Web of life 11 : fishes must swim

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. Dr. Cowan introduced different fishes use various fins and tails to swim. Many fishes use combined behavior of their two pectoral fins or both their anal and dorsal fins to swim. A lot of other sea creatures swim by generating undulatory waves that propagate down the body through the caudal fin. He also discussed the fishes with special locomotion, such as halfbeaks, fly fishes and flatfish.

In Collection:

• Ian McTaggart Cowan Collection

Contributor

• Bray, Ken
• Canadian Broadcasting Corporation
• Connochie, Tom
• McTaggart-Cowan, Ian, 1910-2010

Subject

• McTaggart-Cowan, Ian, 1910-2010
• Fishes--Locomotion
• Fins (Anatomy)
• Fishes

Publisher

• CBC Vancouver

Language

• eng

Identifier

• CBUT-9869-10

Date created

• December 20, 1959

Resource type

• Moving Image

Rights statement

• In Copyright - Educational Use Permitted

Extent

• 1 film reel (00:29:52) : black and white ; 16 mm

Alternative title

• Web of life show 11

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

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

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/rqzf-wy77