The last refuge /
By the end of the 19th century, widespread industrialization has left many Americans worried about whether the country will have any pristine land left. At the same time, poachers in the parks are rampant, and visitors think nothing of littering or carving their names near iconic sites like Old Fait...
| 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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| Subjects: | |
| Online Access: | Connect to this streaming video (Alexander Street Press) |
| Summary: | By the end of the 19th century, widespread industrialization has left many Americans worried about whether the country will have any pristine land left. At the same time, poachers in the parks are rampant, and visitors think nothing of littering or carving their names near iconic sites like Old Faithful. Congress has yet to establish clear judicial authority or appropriations for the protection of the parks. This sparks 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 fails, however, to stop San Francisco from building the Hetch Hetchy dam at Yosemite, flooding Muir's "mountain temple" and leaving him broken-hearted before he dies. |
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| Item Description: | Originally broadcast as episodes of the television documentary on PBS in 2009. 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. |