American Experience
Season 2 Episode 15 - Battle for Wilderness
6.9 ?
1988
Documentary
The first major battle for wilderness preservation erupted over the building of Hetch Hetchy Dam in Yosemite National Park in 1906. On the one side were the purists who argued that wildlands were to be left as God made them; on the other, those who believed in the wise management of natural resources. President Roosevelt, an ardent conservationist, was caught between the two.
Episodes in Season 2
1
The Great Air Race of 1924
55 min
2
Demon Rum
55 min
3
A Family Gathering
55 min
4
The Great War: 1918
55 min
5
Wildcatter: A Story of Texas Oil
55 min
6
Forever Baseball
55 min
7
Mr. Sears' Catalogue
55 min
8
Yosemite: The Fate of Heaven
55 min
9
Adam Clayton Powell
55 min
10
Journey to America
55 min
11
Ballad of a Mountain Man
55 min
12
Ida B. Wells: A Passion for Justice
55 min
13
Orphans of the Storm
55 min
14
Forbidden City, USA
55 min
15
Battle for Wilderness
55 min
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