Untamed World | |
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Genre |
Nature Documentary |
Narrated by | Phil Carey, Alan Small |
Country of origin | Canada |
Original language | English |
No. of series | 8 |
Original release | |
Network | CTV Television Network |
Release | 15 September 1968 19 September 1976 | –
Untamed World was a 1968–1976 TV wildlife series narrated by Phil Carey and Alan Small. It is probably remembered by many for its distinctive and interesting theme music. It is sometimes confused with another wildlife show from the era, Wild Kingdom.
The show was originally broadcast on CTV and was changed to Untamed Frontier for a short time due to legal issues. [1] Phil Carey was the narrator for the show from 1968 to 1975. [2] Alan Small had been involved with the show from the beginning. He was also a narrator for the show and was previously with CFRB. [3] It was produced by Lawrence E. Neiman and Bud Weiser. [4] Episodes covered different locations around the world, including focusing on flora and fauna. [5]
Phil Carey died on 7 February 2009, aged 83. [6]
The theme music for the show was provided by Mort Garson. [7]
Title | Broadcast date | Episode |
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"The New Generation" | 15 September 1968 | 1 |
The debut episode features the beginning of life for an egret and a crocodile, the birth of a gazelle, a zebra's first hours and a lioness with three cubs. Narrated by
Phil Carey.
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"Animal Rodeo" | 22 September 1968 | 2 |
Conservationists round up and transport animals to game preserves. Filmed by
Armand Denis. Narrated by
Phil Carey.
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"People of the Water" | 29 September 1968 | 3 |
"World of Insects" | 6 October 1968 | 4 |
Violence and splendor in the world of insects including butterflies and ants. Narrated by
Phil Carey.
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"Search for Gertie" | 13 October 1968 | 5 |
Armand and
Michaela Denis travel thousands of miles across
Maasai Amboseli Game Reserve in search of Gertie, a rhinoceros with a 50-inch horn.
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"The World of Birds" | 20 October 1968 | 6 |
A study of birds, nature's most adaptable creatures.
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"Morocco" | 27 October 1968 | 7 |
The desert kingdom of contrasting faces. A look at the old and the new way of life, narrated by
Armand Denis.
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"Predators and Scavengers" | 3 November 1968 | 8 |
"Animals that Work for Man" | 10 November 1968 | 9 |
"South American Tribes" | 17 November 1968 | 10 |
Filmed by
Armand Denis; this program visits some of the Indian tribes of South America, including the Cunas, once part of the Inca Empire around Machu Picchu, who live in the islands of vegetation in Lake Titicaca of Peru.
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"Water Rescue" | 24 November 1968 | 11 |
"People of Africa" | 8 December 1968 | 12 |
"American Wilderness" | 15 December 1968 | 13 |
"Dragons" | 22 December 1968 | 14 |
An exploration of reptiles, including pythons. baby crocodiles and venomous snakes.
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"Japan" | 29 December 1968 | 15 |
"Pygmies" | 5 January 1969 | 16 |
"Armand and Micheala and the Animals" | 12 January 1969 | 17 |
A visit to the house of
Armand and
Michaela Denis in Nairobi, Kenya, where they have spent 20 years filming African wildlife.
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"Rituals of Man" | 19 January 1969 | 18 |
"Thailand" | 26 January 1969 | 19 |
"Water and Life" | 2 February 1969 | 20 |
The impacts of drought on animals in the plains of East Africa, including Elephants migrating hundreds of miles to find water. Narrated by
Phil Carey.
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"A Day in the Parks" | 16 February 1969 | 21 |
The national parks of Africa.
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"Underwater, Part One" | 2 March 1969 | 22 |
"Underwater, Part Two" | 9 March 1969 | 23 |
The second part looks at the
Horseshoe Crab,
Decorator Crab, and
Hermit Crab. There are also visits to a sea lion colony and the Miami Seaquarium.
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"Man and Environment" | 23 March 1969 | 24 |
Title | Broadcast date | Episode |
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"Waterhole" | 21 September 1969 | 1 |
Herbivores and carnivores in Africa. Also, the way of life and social patterns of baboons.
