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The Resource The national parks : America's best idea, (eVideo)

The national parks : America's best idea, (eVideo)

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In 1851, word spreads across the country of a beautiful area of California's Yosemite Valley, attracting visitors who wish to exploit the land's scenery for commercial gain and those who wish to keep it pristine. Among the latter is a Scottish-born wanderer named John Muir, for whom protecting the land becomes a spiritual calling. In 1864, Congress passes an act that protects Yosemite from commercial development for "public use, resort and recreation" - the first time in world history that any government has put forth this idea - and hands control of the land to California. Meanwhile, a "wonderland" in the northwest corner of the Wyoming territory attracts visitors to its bizarre landscape of geysers, mud pots and sulfur pits. In 1872, Congress passes an act to protect this land as well. Since it is located in a territory, rather than a state, it becomes America's first national park: Yellowstone
Language
eng
Work
Publication
Extent
1 online resource (6 video files (approximately 750 min.))
Contents
  • Episode 5
  • Great Nature
  • Episode 6
  • The Morning of Creation
  • Episode 1
  • The Scripture of Nature
  • Episode 2
  • The Last Refuge
  • Episode 3
  • The Empire of Grandeur
  • Episode 4
  • Going Home
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The national parks : America's best idea
Title
The national parks
Title remainder
America's best idea
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Director
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Subject
Language
eng
Summary
In 1851, word spreads across the country of a beautiful area of California's Yosemite Valley, attracting visitors who wish to exploit the land's scenery for commercial gain and those who wish to keep it pristine. Among the latter is a Scottish-born wanderer named John Muir, for whom protecting the land becomes a spiritual calling. In 1864, Congress passes an act that protects Yosemite from commercial development for "public use, resort and recreation" - the first time in world history that any government has put forth this idea - and hands control of the land to California. Meanwhile, a "wonderland" in the northwest corner of the Wyoming territory attracts visitors to its bizarre landscape of geysers, mud pots and sulfur pits. In 1872, Congress passes an act to protect this land as well. Since it is located in a territory, rather than a state, it becomes America's first national park: Yellowstone
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Cataloging source
Midwest
Characteristic
videorecording
Dewey number
973
Intended audience
Rated TVG
PerformerNote
Narrated by Peter Coyote
http://library.link/vocab/relatedWorkOrContributorDate
  • 1953-
  • 1951-
http://library.link/vocab/relatedWorkOrContributorName
  • Burns, Ken
  • Duncan, Dayton
  • Squires, Buddy
  • Moore, Allen
  • Else, Lincoln
  • Barnes, Paul
  • Mellish, Craig
  • Ewers, Erik
  • Coyote, Peter
  • hoopla digital
Runtime
750
http://library.link/vocab/subjectName
  • United States
  • National parks and reserves
  • Nature conservation
  • United States
  • Video recordings for the hearing impaired
Target audience
adult
Technique
live action
Label
The national parks : America's best idea, (eVideo)
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Publication
Distribution
Carrier category
online resource
Carrier category code
  • cr
Carrier MARC source
rdacarrier
Color
multicolored
Configuration of playback channels
unknown
Content category
two-dimensional moving image
Content type code
  • tdi
Content type MARC source
rdacontent
Contents
  • Episode 5
  • Great Nature
  • Episode 6
  • The Morning of Creation
  • Episode 1
  • The Scripture of Nature
  • Episode 2
  • The Last Refuge
  • Episode 3
  • The Empire of Grandeur
  • Episode 4
  • Going Home
Control code
MWT10085647
Dimensions
  • other
  • unknown
Extent
1 online resource (6 video files (approximately 750 min.))
Form of item
electronic
Governing access note
Digital content provided by hoopla
Media category
computer
Media MARC source
rdamedia
Media type code
  • c
Medium for sound
other
Other physical details
sd., col.
http://library.link/vocab/ext/overdrive/overdriveId
10085647
Publisher number
MWT10085647
Sound
sound
Sound on medium or separate
sound on medium
Specific material designation
  • other
  • remote
System details
Mode of access: World Wide Web
Video recording format
other
Label
The national parks : America's best idea, (eVideo)
Publication
Distribution
Carrier category
online resource
Carrier category code
  • cr
Carrier MARC source
rdacarrier
Color
multicolored
Configuration of playback channels
unknown
Content category
two-dimensional moving image
Content type code
  • tdi
Content type MARC source
rdacontent
Contents
  • Episode 5
  • Great Nature
  • Episode 6
  • The Morning of Creation
  • Episode 1
  • The Scripture of Nature
  • Episode 2
  • The Last Refuge
  • Episode 3
  • The Empire of Grandeur
  • Episode 4
  • Going Home
Control code
MWT10085647
Dimensions
  • other
  • unknown
Extent
1 online resource (6 video files (approximately 750 min.))
Form of item
electronic
Governing access note
Digital content provided by hoopla
Media category
computer
Media MARC source
rdamedia
Media type code
  • c
Medium for sound
other
Other physical details
sd., col.
http://library.link/vocab/ext/overdrive/overdriveId
10085647
Publisher number
MWT10085647
Sound
sound
Sound on medium or separate
sound on medium
Specific material designation
  • other
  • remote
System details
Mode of access: World Wide Web
Video recording format
other

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