The Nature of Things

Season 15

1974 · 8 episodes

Episodes

1. 1

   1. And God Created Great Whales

   9 Oct 1974

   A documentary showing the behaviour of killer whales in the wild, in the waters off Vancouver Island.[194]

2. 2

   2. Children's Hospital

   23 Oct 1974

   Story of a child's stay in Toronto's Hospital for Sick Children.

3. 3

   3. The Heimaey Eruption: Iceland 1973

   30 Oct 1974

   A film on volcanic eruption off south coast of Iceland in 1973.

4. 4

   4. Traveller From An Antique Land

   6 Nov 1974

   An ancient Egyptian mummy rests at Pennsylvania University Museum far from where she had been prepared to spend eternity .

5. 5

   5. Mind And Hand

   20 Nov 1974

   What happens when a person makes a voluntary movement? Some say human behavior is involuntary.

6. 6

   6. Frogs, Snakes and Turtles

   4 Dec 1974

   Frogs, snakes and turtles play vital roles as janitors and regulators of the environment.

7. 7

   7. Discovery on Charlton Island

   11 Dec 1974

   An archeological party discovers evidence that an old Hudson's Bay site at the foot of James Bay had been burned down by the French in the 17th century.

8. 8

   8. The First Inch

   18 Dec 1974

   What goes on in the very top layer of the Earth's soil is often too small to see with the naked eye. When photographed under a microscope, that first inch of soil reveals itself to be one of the most vital of the life cycles affecting man.