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"Operation Gwamba" | 28 September 1969 | 2 |
"Animal Behaviour" | 5 October 1969 | 3 |
Armand and
Michaela Denis explore the myths and mysteries of African animals behavior and why they look and act the way they do.
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"Bats, Birds and Bigger Beasts" | 26 October 1969 | 4 |
"The People of Hong Kong" | 2 November 1969 | 5 |
"Birds. Beasts and Breathing Fish" | 9 November 1969 | 6 |
"Elephants – The Noble Beast" | 16 November 1969 | 7 |
"Insects ... A Success Story" | 7 December 1969 | 8 |
"Balance of Nature" | 11 January 1970 | 9 |
"Nomads of Africa" | 25 January 1970 | 10 |
"Creatures of the Water" | 1 February 1970 | 11 |
"Gazelles" | 8 February 1970 | 12 |
"Arts and Crafts" | 15 February 1970 | 13 |
"Day in Africa" | 22 February 1970 | 14 |
"Birds of a Different Feather" | 1 March 1970 | 15 |
"Giants" | 8 March 1970 | 16 |
"The Primates" | 15 March 1970 | 17 |
"Other Cats" | 22 March 1970 | 18 |
Title | Broadcast date | Episode |
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"The Octopus" | 29 March 1970 | 1 |
"The Blue Line" | 5 April 1970 | 2 |
" Cozumel" | 12 April 1970 | 3 |
"The Collectors" | 19 April 1970 | 4 |
"Bora-Bora Paradise" | 26 April 1970 | 5 |
"The Fighting Billfish" | 3 May 1970 | 6 |
"Tropical Fish Hunt" | 10 May 1970 | 7 |
"Thunder Boats" | 17 May 1970 | 8 |
"Sharks of Nicaragua" | 24 May 1970 | 9 |
"Killer Whale" | 31 May 1970 | 10 |
"Makai Range" | 7 June 1970 | 11 |
"Kelp" | 28 June 1970 | 12 |
"The Grey Whales" | 5 July 1970 | 13 |
"The World of Oceanography" | 12 July 1970 | 14 |
A visit to
Scripps Institution of Oceanography at
La Jolla, California, which has a fleet of research ships.
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"Coast Guard Search and Rescue" | 19 July 1970 | 15 |
"The Aqualung" | 26 July 1970 | 16 |
"The Fishermen of Hastings" | 2 August 1970 | 17 |
"The Multi-Hulls" | 9 August 1970 | 18 |
"Surfing" | 23 August 1970 | 19 |
The history of surfing and some of the world's greatest surfers at
Huntington Beach, California.
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"A Man and The Sea" | 6 September 1970 | 20 |
Explorer John Craig shows films and stills from his underwater adventures; from his first expedition to Baja California in 1934 to the present day.
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"Smugglers" | 13 September 1970 | 21 |
"Harvesting the Sea" | 20 September 1970 | 22 |
Title | Broadcast date | Episode |
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"Communication" | 20 September 1970 | 1 |
"Snakes" | 4 April 1971 | 2 |
"Herbivores" | 4 October 1970 | 3 |
The vegetarian animals, including giraffes, elephants, zebras and ostriches.
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"Safari" | 11 October 1970 | 4 |
"Lions" | 18 October 1970 | 5 |
"Forest Dwellers" | 25 October 1970 | 6 |
"The Midgets" | 1 November 1970 | 7 |
"Asia" | 8 November 1970 | 8 |
"Galapagos: The Sea" | 15 November 1970 | 9 |
"Galapagos – The Land" | 22 November 1970 | 10 |
"Antelopes" | 6 December 1970 | 11 |
"Birds and How They Get Around" | 13 December 1970 | 12 |
"Sherpas" | 20 December 1970 | 13 |
"The Arctic" | 27 December 1970 | 14 |
"The Great Barrier Reef" | 3 January 1971 | 15 |
One of the world's great natural wonders, the Great Barrier Reef off the northeast coast of Australia is now facing biologists with a distressing phenomenon – the rapid destruction of the reef by a predator starfish that has destroyed one fifth of the reef in eight years.
