Web of life 09 : quiet shores

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 explored the sea shores of the islands in the Strait of Georgia which provides varied habitats to sea creatures, from rocky shores to sandy beaches. He introduced different animals living in rocks including sea snails, keyhole limpets and starfishes, as well as clams hiding in sand. He also showed the fishes found on eel grass bed.

In Collection:

• Ian McTaggart Cowan Collection

Contributor

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

Subject

• Islands
• Marine animals
• McTaggart-Cowan, Ian, 1910-2010
• Seashore animals
• Marine biology
• Beaches
• Seagrasses
• Seashore ecology
• Eelgrass
• Marine ecology

Publisher

• CBC Vancouver

Language

• eng

Identifier

• CBUT-9867-6

Date created

• December 6, 1959

Resource type

• Moving Image

Rights statement

• In Copyright - Educational Use Permitted

Extent

• 1 film reel (00:29:58) : black and white ; 16 mm

Alternative title

• Web of life show 09
• Quiet shores and some of the creatures

Geographic Coverage

• Pacific Ocean--Strait of Georgia

Coordinates

• 49.48262, -124.06723

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/10.58066/1ees-yr08