The Nature of Things - Season 15
1 - And God Created Great Whales
Air Date: October 9, 1974
A documentary showing the behaviour of killer whales in the wild, in the waters off Vancouver Island.[194]
2 - Children's Hospital
Air Date: October 23, 1974
Story of a child's stay in Toronto's Hospital for Sick Children.
3 - The Heimaey Eruption: Iceland 1973
Air Date: October 30, 1974
A film on volcanic eruption off south coast of Iceland in 1973.
4 - Traveller From An Antique Land
Air Date: November 6, 1974
An ancient Egyptian mummy rests at Pennsylvania University Museum far from where she had been prepared to spend eternity .
5 - Mind And Hand
Air Date: November 20, 1974
What happens when a person makes a voluntary movement? Some say human behavior is involuntary.
6 - Frogs, Snakes and Turtles
Air Date: December 4, 1974
Frogs, snakes and turtles play vital roles as janitors and regulators of the environment.
7 - Discovery on Charlton Island
Air Date: December 11, 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
Air Date: December 18, 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.