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"The Rockies" | 10 January 1971 | 16 |
The Rocky Mountains are one of the world's most spectacular mountain ranges. This is a frontier where animals may roam unnoticed by man. Cameras follow animals through the seasonal change from winter to spring.
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"Water Birds" | 17 January 1971 | 17 |
Examined are the over 800 species of birds living around lakes, rivers and oceans, sometimes in colonies that number in the thousands.
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"Australia Part I" | 24 January 1971 | 18 |
"Prairies" | 31 January 1971 | 19 |
A look at the North American prairies that once stretched from Alberta to Mexico and from Indiana to the Rockies, now being assimilated into agricultural land. Species featured include the Sharp-tailed Grouse, the Rough-legged Hawk, the Thirteen-lined Ground squirrel and the Canada Goose.
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"Australia Part II" | 7 February 1971 | 20 |
"Canadian Parklands" | 14 February 1971 | 21 |
"Australia Part III" | 21 February 1971 | 22 |
"African Wildlife" | 28 February 1971 | 23 |
"Cranes" | 7 March 1971 | 24 |
"American Parks" | 14 March 1971 | 25 |
"Penguins" | 21 March 1971 | 26 |
Penguin species of the world from Antarctica, Australia and South America.
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Title | Broadcast date | Episode |
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"The Antarctic" | 12 September 1971 | 1 |
"Survival" | 19 September 1971 | 2 |
The survival instinct found in animals, including man.
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"The Everglades Part I" | 26 September 1971 | 3 |
The plant and animal life of the Florida Everglades.
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"Bighorn Sheep" | 3 October 1971 | 4 |
"Getting the Job Done" | 17 October 1971 | 5 |
"Sockeye Salmon" | 24 October 1971 | 6 |
The autumn migration of Sockeye Salmon from the Pacific Ocean to the inland gravel beds where they were born.
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"Everglades Part II" | 31 October 1971 | 7 |
Birds of the Florida Everglades, including Anhinga, grebe, heron and an almost extinct kite.
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"The Jungle" | 14 November 1971 | 8 |
"Afghanistan" | 21 November 1971 | 9 |
"The Arctic and Man" | 5 December 1971 | 10 |
"The Beach" | 12 December 1971 | 11 |
"The Mangrove Swamp" | 26 December 1971 | 12 |
"The Farne Island Bird Sanctuary" | 19 December 1971 | 13 |
A visit to the
Farne Islands off the Northumberland coast of England and one of the world's oldest bird sanctuaries.
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"Scandinavia" | 16 January 1972 | 14 |
"Ngorongoro Crater" | 23 January 1972 | 15 |
"Waterfowl" | 30 January 1972 | 16 |
"A Visit to New Guinea" | 6 February 1972 | 17 |
"British Columbia" | 13 February 1972 | 18 |
"Nile" | 20 February 1972 | 19 |
"Storks" | 5 March 1972 | 20 |
"African Parks" | 12 March 1972 | 21 |
"Asia Minor" | 19 March 1972 | 22 |
"Grebes and Geese" | 26 March 1972 | 23 |
Title | Broadcast date | Episode |
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"Ceremonies of Man Part I" | 17 September 1972 | 1 |
"Ceremonies of Man Part II" | 1 October 1972 | 2 |
"Kangaroos" | 8 October 1972 | 3 |
"Pacific Coast" | 22 October 1972 | 4 |
"New England" | 29 October 1972 | 5 |
"Marsupials" | 5 November 1972 | 6 |
"Sahara" | 19 November 1972 | 7 |
The
Sahara Desert covers a quarter of Africa and is one of the hottest regions on Earth.
