David Vassar presents a set of clips from his documentary films that frame Yosemite as the birthplace of the National Park idea. Highlights include the passage of the Yosemite Grant in 1864, John Muir in Yosemite 1868 to 1913, the loss of Hetch Hetchy Valley in 1923, and the creation of the National Park Service in 1916.

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