Living sea 20 (1958-01-12) : grass of the sea

A series of documentary kinescopes with filmed inserts dealing with the sea and sea life. Hosted by Ian McTaggart-Cowan. Dr. Cowan use eelgrass as an example to introduce seagrass. Eelgrass provides one of the richest small habitats for different creatures to live together, including marine invertebrates like shrimp and stalked jellyfish, and small fishes like perch and rock cod.

In Collection:

• Ian McTaggart Cowan Collection

Contributor

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

Subject

• McTaggart-Cowan, Ian, 1910-2010
• Marine biology
• Marine invertebrates
• Zostera marina
• Seagrasses
• Eelgrass
• Marine ecology
• Seagrasses--Habitat
• Fishes

Publisher

• CBC Vancouver

Language

• eng

Identifier

• CBUT-9457-2

Date created

• January 12, 1958

Resource type

• Moving Image

Rights statement

• In Copyright - Educational Use Permitted

Extent

• 1 film reel (00:28:49) : black and white ; 16 mm

Alternative title

• Living sea show 20

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/10.58066/6977-9c62