Living sea 17 (1957-09-23) : the web of life

A series of documentary kinescopes with filmed inserts introducing dealing with the sea and sea life. Hosted by Ian McTaggart-Cowan. Dr. Cowan used tree of life to explain biological progress of animals: how the life evolved from a single-celled creature to a highly complicated creature. He introduced jelly fish, star fish, flat worm, horseshoe crab and shellfish in the different stages of life evolution.

In Collection:

• Ian McTaggart Cowan Collection

Contributor

• McTaggart-Cowan, Ian, 1910-2010
• Bray, Ken

Subject

• Marine animals
• Evolution
• Marine biology
• McTaggart-Cowan, Ian, 1910-2010
• Evolution (Biology)
• Life--Origin

Publisher

• CBC Vancouver

Language

• eng

Identifier

• CBUT-9454-2

Date created

• September 23, 1957

Resource type

• Moving Image

Rights statement

• In Copyright - Educational Use Permitted

Extent

• 1 film reel (00:28:46) : black and white ; 16 mm

Alternative title

• Living sea show 17
• Web of life

Physical Repository

• Physical item housed at CBC Vancouver.

Collection

• Ian McTaggart Cowan Collection

Provider

• University of Victoria (B.C.). Library

Sponsor

• Digitization undertaken with the support of Ann Schau.

Genre

• television programs
• documentary film
• video recordings (physical artifacts)

Technical note

• mp4. Digitization of the films was contracted by the CBC. Metadata by M. He. Migration metadata by KD.

Rights

• This item is the property of the Canadian Broadcasting Corporation, and is provided for research purposes only. For use other than research, permission must be acquired from the CBC.

DOI

•  https://doi.org/10.58066/7g3j-py37