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The miracle of life

Title
The miracle of life / produced by Swedish Television in association with WGBH Boston ; photography, Lennart Nilsson ; directors and producers, Bo G. Erikson, Carl O. Lofman ; for NOVA, written and produced by Bebe Nixon ; executive producer, John Mansfield.
Publication
Boston : WGBH, [1986], ©1986.

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Additional Authors
  • Nilsson, Lennart, 1922-2017.
  • Erikson, Bo G.
  • Löfman, Carl O.
  • Sveriges television.
  • WGBH (Television station : Boston, Mass.)
Description
1 videocassette (60 min.) : sound, color; 1/2 in.
Summary
A documentary which 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.
Series Statement
Nova
Uniform Title
Nova (Television program)
Subject
  • Human reproduction
  • Embryology, Human
  • Films for the hearing impaired
  • Films for people with visual disabilities
Note
  • Broadcast in the U.S. as a segment of: Nova.
  • "An Emmy Award winner."
Credits (note)
  • Narrator, Anita Sangiolo.
System Details (note)
  • VHS.
Language (note)
  • Closed-captioned and audio-described.
ISBN
0517751887
OCLC
ocm41240631
Owning Institutions
Columbia University Libraries