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Bugs, Bones & Botany: The Science of Crime

Item number (ISN):

476176

Series title:

The Nature of Things

Hierarchical level:

Item (Accession level)

Date:

2010

Item number (ISN):

476176

Type of material:

Moving images

Found in:

Archives / Film, Video and Sound

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Fonds/collection:

CANADIAN TELEVISION FUND

Accession:

2012-0039

Media:

Video

Part:

Part 1 of 1

Production date:

2010

Production company:

Reel Time Images Inc.

Production credit:

Director/producer/executive producer/writer, Daniel Zuckerbrot; Donna Zuckerbrot; photography, Christopher Romeike; editing, Susan Cormack; music, Marvin Dolgay; narrator, Jennifer Gardy

Current distributor:

cn

Description:

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In the dark recesses of a warehouse, a drunken game of cards explodes into a shocking murder. Now the night watchman lays dead. The only witnesses a housefly or perhaps a cockroach that might be skittering by. That stylized tribute to our seemingly endless appetite for TV programs about forensic science sets the stage for an examination of how, in the real world of police investigations, nature is being enlisted in the war on crime. With the help of Dr. Jennifer Gardy, of British Columbia's Centre for Disease Control (CDC) we spend the next hour sifting through the mayhem, murder and science that make up the world of forensic investigation. In the field and the lab we follow scientists who are able to read the subtlest evidence and turn nature to righting wrongs. Sometimes these clues are disturbing, sometimes they are surprisingly beautiful. You'd be hard pressed to find a better guide, than Dr. Gardy, to this world where, plants, bones even dust, can be turned into formidable enemies of crime. But the real secret of using science for solving crime may be less about technology and more about the careful observation of the natural world. Partnering the latest technologies with nature's own detectives produces a powerful combination that is giving law enforcement new and astounding advantages in this high stakes game of cat and mouse. <43mn>

Language:

English

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1. A Reel Time Images Inc. production in association with the Canadian Broadcasting Corporation.~2. Produced with the participation of the Canadian Television Fund, created by the Government of Canada and the Canadian Cable Industry.~3. The Canadian Film or Video Production Tax Credit.~4. With the assistance of the Government of Ontario, the Ontario Film & Television Tax Credit.~5. Produced in association with the Canadian Broadcasting Corporation.~6. Description taken from the CBC website at URL: http://www.cbc.ca/natureofthings/episodes/bugs-bones-botany-the-science-of-crime

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Vault ISN:

865069

Format:

VIDEO

Location number:

36302AV

Vault code:

GAT

Number of items:

1

Kind of sound:

SOF

Duration:

43:00

Made from:

DEPOSIT

Status:

MASTER
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Conditions of access:

Open

Copyright status:

Under copyright

Copyright owner:

What About Jack Productions Inc. / Reel Time Images Inc., 2010

Reproduction access:

with written permission of copyright owner : no donor restrictions

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