The National Parks America's Best Idea, A Film by Ken Burns / Part 5, Great Nature (1933-1945)

In this episode, Franklin D. Roosevelt, to battle unemployment in the Great Depression, created the Civilian Conservation Corps, which spawned a "golden age" for the parks through major renovation projects. In a groundbreaking study, a young NPS biologist named George Melendez Wright disco...

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Other Authors: Films for the Humanities & Sciences (Firm), Infobase., Public Broadcasting Service (U.S.)
Format: Video
Language: English
Published: New York, N.Y. : Infobase, [2011], c2009.
Physical Description: 1 streaming video file (116 min.) : sd., col., digital file.
Series: National parks, America's best idea.
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