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Great Nature (1933-1945) | Preview

Season 1 Episode 5 | 30s

Learn about the changes to the national parks during the Great Depression and World War II.

Major funding is provided by General Motors, Evelyn & Walter Haas,Jr. Fund, CPB; Bank of America; The Arthur Vining Davis Foundations; Park Foundation, Inc; PBS; National Park Foundation; The Peter Jay Sharp Foundation and the Pew Charitable Trusts.
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