The Empire of grandeur /
In the early 20th century, America had a dozen national parks, but they were a haphazard patchwork of special places under the supervision of different federal agencies. This episode traces how the conservation movement pushed the government to establish one unified agency to oversee all the parks....
| Uniform Title: | National parks (Television program). |
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| Other Authors: | , , |
| Format: | Video |
| Language: | English |
| Language Notes: | In English. |
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[United States] :
Florentine Films,
[2009]
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| Online Access: | Connect to this streaming video (Alexander Street Press) |
| Summary: | In the early 20th century, America had a dozen national parks, but they were a haphazard patchwork of special places under the supervision of different federal agencies. This episode traces how the conservation movement pushed the government to establish one unified agency to oversee all the parks. This led to the establishment of the National Park Service in 1916. Its first director, Stephen Mather, launched an energetic campaign to expand the NPS and attract more visitors. It was Mather who protected the Grand Canyon from encroaching commercial interests and established it as a national park, rather than a national monument. |
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| Item Description: | Originally produced as an episode of the television program National parks in 2009. Title from title screen (viewed August 29, 2023). |
| Physical Description: | 1 online resource (131 min.) : sound, color and black and white |
| Playing Time: | 02:11:25 |
| Production Credits: | Editor, Paul Barnes ; cinematography, Buddy Squires, Allen Moore, Lincoln Else, Ken Burns. |