Web of Life 39 (1964-04-15) : Back to the Sea

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. About 200 million years ago, some of the land animals returned to the ocean. In this episode, Dr. Cowan talked about reptiles and mammals living in the sea and how they meet the different conditions of life in the sea. He introduced sea turtle, otter, seal, walrus and whale. After the CBC broadcast some of the episodes were re-broadcasted as Western Regional School Telecasts. For this episode the school broadcast date was 1964-04-15 and the identifier was CBUT-8035-1.

In Collection:

• Ian McTaggart Cowan Collection

Contributor

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

Subject

• McTaggart-Cowan, Ian, 1910-2010
• Marine ecology
• Marine mammals
• Marine reptiles
• Habitat (Ecology)
• Marine animals
• Marine biology
• Adaptation (Biology)

Publisher

• CBC Vancouver

Language

• eng

Identifier

• CBUT-9897-3

Date created

• August 13, 1961

Resource type

• Moving Image

Rights statement

• In Copyright - Educational Use Permitted

Extent

• 1 film reel (00:28:50) : black and white ; 16 mm

Alternative title

• Western Regional School Telecast
• Western Schools
• Web of life show 39

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/10.58066/3nsc-y144