The Nature of Things

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  • : 1960
  • : 1046
  • : 15
  • CBC
  • 20
  • Documentary

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11x1
Audubon
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05, 1970
The much acclaimed special on the life and work of ornithologist Jean-Jacques Audubon.
11x1
The Last Stand: Western Mountain Parks (1)
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02, 1970
The first in a four-part series entitled The Last Stand. The series looks at a variety of areas in the world set aside as specially protected areas of wilderness and natural wildlife. .. show full overview
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The Last Stand: The Everglades of Florida (2)
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09, 1970
The Everglades, unique in the world, are dependent entirely on water. But the beautiful birds and animals in the park are threatened by land development and a new airport, whose drainage policies are drying up the area.
11x3
The Last Stand: Point Pelee (3)
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16, 1970
The third in a four-part series entitled "The Last Stand." Point Pelee is a tiny peninsula in southwestern Ontario, jutting into Lake Erie, which contains a fresh water marsh full of .. show full overview
11x4
The Last Stand: The Southwestern Desert (4)
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23, 1970
The last in a four-part series entitled The Last Stand. This program looks at the Sonoran Desert in the U.S. Southwest and in Mexico. It contains an enormous variety of animal life and .. show full overview
11x5
A Sense of Time: The Age of the Universe (1)
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07, 1970
The first in a three-part series entitled "A Sense of Time". This episode examines past and present ideas on the questions of how old is the universe.
11x6
A Sense of Time: The Age of the Earth (2)
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14, 1970
This program focuses on a new geophysical concept of our planet.
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A Sense of Time: The Age of Man (3)
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21, 1970
Planet Earth has supported life for some three billion years; but Man, characterized by his powers of thought and other other intelligent faculties, has shown the greatest development .. show full overview
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The Great Lakes (1)
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01, 1971
Sociologists tell us that the Great Lakes are the basis for the civilization around them. If the lakes fail, so will we. The program explores the concept that we must cease to think of .. show full overview
11x9
The Great Lakes (2)
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08, 1971
Immediate implementation of pollution control in our Great Lakes is urgently needed if we are to preserve our most vital waterway. But what are the implications of such action?
11x10
Population Problems: Everybody's Baby (1)
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15, 1971
Population: Everybody's Baby" examines the projected consequences of overpopulation and-the controversy surrounding population control.
11x11
Population Problems: Tomorrow's Child (2)
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01, 1971
Featuring a national opinion poll on public attitudes in Canada towards population growth.
11x12
Who Help Themselves
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15, 1971
Dealing with the McGill University Settlement Mental Health Unit project in Montreal.
11x13
Psychiatry: Heavy Night
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22, 1971
Second in a series on the development and potential of psychiatry for the masses, focusing on informal youth clinics established in a low-income area of Montreal.
11x14
Psychiatry: Street Fighting Mad
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29, 1971
A visit to Montreal's Allan Memorial Institute, where a disturbed teenager responds to treatment.
11x15
Psychiatry: Human Potential
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05, 1971
A look at Vancouver-area encounter groups.
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The Rocky Mountains
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01, 1971
The beautiful, vast tracts of land in the western Mountain parks of the West Coast and the Rocky Mountains are gradually being destroyed ... by camp sites, roads and towns. As they are .. show full overview

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