Roger Tory Peterson: portrait of a bird watcher

Canada, 1990

TV show
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Episode of Series “The Nature of things”.
Roger Tory Peterson is a man of remarkable talents. A world-renowned naturalist and outstanding wildlife photographer, he is an artist whose wildlife paintings have been compared to those of the great Audubon. Throughout his distinguished career, Peterson has stuck to one principle in particular, the idea that knowledge about life will lead to a reverence for life. This video includes some of Peterson’s own spectacular footage from Antarctica, painting plates for a major revision for one of his field guides, bird watching in several locations, and talking about his love of birds. Presented by David Suzuki.

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Credits

producer/director

James Murray

production company

Canadian Broadcasting Corporation

Duration

00:48:00:00

Production places
Canada
Production dates
1990

Appears in

The Nature of things

Group of items

The Nature of things

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Collection metadata

ACMI Identifier

324365

Language

English

Audience classification

G

Subject categories

Advertising, Film, Journalism, Mass Media & TV → Television

Animals & Wildlife → Birds

Animals & Wildlife → Peterson, Roger Tory

Climate, Environment, Natural Resources & Disasters → Natural history

Crafts & Visual Arts → Peterson, Roger Tory

Documentary

Documentary → Documentary films - Canada

People → Peterson, Roger Tory

Television

Sound/audio

Sound

Colour

Colour

Holdings

VHS; Access Print (Section 1)

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