The Greatest Good DVD Outline
Disc 1, The Movie
Part One: The Fight for Conservation (1864-1910)
Historical images from numerous archives across the country capture the early days of the conservation movement. In an era of unchecked exploitation, a new breed of leaders emerges with radical ideas about adopting practices that benefit the greatest portion of the population.
1. A Wooden Nation
2. The Pinchot Family
3. Land Grants and Frauds
4. The Division of Forestry
5. President Theodore Roosevelt
6. The Birth of the Forest Service
7. Elers Koch and Early Rangers
8. Grazing
9. Midnight Forests
10. Denver Lands Convention
11. Hetch Hetchy Controversy
12. Pinchot, You're Fired
Part Two: Building the System (1911-1940)
In its early decades, the U.S. Forest Service had to invent the tools and policies needed to manage public lands. Natural and social disasters including catastrophic fires and the Great Depression had a powerful influence on the young agency.
1. The Big Blowup (fires)
2. Early firefighters and Lookouts
3. The Weeks Act
4. Motor Tourism and Trappers Lake
5. Aldo Leopold
6. The Dust Bowl and FDR
7. Civilian Conservation Corps
8. The Shack (Aldo Leopold)
9. Bob Marshall
10. 10:00 AM Policy and Smokechasers
Part Three: Boom! (1941-1970)
World War II transformed the nation, as well as the U.S. Forest Service. The agency shifted from a stewardship role, caring for the land, to the role of production, fulfilling postwar demands. This was the time when the multiple use concept was put into action, and also the time when conflicts began to develop among competing interests.
1. World War II
2. America Needs Homes
3. The Forest Service Family
4. A Woman's Role
5. Hot Shots and Tragedy Fires
6. Smokey Bear
7. The "Can Do" Agency
8. America's Playground
9. Multiple Use
10. Timber is King
11. The Wilderness Act
12. Protest and Transformation
Part Four: The Greatest Good? (1971-2005)
With a more outspoken public and increased environmental activism challenging the interests of logging and ranching communities, the Forest Service found it difficult to determine the greatest good. A new scientific understanding of ecosystems helped form a vision for public land management that continues to evolve and guide the U.S. Forest Service.
1. Monongahela and Bitterroot
2. Environmental Laws
3. New Voices and Values
4. Roadless Area Review
5. Mount St. Helens
6. Old Growth, New Forestry
7. Fire versus Fire
8. People Pressures
9. Finding the Greatest Good
Disc 2, Bonus Materials
Trailers and Music Videos
1. 2003 Trailer
A "work-in-progress" preview of the production
2. 2004 Trailer
The final theatrical trailer based on the completed film
3. Interview with the Composer
Lance Bendiksen on writing and performing the score
4. "Endless Forest"
Aerials set to music and lyrics by Lance Bendiksen
5. Fire Music
Fire images set to the film's fire theme music
6. Conservation Leaders
Short overview of the Forest Service and conservation from 1994
Views of the Forest Service
1. The Greatest Good Idea
Opinions on the concept of "The Greatest Good"
