Living sea 06 (1957-06-06) : life on the sand

A series of documentary kinescopes with filmed inserts dealing with the sea and sea life. Hosted by Ian McTaggart-Cowan. Dr. Cowan explored different sandy beaches in British Columbia and showed the animals live in the intertidal zone. He introduced the animals without back bones, such as bubble snail, sand dollar, various types of clams and crabs. He explained how sand affected the animals’ lives in their habitat and protected them from the sunshine and enemy. He also introduced some other animals who could faster, including flatfish, sole, plaice and skate fish.

In Collection:

• Ian McTaggart Cowan Collection

Contributor

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

Subject

• Beaches
• McTaggart-Cowan, Ian, 1910-2010
• Seashore
• Intertidal fishes
• Intertidal ecology
• Marine ecology
• Bivalves
• Tide pool ecology
• Mollusks
• Marine biology
• Intertidal animals

Publisher

• CBC Vancouver

Language

• eng

Identifier

• CBUT-9445-6

Date created

• June 6, 1957

Resource type

• Moving Image

Rights statement

• In Copyright - Educational Use Permitted

Extent

• 1 film reel (00:28:45) : black and white ; 16 mm

Alternative title

• Living sea show 6
• Life in the sand

Geographic coverage

• British Columbia

Coordinates

• 53.99983, -125.0032

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/jxg5-vt75