The Beginning of life

Series: Life on earth series

Duration: 30

Year Published: 1969

Creator: Benchmark Films

Format: 16mm

Color: Color

Sound: sound

Description: Utilizes Swedish photographer Lennart Nilsson's interuterine photographs of the human embryo as illustrated in the book A Child Is Born to demonstrate the changing body form of the human fetus during the gestation period. Shows and explores sperm movement, ovulation, fertilization, implantation, and embryonic development in a non-technical manner. (Captioned version available) , This beautiful film captures the astronishing development of actual human embryos from fertilized ovum to birth. With remarkable artistry and innovative camera techniques, acclaimed photographer Lennart Nilsson catches the ever-growing, self-transforming, evolution of a single cell into human baby--the immemorial story of life, repeating itself without end. (Blue Ribbon Winner, American Film Festival.)

Complete Record: Utilizes Swedish photographer Lennart Nilsson's interuterine photographs of the human embryo as illustrated in the book A Child Is Born to demonstrate the changing body form of the human fetus during the gestation period. Shows and explores sperm movement, ovulation, fertilization, implantation, and embryonic development in a non-technical manner. (Captioned version available) , Written and narrated by David Attenborough for the BBC production in 1979. Presents the development of the biochemical origins of life, tracing the theories connecting amino acids and DNA to the progressive formation of organelles. Program two in the Life on earth series., Utilizes Swedish photographer Lennart Nilsson's intrauterine photographs of the human embryo as illustrated in the book A Child Is Born to demonstrate the changing body form of the human fetus during gestation. Shows and explores sperm movement, ovulation, fertilization, implantation, and embryonic development in a non-technical manner. Notes that life really begins with conception and has existed for 38 weeks prior to the moment of birth., NOTE: Two (or more) records have been merged together to create this data.