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"Conservation" | 26 November 1972 | 8 |
"Insects" | 3 December 1972 | 9 |
"Water" | 10 December 1972 | 10 |
"Handicrafts" | 17 December 1972 | 11 |
"Desert" | 12 November 1972 | 12 |
Title | Broadcast date | Episode |
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"Silent Savages" | 14 January 1973 | 22 |
"Tugboat" | 21 January 1973 | 23 |
"Great Barrier Reef" | 23 January 1973 | 24 |
"Life at Sea World" | 22 July 1973 | 26 |
Title | Broadcast date | Episode |
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"Geese" | 16 September 1973 | 1 |
"Nuba" | 13 January 1974 | 2 |
"Pets" | 14 October 1974 | 3 |
"Elephants" | 21 October 1973 | 4 |
Africa is experiencing ecological problems resulting from an overabundance of Elephants. This program looks at their family structure, eating and migratory habits.
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"Underwater" | 4 November 1973 | 5 |
"Waika" | 18 November 1973 | 6 |
"Color" | 2 December 1973 | 7 |
The importance of color in the animal world.
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"Dogon" | 20 December 1973 | 8 |
"Birds" | 30 December 1973 | 9 |
"Wheels in Africa" | 13 January 1974 | 10 |
A truck safari from the Nile River to the heart of Africa.
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"Nuguria" | 10 February 1974 | 11 |
Life on Nuguria Lagoon in the South Pacific.
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"Guillemots" | 7 July 1974 | 12 |
"Carnivores" | 4 August 1974 | 13 |
Nature's most efficient killers – the carnivores.
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Title | Broadcast date | Episode |
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"Makiritare" | 15 September 1974 | 1 |
"Kalahari" | 22 September 1974 | 2 |
"unnamed" | 29 September 1974 | TBA |
"Chimpanzees I" | 6 October 1974 | 3 |
TBA | 13 October 1974 | 4 |
Animal courtship and mating.
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"Yanomama" | 20 October 1974 | 5 |
Yanomama – the jungles of Southern Venezuela.
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"Methods" | 27 October 1974 | 3 |
"Chimpanzees II" | 10 November 1974 | 3 |
"Guinea" | 8 December 1974 | 6 |
Remote northwest Guinea.
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"Water Birds" | 5 January 1975 | 7 |
Birds of European deltas.
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TBA | 19 January 1975 | 8 |
Rare predatory birds and animals of Europe.
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"Polar Bears" | 26 January 1975 | 9 |
Tagging and examining
polar bears in Norway.
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"South America" | 2 February 1975 | 10 |
Diverse habitats of South America.
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"Orissa Domb" | 9 February 1975 | 11 |
"Dogon II" | 16 February 1975 | 12 |
"Serengeti" | 23 February 1975 | repeat |
"Iceland" | 2 March 1975 | 13 |
Iceland, land of contrasts.
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"Madagascar Island" | 9 March 1975 | 14 |
"Yugoslavia" | 23 March 1975 | 15 |
"Africa's Great Rift Valley" | 6 April 1975 | 16 |
"South America II" | 20 April 1975 | 17 |
"India" | 18 May 1975 | repeat |
Animals of India, including the rare
Indian Rhinoceros.
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"unnamed" | 25 May 1975 | TBA |
"Poland" | 22 June 1975 | 18 |
A wildlife preserve in eastern Poland.
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"The Alps" | 10 August 1975 | 19 |
"Sea Islands" | 24 August 1975 | repeat |
Animals on rocky North Atlantic islands.
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Title | Broadcast date | Episode |
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"Mating Dances" | 28 September 1975 | 1 |
Mating dances in birds.
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"Antarctica I" | 5 October 1975 | 2 |
Penguins in the Antarctic region.
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"Rocky Mountains" | 12 October 1975 | 3 |
Animals of the Rockies.
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"Cordillera" | 2 November 1975 | TBA |
"Malaysia" | 9 November 1975 | 4 |
"Tropical Marshes" | 28 November 1975 | TBA |
"Island Survivors" | 7 December 1975 | TBA |
"Nakuru" | 14 December 1975 | TBA |
Lake Nakuru in east Africa is one of the last great bird sanctuaries.
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"Pachyderms" | 21 December 1975 | TBA |
"Continental Survivors" | 28 December 1975 | TBA |
"Birds of Prey" | 18 January 1975 | TBA |
"African Plains" | 25 January 1976 | TBA |
Animals of the savanna of southeast Africa.
