The national parks America's best idea
(DVD) 

Originally broadcast as episodes of the television documentary on PBS in 2009.

Region 1, NTSC, widescreen, Dolby digital 5.1 surround or 2.0 stereo.

Special features: Making of ; capturing the parks: a behind-the-scenes look ; musical journeys through the parks ; outtakes: an interview with Nevada Barr & "The Boss" ; mini-documentary: The National Parks: This is America ; contemporary stories from America's national parks: series of five short films.

Cinematography, Buddy Squires, Allen Moore, Lincoln Else, Ken Burns ; supervising film editor, Paul Barnes ; episode editors, Paul Barnes, Craig Mellish, Erik Ewers ; written by Dayton Duncan ; produced by Dayton Duncan and Ken Burns.

Narrator: Peter Coyote.

Traces the birth of the national park idea in the mid-1800s and follows its evolution for nearly 150 years. Using archival photographs, first-person accounts of historical characters, personal memories and analysis from more than 40 interviews, and what Burns believes is the most stunning cinematography in Florentine Films' history, the series chronicles the steady addition of new parks through the stories of the people who helped create them and save them from destruction.

Not rated.

DVD format.

Closed-captioned; Described video for the visually impaired.

English or Spanish dialogue with English or Spanish subtitles.