Web of life 03 : shifting sand

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 west coast of Vancouver Island and compared two kinds of habitats: shifting sand beaches which were populated by animals and rocky promontory which was populated by both plants and animals. He introduced the animals and sea weeds he found and explained how the animals react to meet the environment needs, including barnacles, clams and the beautiful jellyfish: velella.

In Collection:

• Ian McTaggart Cowan Collection

Contributor

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

Subject

• Adaptation (Biology)
• Seashore plants
• Seashore ecology
• McTaggart-Cowan, Ian, 1910-2010
• Seashore animals
• Beaches
• Marine biology

Publisher

• CBC Vancouver

Language

• eng

Identifier

• CBUT-9861-3

Date created

• October 24, 1959

Resource type

• Moving Image

Rights statement

• In Copyright - Educational Use Permitted

Extent

• 1 film reel (00:29:41) : black and white ; 16 mm

Alternative title

• Web of life show 03

Geographic Coverage

• British Columbia--Vancouver Island

Coordinates

• 49.65064, -125.44939

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
• television programs
• 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/zmep-qf04