1 videodisc (approximately 25 min.) : sound, color with black and white sequences ; 4 3/4 in.
System Details
DVD; NTSC; full screen presentation.
Note
Documentary.
Program content: c2002.
Title from opening menu screen.
"The epic journey of the 2,180 mile national scenic trail."--Container.
"As aired on Public Television."--Container.
Special features: Bill Irwin interview; An afternoon with Darwin Lambert; Myron Avery; Banton Mackaye interview.
For specific features see interactive menu.
Performer
Benton MacKaye, Myron Avery, Earl Shaffer, Bill Irwin.
Summary
Historians and hiking enthusiasts present a chronicle of the Appalachian Trail, from its origin as an idea of one Byron MacKaye in 1921 to the first thru-hike of the full 2,180 mile distance in 1948 to the present day.