The Birth of a brain : ten billion galaxies (TEFC)

Looks at the development of the human brain from embryo stage through to the first years of life. Computer graphics, sonography and film of living nerve cells show the process and progress of development at different stages. This is a version of a French documentary, ‘Naissance du cerveau : dix milliards de galaxies’ with a dubbed American commentary.

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Credits

producer/director

Claude Edelman

production company

CRM/McGraw-Hill Films

Les Films du Levant

Duration

00:35:00:00

Production places

France

Production dates

1982

Collection metadata

ACMI Identifier

323821

Language

English

Subject categories

Family, Gender Identity, Relationships & Sexuality → Child development

Food, Health, Lifestyle, Medicine, Psychology & Safety → Brain

Food, Health, Lifestyle, Medicine, Psychology & Safety → Child development

Food, Health, Lifestyle, Medicine, Psychology & Safety → Neurology

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

Short films

Short films → Short films - France

Sound/audio

Sound

Colour

Holdings

VHS; Access Print (Section 1)

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France, 1982

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