Mutual of Omaha's Wild Kingdom (1963)
Premiering in 1963 broadcast on prime-time from 1968-1971 and airing in syndication until 1988 the Emmy Award-winning Mutual of Omaha's Wild Kingdom was one of the longest-running and most beloved television series of all time. A pioneer of the narrative nature-documentary format the educational series followed venerable host and ecologist Marlin Perkins (later joined by Jim Fowler Peter Gros Stan Brock and Tom Allen) as he trekked to the farthest reaches of the globe to study wild animals in their natural habitats.
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- 1 1. Polar Bears of the Pack Ice1985-09-22 · 24mJim Fowler joins Dr. Steve Amstrup to observe the impact on polar bears on the pack ice of the Arctic Ocean north of Alaska by the recent exploration of oil in that area.
- 2 2. Operation Alligator1985-10-13 · 24mJim Fowler and Peter Gros enter the bayous of Louisiana in the dark of night to capture alligators using a spotlight and their loop nooses to subdue the huge reptiles, some of whic
- 3 3. Bears of Sugarloaf Mountain1985-11-17 · 24mToward the end of autumn, in the Bighorn Mountains of Wyoming, a pair of two-year-old black bears are in their final activities prior to entering hibernation for the winter. The sh
- 4 4. A Day with the Spotted Dolphins1985-12-08 · 24mTom Allen joins marine scientist Julia Whitty to study a school of wild spotted dolphins in the tropical waters of the Atlantic Ocean off the west end of the Grand Bahama Island.
- 5 5. Land of the Lynx1985-12-15 · 24mIn a delightful species story, a young lynx who has been moving through the Canadian Rockies, is looking for a territory to claim as its own. He roams peaks and valleys and finally
- 6 6. In Search of the Great White Shark1986-02-02 · 24mTom Allen and Jeremiah Sullivan go in search of great white sharks 300 miles off Baja Ca near the island of Guadalupe. They also conduct two research experiments. The first attempt
- 7 7. Day of the Big Cats1986-03-02 · 24mA species show about the three principal cats of Africa -- the cheetah, the lion and the leopard. All three of these cats, who are predators living in the same area, but who also c
- 8 8. The River Apes of Sumatra1986-03-16 · 24mJim Fowler and primatologist Ann Pierce visit Sumatra to look over a government field station in the tropical rainforest where once-captive orangutans are being reintroduced to the
- 9 9. A Girl Scout on Safari1986-03-23 · 24mLaura Grove, a girl scout from Milford, Nebraska, goes to Kenya with Jim Fowler to observe how women are instrumental in wildlife conservation in that country. Here she also observ
- 10 10. Chimpanzees of Gombe Stream1986-03-30 · 24mWild Kingdom goes to the country of Tanzania in east Africa to observe the amazing research being done among chimps and baboons in the Gombe Stream National Park by a famous primat
- 11 11. The Wild Waters of Clarion1986-04-13 · 24mEvery year for two weeks in November, Jim following the hurricane season, a huge migration of marine animals occurs in the Pacific Ocean. Hordes of large sharks and giant manta ray
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