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The National Parks. Part 2, The Last Refuge (1890-1915) America's Best Idea, A Film by Ken Burns
Title
The National Parks. Part 2, The Last Refuge (1890-1915) [electronic resource (video)] : America's Best Idea, A Film by Ken Burns / Public Broadcasting Service (U.S.)
Published
New York, N.Y. : Infobase, [2011], c2009.
Physical Description
1 streaming video file (131 min.) : sd., col., digital file.
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Notes
Encoded with permission for digital streaming by Infobase on October 23, 2011.
Films on Demand is distributed by Infobase for Films for the Humanities & Sciences, Cambridge Educational, Meridian Education, and Shopware.
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Summary
This episode tells how, by the end of the 19th century, industrialization had left many Americans worried about whether the country would have any pristine land left. Poachers in the parks were rampant, and visitors were littering or carving their names in wilderness sites. Congress had yet to establish judicial authority or set aside appropriations for protection of the parks. This sparked a conservation movement by organizations such as the Sierra Club, led by John Muir; the Audubon Society, led by George Bird Grinnell; and the Boone and Crockett Club, led by Theodore Roosevelt. The movement failed to stop San Francisco from building the Hetch Hetchy Dam at Yosemite, flooding Muir's "mountain temple" and leaving him broken-hearted.
Variant and related titles
America's Best Idea, A Film by Ken Burns
The Last Refuge (1890-1915)
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Other formats
Originally produced: Public Broadcasting Service (U.S.), 2009.
Format
Images / Online / Video & Film
Language
English
Added to Catalog
May 20, 2019
Series
The National Parks: America's Best Idea -- A Film by Ken Burns
System details note
Mode of access: Internet.
System requirements: FOD playback platform.
Audience
, 6, 79 and up.
Contents
Pulled into the Environment (2:03)
Roosevelt Loves to Hunt (1:58)
An Idea Based on Generosity (1:40)
Exploitation of the Natural Landscape (2:31)
First National Parks (2:28)
"The Grand Tour"- First Stop (2:39)
"The Grand Tour"- First Geyser Area (2:26)
"The Grand Tour"- Lower Geyser Basin (2:01)
"The Grand Tour"- The Last Leg (2:06)
National Park Etiquette (2:18)
Yellowstone in the Winter (1:20)
Cavalry in Charge of National Parks (1:31)
Developing and Protecting the Parks (3:13)
Sierra Nevada, a Range of Light (3:15)
Wilderness Redeemed by Man (1:58)
Mesa Verde Ruins (1:37)
Mesa Verde's Unprotected Treasures (2:54)
For Ourselves and Our Children (3:22)
Saving the Wildlife (1:38)
Fighting for Park Protection (3:25)
Seeking Prosperity (1:36)
"The Greatest Good for the Greatest Number" (2:15)
Two Sides of the Same Coin (2:37)
Fashion Decrees Feathers (3:02)
Wasting Resources No More (2:50)
Conservation is in America's Vocabulary (2:29)
Interest in the Natural World (3:12)
Growth in Yellowstone (3:44)
Roosevelt's Address at Yellowstone (3:52)
Preservation of the Grand Canyon (3:52)
Salvation can be Found in the Immersion in the Natural World (2:33)
A Meeting in the Grove (3:43)
Temple of Yosemite (4:45)
Distance in His Eyes (2:46)
Chaco Canyon (2:15)
Artifacts Uncovered by Wetherill (1:44)
Colorado Cliff Dwellings Association (3:50)
Act for the Preservation of American Antiquities (2:41)
Muir Woods - Petrified Forest National Monument (4:05)
Distance in His Eyes (2:20)
Grand Canyon (3:40)
Hetch Hetchy (3:18)
San Francisco Earthquake (1:54)
Interior Secretary Grants Application to Dam Hetch Hetchy (3:42)
End of John Muir's Battle (4:08)
Thoughts on John Muir & Hetch Hetchy (2:43)
John Muir's Legacy (1:40)
Credits: The National Parks: America's Best Idea- A Film by Ken Burns Part 2, The Last Refuge (1890-1915) (3:55)
Videorecording number
44451s Infobase
44453 Infobase
Subjects
Genre/Form
Educational films.
Internet videos.
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Films for the Humanities & Sciences (Firm)
Infobase.
Public Broadcasting Service (U.S.)
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