Living sea 26 (1958-03-16) : Shell fish Story

A series of documentary kinescopes with filmed inserts dealing with the sea and sea life. Hosted by Ian McTaggart-Cowan. Dr. Cowan introduced the physical characteristics of a variety of shell-bearing molluscs in the sea, including sea snails (gastropoda), mussels (bivalvia), squids (cephalopoda), and elephant tusks (Scaphopoda). He described their movement and life in the sea and also mentioned two special shellfishes: flying sea snails and octopus.

In Collection:

• Ian McTaggart Cowan Collection

Contributor

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

Subject

• Marine animals
• Bivalves
• McTaggart-Cowan, Ian, 1910-2010
• Shells
• Marine biology
• Gastropoda
• Mollusks
• Shellfish
• Marine ecology
• Scaphopoda
• Cephalopoda

Publisher

• CBC Vancouver

Language

• eng

Identifier

• CBUT-9463-2

Date created

• March 16, 1958

Resource type

• Moving Image

Rights statement

• In Copyright - Educational Use Permitted

Extent

• 1 film reel (00:29:56) : black and white ; 16 mm

Alternative title

• Living sea show 26
• Shellfish story

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

• television programs
• video recordings (physical artifacts)
• 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/10.58066/26xp-ex65