The Nature of Things

Season 19

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.

Where to Watch The Nature of Things • Season 19

12 Episodes

  • Evolution Update
    E1
    Evolution UpdateSeason premiere: Anthropologist Richard Leakey discusses his work in Africa, and explains the latest techniques by which scientists measure time and age of subjects.
  • Clockwork Atom
    E2
    Clockwork AtomThe phenomenon of man's changing concepts of the world is explored in relation to his desire to measure time more accurately.
  • This Will Do For Today
    E3
    This Will Do For TodayA series of people of varying ages, professions and experiences express their innermost feelings on subjects ranging from dateless Saturday nights to fear of death.
  • Island of Monkeys
    E4
    Island of MonkeysA study of individual development and group dynamics in a troop of rhesus monkeys in the natural observable environment of Cayo Santiago near Puerto Rico.
  • The Dogon
    E5
    The DogonThe cliff-dwelling Dogon farmers and their unique culture are studied in their homeland near the Niger River in Mali.[261]
  • Toward The Sun
    E6
    Toward The SunThe current efforts in both the United States and Canada to harness the sun as a major resource of heat and power are examined.
  • Portrait Of A Market: Sololá
    E7
    Portrait Of A Market: SololáThe activities of the economic and social center of Sololá, located on Lake Atitlán in Guatemala, are viewed.[263]
  • Sleep (1)
    E8
    Sleep (1)Volunteers undergo an experiment at the Montefiore Sleep Lab in New York which monitors their sleeping-awakening cycles in an attempt to learn more about the body's biological time system.
  • Dreams (2)
    E9
    Dreams (2)Analysis of dreams is viewed at several institutions established expressly for that purpose, and those who participate in the experiments are shown as they make notations and give recollections of what they dreamed.
  • Charlie
    E10
    CharlieCanadian paleontologist Charlie Sternberg and his work in cataloguing dinosaur fossils in the Albertan Badlands are profiled.
  • The Search: Smallpox Eradication
    E11
    The Search: Smallpox Eradication"The Search" follows World Health Organization medical teams on their campaign to vaccinate the Somali against smallpox. Most of the natives of this African country are nomads, and the program focuses on the difficulty of containing outbreaks of the deadly disease, a chore that involves house-to-house searches in which everyone is treated.
  • The Cajuns
    E12
    The CajunsThe descendants of Nova Scotia's Acadians and their lifestyle are profiled at their adopted home, the Bayou Lafourche in southern Louisiana.

 

  •   
  •   
  •   
  •   
  •   
  •   
  •   

Take Plex everywhere

Watch free anytime, anywhere, on almost any device.
See the full list of supported devices