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TBA | 1 February 1976 | TBA |
Unusual animals of Australia.
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TBA | 15 February 1976 | TBA |
Wildlife and people of Africa.
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"Seychelles" | 4 April 1976 | TBA |
Life in the Indian Ocean around the Seychelles Islands.
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"Indian Ocean" | 4 April 1976 | TBA |
Life in the Indian Ocean around the Seychelles Islands.
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"African Eagles" | 11 April 1976 | TBA |
Eagles in East African savannas.
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"Kenya Safari" | 18 April 1976 | TBA |
"Canadian Marsh" | 11 July 1976 | repeat |
Conservation areas in the Great Lakes region of Canada.
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"Snow Geese" | 18 July 1976 | TBA |
"Elba" | 1 August 1976 | repeat |
Invertebrates of the Mediterranean Sea.
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"unnamed" | 15 August 1976 | TBA |
"unnamed" | 22 August 1976 | TBA |
"'Puffins" | 29 August 1976, 1975 | TBA |
"Eleonora Falcon" | 12 September 1976 | TBA |
Eleonora's falcon of the Green Islands in the Aegean Sea.
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"Marmots" | 19 September 1976 | TBA |
Life cycle of Marmots in the Bavarian Alps. [307] |
Debut of a series about animals and their struggles to survive. Today, gazelles and lions in Africa.
A study of life's beginnings; birth of a gazelle; a baby zebra's first exuberant hours; one day in the life of a lioness -and her three cubs. Narrator, Philip Carey.
African conservationists round up wild animals and transport them to game preserves. Filmed by Armand Denis.
A conservation roundup of African wildlife, collecting the animals and taking them to government parks and game preserves. Philip Carey narrates.
From Africa the hunt for wild animals; the capture of rhinos and buffalo from open jeeps; the round-up of giraffes by riders on horseback; the battle with a monstrous crocodile in' the pitch dark African night. These animals are not hunted for sport however, but to preserve their own existence.
A look at people who ha made their homes on the shores and great waterways of the world.
People who live and work around the great waterways of the world. Japan, Lake Biwa, Columbia: a village built on stilts over the water.Hong Kong: houseboats and Thailand, where water provides the basis for an economy built on rice.
"THE WORLD OF INSECTS" This program features a film of a plague of locusts, the Praying Mantis, the spider, and a vampire.
The world of insects shows the emergence of a butterfly from a caterpillar, a plague of locusts, and two armies of ants locked in battle.
The wonderful world of insects, with narrator Philip Carey.
In the hidden world of insects there is as much drama, beauty and terror as in any other animal kingdom. It is through micro-photography that we invade this world and gain new insights into life from the smallest creatures on earth.
rmand and Michaela Denis search for one of nature's living curiosities the long-horned rhinoceros.
A study of nature's most adaptable creatures – birds. A cuckoo deposits its eggs in the nest of another bird and when they are hatched, the fledgeling become the adopted young of parents half their size. The film documents the awesome destruction nature can wreak upon birds as when the flood arrives.
Untamed World takes its cameras to Morocco to contrast the ancient style of life with modern influences.
Morocco. The desert kingdom of contrasting faces. A look at the old and the new way of life, narrated by Armand Denis.
A look at the culture of Morocco and the traditions which shape the minds of the Moslem people throughout the world. The program shows children who must still memorize the Koran by heart and who are taught that life must be lived by its strict rules. It shows the people not as we usually see them but as they see themselves.
A study of the links between predators and scavengers in Africa: lions, and scavenging vultures, hyenas and jackals.
Predators and Scavengers. A look at the creatures who exist on the flesh of other creatures. The film follows a pride of lions hunting for food in the wilds of Africa. It shows the scavengers – vultures, hyenas and jackals who immediately converge upon the scene and fight over leavings.
In Japan, the fishermen use cormorants to help them catch fish; in Thailand, the elephant helps man work the teak forests.
An examination of the animal kingdom's contribution to the needs of man and a demonstration of their basic interdependence. In Japan, fishermen are seen plying their trade with no bait, no tackle, only a bird named the cormorant.
