Man: the incredible machine

Uses photographs and recording techniques to examine the human body, including the heart, lungs, blood vessels, skeleton and joints, muscles, ears, skin, eyes and brain.

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Credits

production company

National Geographic Society

Duration

00:28:12:00

Production places

United States

Production dates

1976

Collection metadata

ACMI Identifier

325162

Language

English

Subject categories

Education, Instruction, Teaching & Schools → Biology - Study and teaching

Educational & Instructional

Educational & Instructional → Educational films

Educational & Instructional → Instructional

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

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

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

Mathematics, Science & Technology → Biology - Study and teaching

Short films

Short films → Short films - United States

Sound/audio

Sound

Colour

Holdings

16mm film; Limited Access Print (Section 2)

VHS; Access Print (Section 1)

16mm film; Preservation Print (Section 5)

16mm film; Access Print (Section 1)

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United States, 1976

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