Nature (1982)
Consistently stunning documentaries transport viewers to far-flung locations ranging from the torrid African plains to the chilly splendours of icy Antarctica. The show's primary focus is on animals and ecosystems around the world. A comic book based on the show, meant to be used an as educational tool for kids, was briefly distributed to museums and schools at no cost in the mid-2000s.
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Episode 1 - From the Heart of the World: the Elder Brothers' Warning
Release Date: 1991-09-28This program features the Kogi tribe who live in the Sierra Nevada de Santa Marta in Columbia. They are pre-Columbian peoples, and consider themselves as the elder brothers of humankind. They insist that it is the modern world, the younger brothers, who are destroying the harmony of life on earth.
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Episode 2 - Vietnam: a Country, Not a War
Release Date: 1991-10-13Vietnam's wildlife is reappearing after the great losses suffered during the war.
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Episode 3 - Kali the Lion
Release Date: 1991-11-03Simon King films a lioness and her pride during winter on Africa's Serengeti plain.
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Episode 4 - Madagascar: Island of Ghosts
Release Date: 1991-11-17A look at the environmental crisis on Madagascar and new conservation efforts being made.
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Episode 5 - Land of the Eagle: the Great Encounter
Release Date: 1991-11-24This first episode in the miniseries explores the European discovery and settlement of the New World. Two views are presented, that of the colonists struggles to survive in their new and unfamiliar setting, as well as the Native Americans success within the same environment.
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Episode 6 - Land of the Eagle: Confronting the Wilderness
Release Date: 1991-11-24A look at the colonization of Canada and the fur trade.
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Episode 7 - Land of the Eagle: Conquering Swamps
Release Date: 1991-11-25A focus on the prospect of gold in the new world, and the Spanish exploration of Florida in search of that alluring metal.
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Episode 8 - Land of the Eagle: Across the Seas of Grass
Release Date: 1991-11-25An exploration of the Great Plains of North American from the Lewis and Clark expedition through to the present day.
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Episode 9 - Land of the Eagle: Into the Shining Mountains
Release Date: 1991-11-26A focus on the Rocky Mountains and Yellowstone National Park.
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Episode 10 - Land of the Eagle: Living on the Edge
Release Date: 1991-11-26A look at life in the Sonoran Desert.
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Episode 11 - Land of the Eagle: the First and Last Frontier
Release Date: 1991-11-27Exploring the people and wildlife of Alaska.
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Episode 12 - Land of the Eagle: Searching for Paradise
Release Date: 1991-11-27This last episode in the miniseries looks at the landscape and wildlife of California.
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Episode 13 - Great Moments with Nature's Filmmakers
Release Date: 1991-12-08 -
Episode 14 - Horse Tigers
Release Date: 1992-01-05This program follows a herd of zebras along their yearly migration route through the African plains.
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Episode 15 - Arctic Wanderers
Release Date: 1992-01-12Follows the yearly migration of the caribou of Alaska and the Yukon Territory in an effort to find suitable birthing grounds, all will trying to avoid wolves and other predators.
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Episode 16 - Ladakh: Kingdom in the Clouds
Release Date: 1992-01-19India's remote Ladakh region in the Himalaya Mountains, home to the snow leopard and other rare wildlife.
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Episode 17 - Tiwai: Island of the Apes
Release Date: 1992-02-09Chimpanzees and other primates survive on Tiwai, an Upper Guinea island where witchcraft and taboos still exist.
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Episode 18 - A Celebration of Birds with Roger Tory Peterson
Release Date: 1992-02-16Roger Tory Peterson's fight to save America's birds and their habitats.
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Episode 19 - Elephant Seals: Those Magnificent Diving Machines
Release Date: 1992-03-01The life cycle of a female northern elephant seal is documented.
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Episode 20 - Dolphins: Close Encounters
Release Date: 1992-03-08Explores the lives of dolphins all around the world, and the scientists who are trying to communicate with them.
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Episode 21 - Last Stand of the Giants
Release Date: 1992-05-31Loggers and conservationists have conflicting plans for ancient forests of redwoods, Douglas firs, hemlocks and Sitka spruce trees along the Northern Pacific rim.