Filmed by Armand Denis, this program visits some of the Indian tribes of South America.
Examination of the inland tribes of South America, including films of the Cunas, once members of the Inca empire.
A look at some of the interesting people and things in one little corner of Latin America. The Machu Picchu Indians who live on floating Islands of vegetation in Lake Titicaca, in Peru.
A handful of men attempt to rescue African wildlife threatened by a gigantic man-made inland sea created by the building of the Kariba River Dam.
People of Africa, a report on tribalism as a way of life and a means of survival.
"People of Africa." This program explores the tribal mentality of the African people, from the Zulus to the Watusi. People, to whom tribalism is not just a way of life but a form of survival.
Sunday's film, People of Africa, shows not only the ritual and behavior of the natives of Africa, the Zulus, Watusi, Bushmen and Barotsi, but reaches back 2,000,000 years to explore their past. It probes their life today and looks into the future, evaluating . their problems and their promise
American Wilderness, a film exploring areas where wildlife still reigns supreme in the world's most technologically advanced nation.
Dragons. The world of the cold blooded reptile is explored – from deadly pythons to baby crocodiles which are born vicious; visit to a Japanese shop which sells thousands of snakes a year to a scientist who "milks" venom from a deadly snake for scientific purposes.
In this modern industrial country, much of the past still exists, in its traditions, ceremonies and religions. This program looks at the rituals of battle and the traditional social graces that have helped form the two sides of the Japanese character.
A look at the modern Industrial country where much of the past still exists in its traditions, ceremonies and religions.
We visit the Mbutu pygmies in their homeland deep in the Ituri Rain Forest in Africa. We see them building a village and go with them on an elephant hunt and learn how these brave little people survive in their hostile world.
Pygmies. A visit with the Mbutu Pygmies in the IIturi Rain Forest in Africa.
Armand and Micaela and the Animals. A visit to the home of Armand and Micaela Denis, in Nairobi, Kenya, where they have spent 20 years filming African wildlife.
Since the beginning the life of man in every society has sought meanting through ritual and ceremony. This is an "around-the-world" look at these rituals. It is a look not only at what they are but why they exist at alt.
Rituals of Man. Religious ceremonies around the world. Sherpa spirit dances, Hindu funeral rites, and tribal dances from Africa and South America.
Ancient traditions and methods of work in a country that is already hurrying to develop with modern times. An interesting study.
"Thailand." In this show we see the last vestiges of a lingering culture. Behind the modern facade of Thailand, there Is an age old way of life that still survives in isolated pockets in the countryside and within Its largest cities. In this show this ancient culture Is recreated.
Thailand. A rerun of the feature on the ancient way of life still surviving in small pockets in the countryside outside Bangkok.,
Water and Life. Documentary on the plains of East Africa, and how drought affects he animals; sometimes elephants trek hundreds of miles for water. Philip Carey narrates.
Water is critical to the grazing land and the animals. The invasion of men and machines has driven the animals into the dry, dusty regions of the plains. This film follows the mass migration and looks at a moving crusade to save thousands of creatures from perishing.
A Day in the Park: African Style. A look at the great national parks of Africa, their establishment and operation.
Underwater, Part One. A look at i the underwater world off Grand Bahama Isand [sic] in the Caribbean, and films made from the U. of Miami research ship, Pills-bury.
Underwater, Part 1. A look at the world beneath the sea and the multitude of creatures for whom it is home. The program shows film of the "Pillsbury" a University of Miami research ship, on an exploratory voyage off Grand Bahama Islands in the Caribbean.
Underwater, Part II. In this second part of the look at life beneath the sea there is film of the ugly Horseshoe Crab, the Decorator Crab which covers itself with sprigs of seawaad [sic] and a titantic [sic] battle among some Hermit Crabs. There is also a visit to a colony of sea lions and film of the capture of an Atlantic Ocean Dolphin. At the Miami Se-quarium [sic] we see divers working underwater with rays, sawfishes, turtles and moray eels, and the famed Seaquarium Dolphins do their act.
