The Miracle of life (Captioned)

With the aid of highly magnified internal live photography, medical filmmakers, Lennart Nilsson, Bo Erikson and Carl Lofman, are able to bring to the screen the first filmed sequence of the human ovum undergoing the process of fertilisation - the exact moment when life begins. “The Miracle of Life” then follows the exciting development of the foetus as it prepares to enter the world outside.

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Credits

production company

Sveriges television

co-producers/directors

Bo G. Erikson

Carl O Lofman

Duration

00:55:00:00

Production places

Sweden

Production dates

1982

Collection metadata

ACMI Identifier

302847

Language

English

Audience classification

G

Subject categories

Closed captioning

Family, Gender Identity, Relationships & Sexuality → Birth, Hour of

Food, Health, Lifestyle, Medicine, Psychology & Safety → Birth, Hour of

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

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

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

Mathematics, Science & Technology → Human reproduction

Sound/audio

Captioned

Colour

Holdings

VHS; Access Print (Section 1)

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Sweden, 1982

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