The miracle of life [videorecording] / produced by Swedish Television in association with WGBH Boston ; directors and producers, Bo G. Erikson, Carl O. Lofman ; for NOVA, written and produced by Bebe Nixon.
Material type:
FilmPublisher number: WG799 | WGBH Boston VideoPublication details: Boston : WGBH Boston Video, [2004]Description: 1 videodisc (ca. 60 min.) : sd., col. ; 4 3/4 inISBN: - 1578071968 :
- 9781578071968
- Nova (Television program)
- Human reproduction
- Embryology, Human
- Conception
- Pregnancy
- Childbirth
- Fetus -- Growth
- Fetus -- Physiology
- Photomicrography -- Case studies
- Reproduction -- physiology -- Popular Works
- Fertilization -- Popular Works
- Fetal Development -- Popular Works
- Embryonic Development -- Popular Works
- Pregnancy -- Popular Works
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- QP251 .M57 2004
- Photography, Lennart Nilsson ; editor, Andrea Williams ; graphic designer, Paul Souza ; original music, Anders Berglund.
- Emmy Award winner.
DVD
| Current library | Call number | Status | Barcode | |
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| MARY IMMACULATE LIBRARY Reserved Section | QP251 .M57 2004 (Browse shelf(Opens below)) | Available | 00985-DVD |
Originally produced by Swedish Television Corporation in 1982; originally broadcast in the United States as an episode of the television program Nova in 1983; originally released on VHS in the United States in 1986.
"The first filmed record of human conception, photographed by Lennart Nilsson"--Container.
The miracle begins -- Female reproduction -- Male reproduction -- The dance of life -- Barriers to conception -- The egg -- The fetus -- Birth.
Photography, Lennart Nilsson ; editor, Andrea Williams ; graphic designer, Paul Souza ; original music, Anders Berglund.
Narrator, Anita Sangiolo.
Shows the actual conception and development of a baby. Looks inside the male and female reproductive organs to show the formation of sperm and the passage of a fertilized egg through the fallopian tube. Uses a microscope to observe DNA, chromosomes, and other minute body details building up to the moment of birth.
DVD; Dolby Digital.
Closed captioned.
Emmy Award winner.
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