Fur & feather 18 (1955-10-10) : southward bound

Science information program for children on animals and birds. Co-hosted by Ian McTaggart-Cowan, Head of UBC Zoology Department and 14 year-old David Maxwell. Dr. Cowan introduced different major routes used by migrating birds in North America with an emphsis on those of wheatear, Arctic tern, shearwater and yellowlegs.

In Collection:

• Ian McTaggart Cowan Collection

Contributor

• McTaggart-Cowan, Ian, 1910-2010
• Maxwell, David

Subject

• Birds
• Arctic tern
• Birds--Migration
• McTaggart-Cowan, Ian, 1910-2010

Publisher

• CBC Vancouver

Language

• eng

Identifier

• CBUT-13553-1

Date created

• October 10, 1955

Resource type

• Moving Image

Rights statement

• In Copyright - Educational Use Permitted

Extent

• 1 film reel (00:13:42) : black and white ; 16 mm

Alternative title

• Fur and feather show 18
• Fur and feather 18

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/wqxd-gj50