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Mutual Of Omaha's Wild Kingdom

Season 8 1969 - 1970
TV-G

  • 1969-09-14T04:00:00Z on Animal Planet
  • 25m
  • 4h 35m (11 episodes)
  • United States
  • English
  • Documentary, Family
Premiering in 1963 broadcast on prime-time from 1968-1971 and airing in syndication until 1988 the Emmy Award-winning MUTUAL OF OMAHA'S WILD KINGDOM was one of the longest-running and most beloved television series of all time. A pioneer of the narrative nature-documentary format the educational series followed venerable host and ecologist Marlin Perkins (later joined by Jim Fowler Peter Gros Stan Brock and Tom Allen) as he trekked to the farthest reaches of the globe to study wild animals in their natural habitats.

11 episodes

Season Premiere

1969-09-14T04:00:00Z

8x01 Operation Rescue, Part I

Season Premiere

8x01 Operation Rescue, Part I

  • 1969-09-14T04:00:00Z25m

When the Guri Dam was built on the Caroni River in the wilderness of eastern Venezuela, it created a huge lake that flooded 500 square miles of prime wildlife habitat. Marlin, Jim and Stan help capture these stranded animals.

1969-09-21T04:00:00Z

8x02 Operation Rescue, Part II

8x02 Operation Rescue, Part II

  • 1969-09-21T04:00:00Z25m

In this second part, Marlin, Jim and Stan continue their work of testing animal capture systems as part of a follow-up team checking islands for animals that may have escaped the initial rescue teams.

1969-10-12T04:00:00Z

8x03 Summer of the Badger

8x03 Summer of the Badger

  • 1969-10-12T04:00:00Z25m

Set in the scenic country of the American west, this story follows two badger cubs from their birth in a prairie den.

1969-11-23T05:00:00Z

8x04 Wildfire Part I

8x04 Wildfire Part I

  • 1969-11-23T05:00:00Z25m

A forest fire raging out of control greets Marlin and Stan as they fly with the Forest Services smoke jumpers in western Montana. They study the behavior of wildlife fleeing the inferno.

1969-11-30T05:00:00Z

8x05 Wildfire Part II

8x05 Wildfire Part II

  • 1969-11-30T05:00:00Z25m

After days of steady winds, the wildfire has spread. Now Marlin and Stan trade their passive role of observation and attempt to save threatened animals.

A porpoise captured and taken to Sea Life Park near Honolulu, Hawaii was trained in the hope that it would be a valuable partner in an undersea experiment, carrying equipment and messages between the surface and the deep-sea chamber.

1970-01-11T05:00:00Z

8x07 Wolf Pack

8x07 Wolf Pack

  • 1970-01-11T05:00:00Z25m

At a den in the Canadian Rockies, timberwolf pups begin life depending on their mother for protection and nourishment. She in turn depends on the pack to bring her food while she remains with the pups.

8x08 Voyage of the Golden Dolphin

  • 1970-01-18T05:00:00Z25m

Marlin and Stan join a capture team when they set sail aboard the collection ship the Golden Dolphin. Their expedition takes them to Guadalupe Island, round the tip of Baja, California and enters the Sea of Cortes observing elephant seals, sharks, manta ray and sea lions.

1970-01-25T05:00:00Z

8x09 Rulers of the Kalahari

8x09 Rulers of the Kalahari

  • 1970-01-25T05:00:00Z25m

The Kalahari is a stark, barren desert of blowing sand and scattered brush. In this parched land live three great hunters: cheetah, lion and the primitive African Bushman, who makes the burning Kalahari his home.

8x10 Trailing the Desert Outlaw

  • 1970-02-08T05:00:00Z25m

When a wild animal abandons its natural prey and begins raiding domestic livestock, it must be killed or captured. When the animal is an African lion, capture is a real challenge. Marlin and Stan join rangers of Gemsbok National Park in southern Africa in this capture.

1970-02-22T05:00:00Z

8x11 Mound of the Mongoose

8x11 Mound of the Mongoose

  • 1970-02-22T05:00:00Z25m

There is a place in Rhodesia where grassland and bush country join near a rocky outcropping. It is a crossroad of wildlife, with a marker ... a large termite mound. This mound is inhabited by a pack of banded mongooses that have made a den in it.

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