Quick Overview

Disc One – The Making of The National Parks (Includes Spanish Audio and Subtitles);

Disc Two – Capturing the Parks (A behind-the-scenes look at filming of The National Parks: America s Best Idea);

Disc Three – Musical Journeys through the National Parks (National Parks Timeline, Peace at Last/ Across the Ocean, Horizons, Green Groves of Erin, The Shores of Ogygia, Teddy Bears’ Picnic);

Disc Four – Outtakes (An Interview with Nevada Barr, author and former National Park Service ranger; and The Boss, the story of Frank Pinkley and Casa Grande. Narrated by Ken Burns);

Disc Five – The National Parks: This Is America (Mini Documentary, Includes Spanish Audio and Subtitles)

Disc Six – Contemporary Stories from America s National Parks (San Antonio Missions: Keeping History Alive, Yosemite’s Buffalo Soldiers, Mount Rushmore: Telling America’s Stories, Manzanar: “Never Again,” City Kids in National Parks, Includes Spanish Audio and Subtitles).

Main Features:

Actors: Adam Arkin, Philip Bosco, Kevin Conway, Peter Coyote, Andy Garcia
Directors: Ken Burns
Format: Multiple Formats, AC-3, Box set, Closed-captioned, Color, Dolby, Dubbed, NTSC, Subtitled, Widescreen
Language: English
Region: Region 1 (U.S. and Canada only.)
Aspect Ratio: 1.66:1
Number of discs: 6
Studio: PBS
DVD Release Date: October 6, 2009
Run Time: 720 minutes