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Man and the Earth

Man and the Earth

★ 7.4/10•1974•16•Documentary
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El hombre y la Tierra is a 1974 television series produced by Radio Televisión Española.

Félix Rodríguez de la Fuente · Director

StatusEnded
LanguageES
First Air DateMar 4, 1974

Episodes

Episode 1 - Presentation (Venezuelan Series)E127m

Presentation (Venezuelan Series)

During the spring of 1973, a TVE crew, in close collaboration with several Venezuelan government agencies, produced a series of 18 ecological documentaries under the general title of Man and the Earth.

Mar 4, 1974

Episode 2 - The Scourge of the SunE223m

The Scourge of the Sun

The show's crew undertakes a rescue operation for the animals most affected by the heat and drought.

Mar 11, 1974

Episode 3 - Operation AnacondaE329m

Operation Anaconda

During a rescue operation, the crew captures gigantic anacondas, caimans, and tortoises to prevent them from dying of dehydration.

Mar 18, 1974

Episode 4 - The Capybara RoundupE428m

The Capybara Roundup

The animals most affected by the tremendous drought plaguing the plains of Venezuela are the chigüires, or capybaras, rodents weighing up to 50 kilograms. Capybaras are part of a relict population that must have been extremely prosperous in South America before the uplift of the Isthmus of Panama allowed modern mammals to enter the isolated sanctuary of South American wildlife. The Man and the Earth crew conducts a study on the zoogeographical history, as well as the ecology and behavior of these fascinating rodents.

Mar 25, 1974

Episode 5 - The Venezuelan Virgin JungleE527m

The Venezuelan Virgin Jungle

The largest forest mass on our planet spans the immense Orinoco–Amazon basin. Under a perpetually humid climate, the giants of the jungle grow to heights exceeding 60 meters.

Apr 10, 1974

Episode 6 - The Yanomami, a People of the JungleE628m

The Yanomami, a People of the Jungle

In the deciduous jungles lining the banks of the Upper Orinoco and its tributaries lives a Paleo-Indian tribe that has only very recently come into contact with civilization: the Yanomami, one of the few truly free peoples remaining in the world today.

Apr 17, 1974

Episode 7 - In Search of the Indians of the Upper OrinocoE729m

In Search of the Indians of the Upper Orinoco

Félix Rodríguez de la Fuente and his crew navigate the Orinoco, where they encounter the Yanomami. A people of the Venezuelan jungle who, despite having no knowledge of mathematical laws, build perfect bridges based on their thorough understanding of every type of wood in the jungle. A people of the forest who avoided the great rivers because, according to their traditions, that was where the great dangers lay. An adventure on the banks of the Orinoco River.

May 18, 1974

Episode 8 - The World of the JaguarE827m

The World of the Jaguar

The largest and most powerful of South American carnivores is the jaguar. Once abundant, the Man and the Earth crew had to travel thousands of kilometers deep into the jungle to discover the last strongholds of this great predator.

May 25, 1974

Episode 9 - The Fierce PeopleE926m

The Fierce People

One of the most distinctive traits of the Yanomami is their warlike behavior.

Jun 8, 1974

Episode 10 - A Camp in the Virgin JungleE1026m

A Camp in the Virgin Jungle

After spending a season with the Yanomami, the Man and the Earth crew is guided by some of these indigenous people deeper into the jungle, where the native hunters make camp during their summer nomadic wanderings.

Jun 11, 1974

Episode 11 - The Giant OtterE1126m

The Giant Otter

The giant otter, or water dog as it is known in South America, is one of the most beautiful, fascinating, and little-known animals in the world.

Jun 16, 1974

Episode 12 - The Sacred MountainE1230m

The Sacred Mountain

South of Puerto Ayacucho, the vertical and inviolate mass of Cerro Autana rises, the sacred mountain of the Piaroa people.

Jun 22, 1974

Episode 13 - The Plains of VenezuelaE1327m

The Plains of Venezuela

The Man and the Earth crew shows us the Llanos of Venezuela, one of the largest and least known regions on the planet.

Jul 6, 1974

Episode 14 - The Paradise of the BirdsE1427m

The Paradise of the Birds

South America is a paradise for birds, known by scientists as the "continent of birds." The Republic of Venezuela alone is home to more bird species than the entire European continent.

Jul 13, 1974

Episode 15 - The World of CoralE1530m

The World of Coral

The Man and the Earth crew, joined on this occasion by underwater and surface filmmakers, captures on camera an entire world of coral that forms the subject of this episode.

Jul 20, 1974

Episode 16 - The Island of the GannetsE1630m

The Island of the Gannets

On a flat islet covered with glasswort, in the middle of the Venezuelan Coral Sea, brown boobies nest. The reproductive biology of this immense colony is the subject of this episode of Man and the Earth. For a European, explains Félix Rodríguez de la Fuente, "someone accustomed to animals fearing his presence, the most surprising thing is the calm with which these boobies welcome these new 'animals.'"

Jul 30, 1974

Episode 17 - My Friend the OtterE1728m

My Friend the Otter

At the small river port of La Esmeralda, the Man and the Earth crew finds a six-month-old giant otter that had been literally torn from the belly of its dead mother and was being raised by a native to be sold at one year of age to fur buyers.

Jul 5, 1974

Episode 18 - The Lost EdenE1827m

The Lost Eden

Dr. Rodríguez de la Fuente concludes the expedition across Venezuela and returns to Spain with the giant otter rescued from death in Puerto Ayacucho (La Esmeralda). They are accompanied by another otter, a sibling of the first, also rescued from death.

Aug 12, 1974

Actors

Félix Rodríguez de la Fuente

Félix Rodríguez de la Fuente

Félix Rodríguez de la Fuente

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