The National Parks: America’s Best Idea

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The National Parks: America’s Best Idea is a documentary miniseries by Ken Burns that explores the history, beauty, and cultural significance of the U.S. national parks system.

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instanceOf documentary television miniseries
historical documentary
awardReceived Emmy Award for Outstanding Nonfiction Series NERFINISHED
countryOfOrigin United States of America
surface form: United States
creator Ken Burns NERFINISHED
depictsPeriod 19th century United States
20th century United States
director Ken Burns NERFINISHED
distributor Public Broadcasting Service NERFINISHED
featuresLocation Acadia National Park NERFINISHED
Denali National Park and Preserve NERFINISHED
Everglades National Park NERFINISHED
Grand Canyon National Park NERFINISHED
Great Smoky Mountains National Park NERFINISHED
Yellowstone National Park NERFINISHED
Yosemite National Park NERFINISHED
featuresPerson Franklin D. Roosevelt NERFINISHED
Horace Albright NERFINISHED
John Muir NERFINISHED
Stephen Mather NERFINISHED
Theodore Roosevelt NERFINISHED
firstAiredOn September 27, 2009
focusesOn creation of the U.S. national parks system
cultural significance of national parks
natural beauty of national parks
genre documentary
history
nature documentary
hasOfficialWebsite https://www.pbs.org/nationalparks
includesTheme American social history
democracy and public access to nature
environmental conservation
lastAiredOn October 2, 2009
musicBy David Cieri NERFINISHED
Gaby Kerpel NERFINISHED
narrator Peter Coyote NERFINISHED
numberOfEpisodes 6
numberOfSeasons 1
originalLanguage English
originalNetwork PBS NERFINISHED
productionCompany Florentine Films NERFINISHED
releaseYear 2009
runningTimePerEpisode approximately 120 minutes
subject United States national parks NERFINISHED
conservation in the United States
history of the U.S. National Park Service
totalRunningTime approximately 12 hours
writer Dayton Duncan NERFINISHED

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