The National Parks

The story of an idea as American as the Declaration of Independence and just as radical.

Episodes

  • Morning of Creation (1946-1980): asset-mezzanine-16x9
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    Morning of Creation (1946-1980)

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    Examine the proliferation of protected lands and the protection of predatory animals.

Specials

  • National Park Experience | Canyon Song: asset-mezzanine-16x9
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    National Park Experience | Canyon Song

    A Navajo family balances modern life with tradition. Credit: National Park Experience.

About The National Parks

Filmed over the course of more than six years at some of nature's most spectacular locales, the film is a story of people from every conceivable background—rich and poor, soldiers and scientists, natives and newcomers—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.

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