THE NATIONAL PARKS: AMERICA’S BEST IDEA | Mt Rainier

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http://www.pbs.org/nationalparks: Iwao Matsushita, a Japanese citizen who moved to Seattle in 1919, organized outings to nearby Mount Rainier National Park, where Matsushita not only took still photographs, but also created home movies and kept a... more

http://www.pbs.org/nationalparks: Iwao Matsushita, a Japanese citizen who moved to Seattle in 1919, organized outings to nearby Mount Rainier National Park, where Matsushita not only took still photographs, but also created home movies and kept a small journal to record his adventures. Matsushita experiences in the park are featured in Ken Burns’s newest film, THE NATIONAL PARKS: AMERICA’S BEST IDEA, premiering Sunday-Friday, September 27-October 2, 2009, at 8 p.m. ET/PT. For more information on the film, visit http://www.pbs.org/nationalparks. less

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