Web of life 13 (1963-01-18) : migration

This half-hour series was broadcast in four runs from 1959 to 1963, except 1962. It started as a twenty-six week examination of different forms of animal life, and added more programs in subsequent years. The series was hosted, written and narrated by Dr. Ian McTaggart-Cowan. In this episode, Dr. Cowan used the wheatear and Arctic tern as examples to introduce the bird migration, including the flyway, speed, and the way they orient themselves and judge time. After the CBC broadcast some of the episodes were re-broadcasted as Western Regional School Telecasts. For this episode the school broadcast date was 1963-01-18 and the identifier was CBUT-8017-3.

In Collection:

• Ian McTaggart Cowan Collection

Contributor

• McTaggart-Cowan, Ian, 1910-2010
• Connochie, Tom

Subject

• Birds
• McTaggart-Cowan, Ian, 1910-2010
• Arctic tern
• Birds--Migration

Publisher

• CBC Vancouver

Language

• eng

Identifier

• CBUT-9871-5

Date created

• April 3, 1960

Resource type

• Moving Image

Rights statement

• In Copyright - Educational Use Permitted

Extent

• 1 film reel (00:30:02) : black and white ; 16 mm

Alternative title

• Web of life show 13
• Search for space
• Western Schools
• Western Regional School Telecast

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

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

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/c30z-9z54