The National Parks: America's Best Idea The Morning of Creation: 1946-1980 (Season 1, Episode 6)
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TV Episode | 114 min | Documentary, History

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The National Parks: America's Best Idea

The Morning of Creation: 1946-1980 (Season 1, Episode 6)

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TV Episode | 114 min | Documentary, History

After World War II, an increasingly mobile nation visits the parks as never before. When Jimmy Carter sets aside 56 million acres in Alaska-the largest grassroots movement in conservation history fights for the creation of seven new parks.

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31 cast members

Name	Known for
Peter Coyote Self - Narrator (voice) Self - Narrator (voice) See fewer	Bitter Moon (1992)
Dayton Duncan Self - Writer Self - Writer See fewer	The Dust Bowl (2012)
William Cronon Self - Historian Self - Historian See fewer	Divided Highways: The Interstates and the Transformation of American Life (1997)
Paul Schullery Self - Writer Self - Writer See fewer	The Living Edens (1997)
George Hartzog Self - Former Park Service Director Self - Former Park Service Director See fewer	The National Parks: America's Best Idea (2009)
Lee Whittlesey Self - Historian Self - Historian See fewer	Yellowstone: America's First National Park (2006)
Bill Brown Self - Historian Self - Historian See fewer	The National Parks: America's Best Idea (2009)
Martin Murie Himsel - Nephew of Adolph Murie Himsel - Nephew of Adolph Murie See fewer	The National Parks: America's Best Idea (2009)
Ginny Wood Self - Alaskan Bush Pilot Self - Alaskan Bush Pilot 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)
Richard Bradley Self - Son of Harold Bradley Self - Son of Harold Bradley See fewer	The National Parks: America's Best Idea (2009)
Kenneth Brower Self - Writer Self - Writer See fewer	The Nuclear Expedition
Carl Pope Self - Sierra Club Self - Sierra Club See fewer	The National Parks: America's Best Idea (2009)
Alfred Runte Self - Historian Self - Historian See fewer	National Parks Revealed (2006)
John Hope Franklin Self - Historian Self - Historian See fewer	Separate But Equal (1991)
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Juanita Greene Self - Journalist Self - Journalist See fewer	Sugar! (2016)
Kim Heacox Self - Writer Self - Writer See fewer	Länder - Menschen - Abenteuer (1975)
John Cook Self - Former Park Superintendent Self - Former Park Superintendent See fewer	The National Parks: America's Best Idea (2009)
Bev Dunham Self - Seward Resident Self - Seward Resident See fewer	The National Parks: America's Best Idea (2009)
Nevada Barr Self - Former Ranger Self - Former Ranger See fewer	The National Parks: America's Best Idea (2009)
Kayci Cook Collins Self - Park Superintendent Self - Park Superintendent 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)
Gerard Baker Self - Park Superintendent Self - Park Superintendent See fewer	The American Buffalo (2023)
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John Lithgow Reader (voice) Reader (voice) See fewer	The World According to Garp (1982)
Lee Stetson Reader (voice) Reader (voice) See fewer	Return (I) (1985)
Eli Wallach Reader (voice) Reader (voice) See fewer	The Good, the Bad and the Ugly (1966)