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The miracle of life
1999

DVD

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.

Item Details

ISBN: 1578071968

Description:

  • 1 videodisc (approximately 60 min.) : sound, color ; 12 cm
  • polychrome
  • digital
  • optical
  • Dolby
  • video file
  • DVD video

Target Audience Note: Audience : Parental guidance.

Other Title: Nova (Television program)

Notes:

  • "A Swedish Television Production in association with WGBH Boston"--Container.
  • "The first filmed record of human conception, photographed by Lennart Nilsson"--Container.
  • Accompanied by: DVD inserted into container: 18 x 25 cm.
  • Copyright dates on title frames: 1982, 1983; packaging copyright date, 1999.
  • Dolby digital.
  • Home use only. Public performance rights NOT included.
  • Originally broadcast as an episode of the television program Nova.
  • Photography, Lennart Nilsson ; graphic designer, Paul Souza ; editor, Carl O. Lofman ; narrator, Anita Sangiolo ; original music, Anders Berglund.
  • Narrator, Anita Sangiolo.
  • Special DVD features include: Chapter search, closed captaining, Link to the award-winning NOVA website, Dolby sound.
  • Educational public performance rights for life of tape.
  • Closed-captioned for the hearing impaired.

Contents:

  • The miracle begins
  • Female reproduction
  • Male reproduction
  • The dance of life
  • Barriers to conception
  • The egg
  • The fetus
  • Birth.

Publisher or Distributor Number: WG799

Control Number: 3141984

Publisher: [Sweden] : Swedish Television Corporation, [1999]
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