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