Web of life 10 (1963-02-08) : birds and beaks

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. This episode is about birds and beaks. Birds use their beaks to capture food, gather materials for nest, feed their young, preen themselves and fight with other animals. Dr. Cowan first showed a bird fossil and then compared different kinds of birds and beaks and the methods used by the species to seek necessities. After the CBC broadcast some of the episodes were re-broadcasted as Western Regional School Telecasts. For this episode the school broadcast date was 1963-02-08 and the identifier was CBUT-8020-1.

In Collection:

• Ian McTaggart Cowan Collection

Contributor

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

Subject

• Bill (Anatomy)
• Birds
• Adaptation (Biology)
• Birds--Behavior
• McTaggart-Cowan, Ian, 1910-2010

Publisher

• CBC Vancouver

Language

• eng

Identifier

• CBUT-9868-3

Date created

• December 13, 1959

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

• Web of life show 10
• Western Regional School Telecast
• Western Schools

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/nghv-9c42