Episode Guide - Web of Life (Series) (1959-1963)
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The following is an incomplete listing of episodes for Web of Life.
Jun 19, 1960 - "Uganda Kob." The story of African Antelopes. A new and novel facet of Kob behaviour, hitherto only known as a bird tactic is the theme for this episode of Web of Life. This is a story of primitive survival of the fittest to defend a small territory against bachelor males for only the strongest father the future generations of the Kob antelope.
May 21, 1961 - About the coral life of the Atlantic Ocean.
May 28, 1961 - Queen Charlotte Islands. A film showing the animal and bird life of the Queen Charlotte Islands. The bald eagle, sea lions, ancient murrelets and falcons are among the creatures captured in their native habitat by the camera.
Jun 4, 1961 - Backyard Jungle. Insects, and the animal life that occurs in every backyard. The film tells of the insect's struggle for survival.
Jun 25, 1961 - Shell collections.
Jul 30, 1961 - Fisheries Scientist. This week in this nature series, reports on steel-head trout studies on the Canadian Chilliwack River, lamprey infestation of the Great Lakes and salmon preservation in the Pacific Ocean.
Aug 6, 1961 - Fight for the Forests. Host Prof. I. M. Cowan shows the work done by forest biologists to combat diseases which attack and destroy countless millions of trees. Included are close-ups of some of the pests which damage the forests.
Aug 13, 1961 - In this last program of the series, Host Prof. Ian MacTaggart Cowan shows film gathered from Florida's Everglades on the evolution of once land based animals that have found their habitat in the sea.
Apr 19, 1963 - The first of an 11-part series hosted by Dr. Ian McTaggart Cowan of the department of zoology at the University of British Columbia. Today, The Coral World. Attractive and sometimes dangerous forms of undersea life are the subject of this program. Underwater film was taken by Robert Reid in the Caribbean area between Florida and the Bermudas.
Apr 26, 1963 - Africa II. (Animal Husbandry). A film taken in Queen Elizabeth Park, Uganda, shows many animals in their natural habitat: a heron rookery on the Albert Nile River; egg eating monitor lizards; lions and crocodiles. Feature of the show is a spectacular census taking of elephants. They are immobilized by drug-laden darts in order to be marked, but soon recover from the ill effects and trundle off into the bush.
May 24, 1963 - Films show the Queen Elizabeth and Murchison Falls National Parks in Africa. Dr. Ian McTaggart Cowan is host.
May 31, 1963 - Life on Scott Islands. Biologists and technicians of the biological station at Nanaimo, B.C., hunt and study sea lions and fur seals off the northern tip of Vancouver Island.
Jun 7, 1963 - Backyard Jungle. In most household gardens there is a universe of bird, animal and insect life that for most of the time goes unnoticed. This program follows the seasonal changes in this small, yet active world.
Jun 21, 1963 - Contact. How animals make contact with the world around them using the same senses available to humans—sight, touch, hearing, smell and equilibrium.
Jun 28, 1963 - Everglades of Florida. The southernmost tip of Florida's mainland, some 2,100-square miles, was established as a national park in 1947. This area, the Everglades, is the subject of this program photographed by Robert Reid, featuring the mangrove swamps, tree hammocks, island keys and grasslands. Among the animals shown are alligators, sea cows, spoonbills, egrets, flamingos and sea turtles.
Jul 5, 1963 - Dr. Ian McTaggart-Cowan talks about the homes of animals.
Jul 12, 1963 - Harvest of the Sea. Dr. Ian McTaggart Cowan shows film of the various methods used to harvest food from the sea. B.C. Indians are shown spearing, netting and preserving salmon. Sea snails are gathered in the Carribean. Cormorants (fish eating birds with pouches under beak to hold fish), trained by Japanese fishermen to retrieve fish from the depths of the rivers and dutifully bring them back to their trainer.
Jul 19, 1963 - Dr. Ian McTaggart-Cowan shows a film about shells and shellfish.
Jul 26, 1963 - Fight for the Forests. Host Dr. Ian McTaggart Cowan discusses the tiny insects destructive to forests in Canada. One is the toredo, which is among several illustrated in a film.
Aug 9, 1963 - Wildlife Scientists. About a group of conservationists devoting their lives to see that man does not destroy the creatures with which lie shares the earth. This program shows wildlife and fisheries scientists preserving rare species and controlling census. The work of these men is examined from the Arctic to Africa, and from laboratories to a country road flooded by a beaver dam.
Aug 16, 1963 - A film study of the "Uganda Kob," an African water antelope, is presented.
Sep 13, 1963 - Success Story. Host Dr. Ian McTaggart Cowan discusses the emergence and continuance of life that came from the sea, flourished on land and, in some cases, took to an entirely new element, the air.
Sep 20, 1963 - Table Manners. Most animals fall into two groups: plant eaters, and those which eat the plant eaters. All must have food and the constant struggle has produced ingenious techniques among creatures of all species. Some of the varied techniques are shown by Dr. Ian McTaggart Cowan with film on the hippo, limpet, barnacle, poison cone, snail, viper, owl and the tree frog.
