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8:00 @} G THIS LAND—Docu

DOUGEAS (CTELEC

TV Highlights

Wednesday

(CS) THEATER IN AMERICA
Genevieve Bujold, Fritz Weaver and
Stacy Keach star in Jean Anouilh's
“Antigone.” Based on Sophocles’
tragedy, this version has been called
“a dialogue on the universal struggle
between passion and reason.” Fhe
plot revolves around Antigone’s
proud defiance of her despotic uncle
Creon, which she maintains even at
the price of death. Nurse: Aline
MacMahon. Heamon: James Naugh-,
ton. (Repeat; 90 min.)

FEBRUARY 20, 1974

(@® MOVIE—Documentary
“The Hellstrom Chronicle.”

An Oscar-winning documentary—starring insects.

This 1971 film unfolds through the eyes of a
fictitious entomologist named Hellstrom, who pre-
dicts that insects—with their organizational abili-
ties and sheer numbers—will take over. the world.
His prophecy may be a little hard to swallow, but
the photography he uses to make his point is
stunning and, at times, harrowing.

Locusts, who have built up a resistance to DDT,
are seen ravaging Ethiopian farmlands. In Kenya,
a mile-long column of 20 million driver ants
consumes everything in Its path—including a
giant Iguana.

With microphotography, the film enters the
labyrinth-like colonies of bees and termites. Best
scenes: the battle between newly-hatched queen
bees for supremacy of a hive; and the frenzy of

every second—86,400 a day, millions every month.
(90 min.)

Profile of boatbuilder David Stevens
of Lunenburg, N.S. Using white pine
from his farm, black spruce for spars
and lead for the keel, Stevens de-
signed Kathi Anne li, winner of the
1972 International Schooner Race.
Stevens, a descendant of a long line
of schooner fishermen, discusses his
love of wooden sailing ships.

Friday FEBRUARY 22, 1974

@ JACQUES COUSTEAU

Special: “Beneath the Frozen World,”
follows Cousteau’s divers in the fri-
gid waters of Antartica. While inves-
tigating labyrinth caves along the
base of icebergs, cameramen Cap-
ture what producer Marshall Slaum
terms “the most incredible under-
water photography of any Cousteau
special.” A 1200-foot dive in the two-
man submarine reveals rare species
of marine life in their natural habitat.
Rod Serling is the narrator. (60 min.)

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E LIBRARY

Saturday FEBRUARY 23, 1974

9pm (@) ABC NEWS CLOSEUP—Report

Special: ‘Women in Prison," says pro-
ducer Joseph DeCola, are victims of a
system in trouble. DeCola: “Prison
practices dehumanize and there is a
lack of real rehabilitation programs:
the recidivism rate is high. We exam-
ine whether the system of women's in-
carceration should be changed or
even abolished.”’ Inside prisons in
Ohio, California and West Virginia, in-
mates are filmed during work and rec-
reation, and interviewed. Says an old-
er woman who's getting out: ‘It's just
like being a dog on a String.’’ There
are also views from prison officials,
and a report on a community-correc-
tion project in Des Moines, lowa. Ann
Medina is the correspondent. (60 min.)

Monday _ resruary 25, 1974

10:00 IMAGES OF CANADA

—Documentary
“The Magic Circle,” a history of Que-
~bec from 1600 to 1867. Paintings and
visits to historical sites chronicle the
lives of early settlers . . . Samuel de
Champlain, the Renaissance explorer
who became known as "The Father of
Canada”; Marie Guyart, a teacher who
built the first convent and school in
1639; and Canada's first martyr, Jean
de Brebeuf, tortured and killed by In-
dians in 1649. The Program also
traces the battle between France and
Britain on the Plains of Abraham, and
the Brifish takeover that eventually led
to Confederation. (Repeat; 60 min.)

Tuesday FEBRUARY 26, 1974

8:30 €@ @ CONSUMER TEST—Report

Special: Trying to stretch your shrink-
ing pay check to meet rising costs?
Match your wits against the experts
and guest panelists, and pick up valu-
abie tips on consumerism. The quiz
includes four consumer categories—
infants and children, teen-agers,
adults and senior citizens. Represen-
tative panelists from across the coun-
try answer questions on children's
clothing, automotive safety standards,
teen-age spending, the cost of living,
nutrition, old age pensions and buy-
ing a house. Alan Millar and Joan Wat-
son are co-hosts. (60 min.)

Thursd ay FEBRUARY 28, 1974
9:00 @ PLAY’S THE THING—Drama

Margaret: Atwood's “The Servant
Girl,” based on an actual murder case.
The drama is written from the murder-
er's point of view, and takes place in a
smal! Ontario town during the middie
of the last century. Produced and di-
rected by George Jonas. (60 min.)

10:00 @ BRITISH ELECTION NIGHT

SPECIAL

Special: A report on today’s election
in Britain. Scheduled coverage in-
cludes on-the-scene reports of the
day's polling, and interviews with in-
cumbént Prime Minister Edward
Heath, Labor leader Harold Wilson
and Liberal leader Jeremy Thorpe. Al-
so: the economic and labor problems
that precipitated the election are re-
viewed. Lloyd Robertson, David Hal-
ton, Ron Collister report. (60 min.)