The National Parks: America's Best Idea Great Nature: 1933-1945 (Season 1, Episode 5)
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TV Episode | 115 min | Documentary, History

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The National Parks: America's Best Idea

Great Nature: 1933-1945 (Season 1, Episode 5)

TV-PG

TV Episode | 115 min | Documentary, History

Franklin D. Roosevelt enters battles to create national parks on the Olympic Peninsula, Florida's Everglades, and California's High Sierra. George Melendez Wright begins arguing that the parks are not doing enough to protect wildlife.

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Name	Known for
Peter Coyote Self - Narrator (voice) Self - Narrator (voice) See fewer	Bitter Moon (1992)
Nevada Barr Self - Former Ranger Self - Former Ranger See fewer	The National Parks: America's Best Idea (2009)
Shelton Johnson Self - Park Ranger Self - Park Ranger See fewer	The Unruly Mystic: John Muir (2018)
William Cronon Self - Historian Self - Historian See fewer	Divided Highways: The Interstates and the Transformation of American Life (1997)
Carl Pope Self - Sierra Club Self - Sierra Club See fewer	The National Parks: America's Best Idea (2009)
Marian Albright Schenck Self - Daughter of Horace Albright Self - Daughter of Horace Albright See fewer	The National Parks: America's Best Idea (2009)
Paul Schullery Self - Writer Self - Writer See fewer	The Living Edens (1997)
Kim Heacox Self - Writer Self - Writer See fewer	Länder - Menschen - Abenteuer (1975)
Juanita Greene Self - Journalist Self - Journalist See fewer	Sugar! (2016)
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Dayton Duncan Self - Writer Self - Writer See fewer	The Dust Bowl (2012)
Juan Lujan Self - Resident of Redford, Texas Self - Resident of Redford, Texas See fewer	The National Parks: America's Best Idea (2009)
Burton Appleton Self - Resident of Brooklyn, New York Self - Resident of Brooklyn, New York See fewer	The National Parks: America's Best Idea (2009)
Claude Tyler Self - Resident of Blossom, Texas Self - Resident of Blossom, Texas See fewer	The National Parks: America's Best Idea (2009)
Pamela Wright Lloyd Self - Daughter of George Melendez Wright Self - Daughter of George Melendez Wright See fewer	The National Parks: America's Best Idea (2009)
Ernest Ortega Self - Former Park Superintendent Self - Former Park Superintendent See fewer	The National Parks: America's Best Idea (2009)
Kimi Kodani Hill Self - Granddaughter of Chiura Obata Self - Granddaughter of Chiura Obata See fewer	The National Parks: America's Best Idea (2009)
Kenneth Brower Self - Writer Self - Writer See fewer	The Nuclear Expedition
Martin Murie Self - Writer Self - Writer See fewer	The National Parks: America's Best Idea (2009)
Clifford Hansen Self - Former Governor & Senator, Wyoming Self - Former Governor & Senator, Wyoming See fewer	The National Parks: America's Best Idea (2009)
Terry Tempest Williams Self - Writer Self - Writer See fewer	The National Parks: America's Best Idea (2009)
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George Takei Chiura Obata (voice) Chiura Obata (voice) See fewer	Star Trek (1966)