Full circle

United Kingdom, 1976

Film
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Episode of Series “Merry Go-Round, Sex Education. - Part 3.”.
A film for eight to ten year old children which answers the question “How does the baby begin?”. An explanation of intercourse and fertilization is given, the former using drawn silhouette figures of a man and a woman, the latter through animated drawings of sperm fertilizing the egg. The second half of the programme is about parental care.

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Credits

producer

Claire Chovil

production company

BBC

Duration

00:20:00:00

Production places
United Kingdom
Production dates
1976

Appears in

Merry Go-Round, Sex Education. - Part 3.

Group of items

Merry Go-Round, Sex Education. - Part 3.

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Collection metadata

ACMI Identifier

320740

Language

English

Subject categories

Childrens Films

Educational & Instructional

Educational & Instructional → Educational films

Food, Health, Lifestyle, Medicine, Psychology & Safety → Human reproduction

Mathematics, Science & Technology → Human reproduction

Short films

Short films → Short films - Great Britain

Sound/audio

Sound

Colour

Colour

Holdings

16mm film; Preservation Print (Section 5)

16mm film; Access Print (Section 1)

16mm film; Limited Access Print (Section 2)

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