Man and Environment. A look at the Botswana people of the Kalahari Desert; Eskimos, and a visit to an Israeli kibbutz.
"Man and Environment." In a world now preoccupied with the wonders of space there are still people struggling to cope with the hostile environment in which they live. This program looks at some of these people Including: The Bushmen of Botswana,' who spend their lives roaming the Kalahari Desert searching for food: the Eskimos who hunt the Arctic snows, and " Andenses Arabs who build skyscrapers out of mud.
"Waterhole." The unique story of the animals of Africa and their constant struggle for survival against their meat-eating fellow creatures. There is a special look at the baboon – his behavior, his way of life and his social structure which closely resembles that of man.
Operation Gwamba. Thousands of animals are trapped when a dam is constructed flooding miles of land in South America.
Wildlife photographers look at the myths about African animal behavior.
Animal Behavior. Armand and Michaela Denis probe some of the mysteries and myths of African animal behavior in an attempt to understand why different species of animals look and act the way they do.
The story of a couple's life-long interest in wild animals and their goal to film the wild herds before" they become extinct.
Bats, Birds and Bigger Beasts The unique features of scavengers,, the life habits of the nearly invisible ghost crab, rhinoceros and the flying fox, a kind of fruit-eating bat, and the strange mating rituals of the African whydah birds and crowned cranes are examined.
The show opens with the story of the world's most notable scavengers: hyenas, jackals, vultures, marabou storks, etc. Some lead predatory lives, but without them the world would become poisonous.
shows The People of Hong Kong and looks at their work, pleasures, ambitions and problems.
Duck raising, frog latching and snake hunting in the Orient and the people of Hong Kong their work, pleasures, ambitions and problems are viewed.
Birds, Beasts and Breathing Fish. There are bizarre creatures called zebroids and lungfish and a burrowing mole rat as well as battling scorpions and courting sharks, all examined on the program.
"Birds, Beasts and Breathing Fish" Seven strange animals make up this show's exotic cast of characters. They are a trio of bizarre animals known as zebroids. half zebra and half horse.
History of the elephant, dating 23 million years.
Elephant. The Noble Beast. This program covers the elephants' history, dating back 23 million years, examines his role as a symbol of wealth, prestige and power and looks at his life cycle in the wilds and at poaching a cropping.
An intriguing invasion of the world of insects. Film shows a plague of locusts, a praying mantis and a colony of termites.
an intriguing invasion of the hidden world of insects whose instinct and marvelous adaptability have ensured their survival throughout the ages. Film shows a plague of locusts swarming across the plains of Africa, a praying mantis devouring its living victim and a colony of termites including the queen termite swollen a thousand times her original size
BALANCE OF NATURE First Canadian produced episode. The cycle of checks and balances that exists in the Untamed World is examined.
The cycle of checks and balances among creatures is examined; roles that animals fulfill in their fight to survive.
Balance of Nature. In this episode, the cycle of checks and balances that exists in the 'Untamed World' is examined along with the roles that creatures fulfill in their fight to survive. Narrator for the series is Alan Small.
Nomads of Africa. A visit with the Masai, the Bushmen and the Pygmies.
In contrast to the ever-changing modern world that surrounds them, three African nomadic tribes are viewed going about their primitive, tradition-bound lives.
"Creatures of the Water" Explanation is given as to why hippopotamuses, pelicans, turtles, toads, frogs and crocodiles are dependent upon the water.
Untamed World examines the living habits of the hippopotami, pelicans, turtles and frogs.
"Gazelles." The life cycle of the Thomson and Grants gazelles is viewed with emphasis upon how these mammals
studies the amazing animal family of gazelles.
An examination of traditional arts and crafts including Japanese doll-making and flower arranging, Thailand paper-making and Guatemalan Indian pottery casting.
Giants of the animal world
It points out the similarities and differences between the various members of the cat family and how their physical features prove advantageous to them. Among the cats viewed are lions, leopards, cheetahs, tigers, domestic cats, pumas and the caracal and benet cats.
Other cats. Among the cats viewed are lions, leopards, cheetahs, tigers, domestic cats, pumas and the caracal and benet cats.