About this season
The Nature of Things is a Canadian television series of documentary programs. It debuted on CBC Television on November 6, 1960. Many of the programs document nature and the effect that humans have on it. The program was one of the first to explore environmental issues, such as clear-cut logging. The series is named after an epic poem by Roman philosopher Lucretius: "Dē Rērum Nātūrā" — On the Nature of Things.
Episodes (8)
1. And God Created Great Whales
Aired 9 October 1974
A documentary showing the behaviour of killer whales in the wild, in the waters off Vancouver Island.[194]
2. Children's Hospital
Aired 23 October 1974
Story of a child's stay in Toronto's Hospital for Sick Children.
3. The Heimaey Eruption: Iceland 1973
Aired 30 October 1974
A film on volcanic eruption off south coast of Iceland in 1973.
4. Traveller From An Antique Land
Aired 6 November 1974
An ancient Egyptian mummy rests at Pennsylvania University Museum far from where she had been prepared to spend eternity .
5. Mind And Hand
Aired 20 November 1974
What happens when a person makes a voluntary movement? Some say human behavior is involuntary.
6. Frogs, Snakes and Turtles
Aired 4 December 1974
Frogs, snakes and turtles play vital roles as janitors and regulators of the environment.
7. Discovery on Charlton Island
Aired 11 December 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. The First Inch
Aired 18 December 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.