2. Laws and Politics
Opinions on political aspects of the Forest Service
3. Management and Science
Opinions about how the national forests are managed
4. Generations
Interviews with employees whose parents worked for the Forest Service
The Forest Service in TV, Radio and Film
1. The Forest Ranger's Job
1928 silent film from the National Archives
2. Jonathan Winters
Comedian Winters, dressed as tree, warns about fire
3. Popeye in the Woods
Cartoon featuring Popeye the Sailor saving the woods
4. Uncle Sam's Forest Rangers
A 1934 episode from NBC radio's "Farm and Home" hour
5. Public service announcements
A selection of public service announcements on radio
6. John McGuire Interview
1972 Interview with new chief, John McGuire
7. Green Harvest - "We all need forest products."
Clip from Weyerhaeuser film about tree farms
8. Lassie Memories
Forest Service employees recall the classic TV series
9. K.D. Swan, Photographer
The art of forester / photographer K.D. Swan
10. Denver Public Library
A look inside the Denver Public Library
11. Who Owns America 's Streams?
Public service announcement about fishing on national forests
12. Woodsy Owl
Some public service announcements featuring Woodsy Owl
About the Forest Service
1. The Yale Lock
Gerald Williams describes a piece of hardware history
2. The Badge
Gerald Williams on the symbol of agency authority
3. The Use Book
Origins and evolution of the Forest Service manual
4. Forest Service vs. Park Service
The sometimes bitter bureaucratic rivalry with the National Park Service
5. Gifford Pinchot Speech
Gifford Pinchot fights to keep the national forests in USDA
6. The Black Box
Uncovering one of the great Forest Service secrets
7. District Clerks
The women who actually ran the Forest Service
8. "You don't send me D.G.s"
Data General, the agency's first computer network
9. The Job Corps
Overview of the job training program
10. International Programs
Highlights work of the Forest Service around the world
Disc 3, More Bonus Materials
Fire
1. Fiddlin' Foresters - Cold Missouri Waters
Emotion-charged song about the Mann Gulch tragedy
2. Women Smokejumpers
Segment from "Smoke- jumpers from the Sky"
3. Hotshots Reminisce
Three southern California firefighters tell stories
4. Lookouts
History and lore of the fire lookout towers
5. Early Communications
Development of fire communications technology
6. Aerial Attack
Development of aircraft and retardant use
7. The Madam Story
An unconfirmed story of how firefighters were paid
Smokey Bear
1. Eddy Arnold
Country singer Eddy Arnold croons Smokey's song
2. The Collectors
Smokey Bear fans show off their collections
3. Doc Smith
E.J. Smith, Smokey's doctor, recalls his famous patient
4. Smokey (the) Bear Song
Various bands perform the Smokey Bear song
5. Rudy Wendelin
A portrait of Smokey's most famous illustrator
6. PSAs - 1960s
Smokey Bear public service announcements
7. PSAs - 1970s
Smokey Bear public service announcements
8. PSAs - 1980s
Smokey Bear public service announcements
9. PSAs - 1990s
Smokey Bear public service announcements
10. PSAs - 2000s
Smokey Bear public service announcements
11. Smokey Posters with USFS performers
Smokey Bear posters through the years, set to music
12. Snuffy – Smokey's Friend
Snuffy, one of Smokey's cartoon friends
History Short Subjects
1. William B. Osborne
W.B. Osborne: Inventor of fire finder and panoramic camera
2. Harry Gisborne
Gisborne: Pioneer in forest fire research
3. Hudson River School
Influence of 19th century artists on conservation history
4. The Pinchot Family
Many generations and their connections to America 's forests
5. Cornelia Bryce Pinchot
Cornelia Pinchot: Marriage and Politics
6. William B. Greeley
Greeley : The conflict between the third chief and GP
7. William Kreutzer
Kreutzer: The first ranger on the federal forest reserves
8. Charles Sprague Sargent
Charles Sargent and the national forest commission
9. The Boone and Crockett Club
The sportsmen's club pushes for early conservation laws
10. Harold Ickes
FDR's Interior Secretary tries to regain national forests
History Out Takes
1. A Wooden Nation
The use and exploitation of forests in early America
2. GP's Legacy
Gifford Pinchot's lasting influence on the Forest Service
3. The Cattle Kingdom
Damage to the western grasslands by 19th century grazing
4. Biltmore
Pinchot uses scientific forestry on the Vanderbilt estate
5. World War I
Wartime role of Forestry Engineers and the Forest Products Lab
6. Range Wars
Ranchers and rangers feud over post-war grazing limits
7. Sagebrush Rebellion
Revolt against federal land ownership in western states
8. Mount Saint Helens
The volcano as a laboratory for ecological restoration
9. Eastern Forests
A Constitutional hook justifies federal land purchases
