The Nature of Things

  • : 1960
  • : 1045
  • : 15
  • CBC
  • 20
  • Documentary

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19x1
Evolution Update
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24, 1978
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19x2
Clockwork Atom
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01, 1978
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19x3
This Will do for Today
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08, 1978
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19x4
Island of Monkeys
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15, 1978
A study of individual development and group dynamics in a troop of rhesus monkeys in the natural observable environment of Cayo Santiago near Puerto Rico.
19x5
The Dogon
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29, 1978
The cliff-dwelling Dogon farmers and their unique culture are studied in their homeland near the Niger River in Mali.
19x6
Toward The Sun
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05, 1978
The current efforts in both the United States and Canada to harness the sun as a major resource of heat and power are examined.
19x7
Portrait Of A Market: Sololá
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12, 1978
The activities of the economic and social center of Sololá, located on Lake Atitlán in Guatemala, are viewed.
19x8
Sleep (1)
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26, 1978
Volunteers undergo an experiment at the Montefiore Sleep Lab in New York which monitors their sleeping-awakening cycles in an attempt to learn more about the body's biological time system.
19x9
Dreams (2)
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03, 1978
Analysis of dreams is viewed at several institutions established expressly for that purpose, and those who participate in the experiments are shown as they make notations and give recollections of what they dreamed.
19x10
Charlie
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17, 1978
"Charlie," a profile of paleontologist Charles Sternberg, who discovered and catalogued dinosaur fossils in the Badlands of Alberta. Footage shows early digs near Red Deer River Valley, .. show full overview
19x11
The Search: Smallpox Eradication
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24, 1978
"The Search" follows World Health Organization medical teams on their campaign to vaccinate the Somali against smallpox. Most of the natives of this African country are nomads, and the .. show full overview
19x12
The Cajuns
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31, 1978
The history and culture of the descendants Acadians from Nova Scotia living along the Bayou Lafourche in Louisiana. Established Caluns was there since the mid-18th century after being .. show full overview

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