The National Parks: America's Best Idea [Blu-ray]

Set of six DVD disks in good shape. His history of the development of our national parks is awesome.

This is an absolutely amazing series! Not only is it beautifully done but the education you receive by watching this is unbelievable! I can’t tell you how many times my husband and I looked at each other and said I never knew that and the..oh my gosh were a lot! This series is well worth watching. Every individual in this country should watch this and they would learn what a beautiful and valuable country we are all blessed to live in. Highly recommend! I can’t wait to watch it again!

I just purchased this Blu-ray set  The National Parks: America's Best Idea [Blu-ray ]. We watched discs 2-6 rented from Netflix, disc 1 is listed in our queue as "Long Wait" :-(There is so much to say about the experience of watching this series, I don't know where to begin... I guess I'll say that Ken Burns has done it again! Thanks to him and his crew. And regardless what others claim, Blu-ray is currently the best format for watching this (HD-DVD is long dead, unfortunately, so BD is the best even with BD-Java). BUY IT!!!My utter enjoyment of this series is amplified by my personal experiences. In 1952, my family drove "across country" in a '51 Ford Woodie station wagon. We camped in many places (couldn't afford hotels/motels... my dad was a Master Sergeant in the US Marines), but my strongest memories are of Yellowstone NP, Badlands NP, and Mount Rushmore NM. Watching this series brought so much back (and tears to my eyes, even now, thinking how fast a lifetime flies) about that trip, as well as other "return" trips to National Parks. One particularly vivid memory was when we were stuck for hours in one of the infamous traffic jams in Yellowstone caused by folks wanting to feed the black bears or wanting to watch folks feeding the black bears. As we sat there, we were all (5 people) watching a family feed several black bears to the left of our car. A (LARGE!) black bear stuck its head into my mom's window and nosed her head... there was quite a ruckus to say the very least, and the fastest upping-windows ever! Man that was cool! I was also a National Park Ranger in the Golden Gate National Recreational Area for two years before I began working for the man.Since 1952, I've been fortunate enough to travel (and many places camp in) this beautiful world of ours including Canada (NWT, BC, Yukon, Alberta), England, Scotland, France (Ahhh, Paris!), Netherlands, Switzerland (ahhhh, Grindelwald), Austria, Philippines, Hong Kong, Australia... but I've never seen anything to compare with our National Park System.In the past 57-years, I've visited the following parks, many more than one visit: Redwood NP, Great Smokey Mountains NP, Grand Canyon NP, Arches NM, Canyonlands NP, Grand Tetons NP, Rocky Mountains NP, Saguaro NP, Tuzigoot NM, Dinosaur NP, Zion NP, Bryce Canyon NP, Death Valley NP, Lake Mead NRA, Joshua Tree NP, Yosemite NP, Pinacles NM, Lassen Volcanic NP (honeymooned there), Point Reyes NS, Muir Woods NM, Lava Beds NM, all of Washington DC's fabulous places, Oregon Caves NM, Mount Rainier NP, Olympic NP, Craters of the Moon NM & Preserve, Colonial NP, several Civil War Battlefields, Shenandoah NP, Gettysburg NMP, Valley Forge NHP, Ellis Island NM, Statue of Liberty NM, Boston NHP, Robert E. Lee Memorial, Jamestown NHS, Theodore Roosevelt Island Park, Everglades NP, Carlsbad Caverns NP, Haleakala NP, Hawaii Volcanoes NP, Glacier Bay NP & Preserve, Sitka NHP, Denali NP, Wrangell-St.Elias NP & Preserve.After watching this series, my wife and I have decided we "need" to visit Yellowstone in the Winter season (maybe this year), and definitely Crater Lake NP.

I bought this DVD especially to watch it on National Park Service Day, August 25th,as well as the month of August "National Park Month." As well as having great still photography and cinematography, it goes into detailed history of the national parks even before the designation of Yellowstone as the world's first national park. There is not just the miniseries, itself, but special features such as the famous Buffalo Soldiers, narrated, and hosted, by an African American ranger named Shelton Johnson. There are such great scenes as grizzly bears at Brooks Falls in Katmai National Park, Alaska's vast wilderness, the Grand Canyon, Glacier National Park, and Acadia's rugged shoreline. It features people such as John Muir, Horace Albright(founder of the National Park Service), and Theodore Roosevelt. I learned from this DVD as though I were part of this living classroom. It inspired me to visit Acadia National Park and to share, with others, the significance of our national parks and the thankfulness of being an American. If you have even the slightest love for the beauty of God's grand creation., buy this DVD. THE PHOTOS POSTED ARE PHOTOS I TOOK IN THE NATIONAL PARKS THIS DOCUMENTARY PROMOTES.

Outstanding production. Great photography. Buy the production, in Blue Ray.

The title by Ken Burns is spot on: the National Parks are America’s best idea. The Parks get the same excellent story and video treatment that we all have come to expect from Mr. Burns & his crew. If you don’t want to get out and visit these national treasures after watching even 1 episode, there may be something wrong with you.

informative and very enjoyable

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Anything Ken Burns does I usually like and this is no exception. Having had the privilege of walking through the Western National Parks three summers back this brings back many good memories, and also gives insight into how these parks came into being

Another triumph for Ken Burns with this great production!Thank you seller.

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Got this for my father for his birthday. We watched it over several nights. It's truly an epic journey through the history of America's national parks. Politics, wildlife, controversy and immeasurable natural beauty. So rich and vibrant in a way that only Ken Burns and Peter Coyote can do.

I am crazy about Ken Burns documentaries although, this one was particularly interesting and the scenery really blew My mind. Amazing