Filmed over the course of more than six years at some of nature's most spectacular locales – from Acadia to Yosemite, Yellowstone to the Grand Canyon, the Everglades of Florida to the Gates of the Arctic in Alaska - “The National Parks: America's Best Idea” is nonetheless a story of people: people from every conceivable background – rich and poor; famous and unknown; soldiers and scientists; natives and newcomers; idealists, artists and entrepreneurs; people 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.
The National Parks: America's Best Idea (Season 0)
The Making of The National Parks: America's Best Idea (Episode 1)
Runtime: 25 min
Capturing the Parks (Episode 2)
Runtime: 24 min
Overview: Ken Burns, Dayton Duncan and crew on location
National Parks Timeline (Episode 3)
Runtime: 9 min
Peace at Last/Across the Ocean (Episode 4)
Runtime: 6 min
Horizons (Episode 5)
Runtime: 2 min
Green Groves of Erin (Episode 6)
Runtime: 3 min
The Shores of Ogygia (Episode 7)
Runtime: 3 min
Teddy Bears' Picnic (Episode 8)
Runtime: 3 min
An Interview with Nevada Barr (Episode 9)
Runtime: 7 min
"The Boss" (Episode 10)
Runtime: 10 min
The National Parks: This is America (Episode 11)
Runtime: 44 min
Overview: Stories of extraordinary people from a wide variety of backgrounds devoted to the national park ideal
San Antonio Missions: Keeping History Alive (Episode 12)
Runtime: 12 min
Yosemite's Buffalo Soldiers (Episode 13)
Runtime: 12 min
Mount Rushmore: Telling America's Stories (Episode 14)
Runtime: 10 min
Manzanar: "Never Again" (Episode 15)
Runtime: 14 min
City Kids in National Parks (Episode 16)
Runtime: 14 min
