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The Nature of Things

Season 15 1974

  • 1974-10-10T00:00:00Z on CBC Television
  • 45m
  • 5h 15m (7 episodes)
  • Canada
  • English
  • Documentary
Hosted by the world-renowned geneticist and environmentalist, David Suzuki, every week presents stories that are driven by a scientific understanding of the world.

7 episodes

Season Premiere

1974-10-10T00:00:00Z

15x01 And God Created Great Whales

Season Premiere

15x01 And God Created Great Whales

  • 1974-10-10T00:00:00Z45m

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

1974-10-24T00:00:00Z

15x02 Children's Hospital

15x02 Children's Hospital

  • 1974-10-24T00:00:00Z45m

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

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

An ancient Egyptian mummy rests at Pennsylvania University Museum far from where she had been prepared to spend eternity . This is the subject of a scientific autopsy that several doctors have practiced to see what they could find in terms of disease it are thousands of years and comparing them with patients today.

1974-11-21T01:00:00Z

15x05 Mind and Hand

15x05 Mind and Hand

  • 1974-11-21T01:00:00Z45m

What happens when a person makes a voluntary movement? Some say the human behavior is involuntary and is based on past experience. The whole question is explored on The Nature of Things.

15x06 Frogs, Snakes and Turtles

  • 1974-12-05T01:00:00Z45m

Several species of turtles , frogs and snakes are endangered . this documentary will examine the important role these animals play in the ecological balance.

Documentary on the discovery of an archaeological site Charlton in the Island in the Bay Hudson.

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