The following is an incomplete listing of episodes for Web of Life.
Jun 19, 1960 - "Uganda Kob." The story of African Antelopes. A new and novel facet of Kob behaviour, hitherto only known as a bird tactic is the theme for this episode of Web of Life. This is a story of primitive survival of the fittest to defend a small territory against bachelor males for only the strongest father the future generations of the Kob antelope.
May 21, 1961 - About the coral life of the Atlantic Ocean.
May 28, 1961 - Queen Charlotte Islands. A film showing the animal and bird life of the Queen Charlotte Islands. The bald eagle, sea lions, ancient murrelets and falcons are among the creatures captured in their native habitat by the camera.
Jun 4, 1961 - Backyard Jungle. Insects, and the animal life that occurs in every backyard. The film tells of the insect's struggle for survival.
Jun 25, 1961 - Shell collections.
Jul 30, 1961 - Fisheries Scientist. This week in this nature series, reports on steel-head trout studies on the Canadian Chilliwack River, lamprey infestation of the Great Lakes and salmon preservation in the Pacific Ocean.
Aug 6, 1961 - Fight for the Forests. Host Prof. I. M. Cowan shows the work done by forest biologists to combat diseases which attack and destroy countless millions of trees. Included are close-ups of some of the pests which damage the forests.
Aug 13, 1961 - In this last program of the series, Host Prof. Ian MacTaggart Cowan shows film gathered from Florida's Everglades on the evolution of once land based animals that have found their habitat in the sea.
Apr 19, 1963 - The first of an 11-part series hosted by Dr. Ian McTaggart Cowan of the department of zoology at the University of British Columbia. Today, The Coral World. Attractive and sometimes dangerous forms of undersea life are the subject of this program. Underwater film was taken by Robert Reid in the Caribbean area between Florida and the Bermudas.
Apr 26, 1963 - Africa II. (Animal Husbandry). A film taken in Queen Elizabeth Park, Uganda, shows many animals in their natural habitat: a heron rookery on the Albert Nile River; egg eating monitor lizards; lions and crocodiles. Feature of the show is a spectacular census taking of elephants. They are immobilized by drug-laden darts in order to be marked, but soon recover from the ill effects and trundle off into the bush.
May 24, 1963 - Films show the Queen Elizabeth and Murchison Falls National Parks in Africa. Dr. Ian McTaggart Cowan is host.
May 31, 1963 - Life on Scott Islands. Biologists and technicians of the biological station at Nanaimo, B.C., hunt and study sea lions and fur seals off the northern tip of Vancouver Island.
Jun 7, 1963 - Backyard Jungle. In most household gardens there is a universe of bird, animal and insect life that for most of the time goes unnoticed. This program follows the seasonal changes in this small, yet active world.
Jun 21, 1963 - Contact. How animals make contact with the world around them using the same senses available to humans—sight, touch, hearing, smell and equilibrium.
Jun 28, 1963 - Everglades of Florida. The southernmost tip of Florida's mainland, some 2,100-square miles, was established as a national park in 1947. This area, the Everglades, is the subject of this program photographed by Robert Reid, featuring the mangrove swamps, tree hammocks, island keys and grasslands. Among the animals shown are alligators, sea cows, spoonbills, egrets, flamingos and sea turtles.
Jul 5, 1963 - Dr. Ian McTaggart-Cowan talks about the homes of animals.
Jul 12, 1963 - Harvest of the Sea. Dr. Ian McTaggart Cowan shows film of the various methods used to harvest food from the sea. B.C. Indians are shown spearing, netting and preserving salmon. Sea snails are gathered in the Carribean. Cormorants (fish eating birds with pouches under beak to hold fish), trained by Japanese fishermen to retrieve fish from the depths of the rivers and dutifully bring them back to their trainer.
Jul 19, 1963 - Dr. Ian McTaggart-Cowan shows a film about shells and shellfish.
Jul 26, 1963 - Fight for the Forests. Host Dr. Ian McTaggart Cowan discusses the tiny insects destructive to forests in Canada. One is the toredo, which is among several illustrated in a film.
Aug 9, 1963 - Wildlife Scientists. About a group of conservationists devoting their lives to see that man does not destroy the creatures with which lie shares the earth. This program shows wildlife and fisheries scientists preserving rare species and controlling census. The work of these men is examined from the Arctic to Africa, and from laboratories to a country road flooded by a beaver dam.
Aug 16, 1963 - A film study of the "Uganda Kob," an African water antelope, is presented.
Sep 13, 1963 - Success Story. Host Dr. Ian McTaggart Cowan discusses the emergence and continuance of life that came from the sea, flourished on land and, in some cases, took to an entirely new element, the air.
Sep 20, 1963 - Table Manners. Most animals fall into two groups: plant eaters, and those which eat the plant eaters. All must have food and the constant struggle has produced ingenious techniques among creatures of all species. Some of the varied techniques are shown by Dr. Ian McTaggart Cowan with film on the hippo, limpet, barnacle, poison cone, snail, viper, owl and the tree frog.