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.
General Note
"A Swedish Television Production in association with WGBH Boston"--Container.
Originally broadcast as an episode of the television program Nova.
Copyright dates on title frames: 1982, 1983; packaging copyright date, 1999.
Dolby digital.
"The first filmed record of human conception, photographed by Lennart Nilsson"--Container.
Content Note
The miracle begins -- Female reproduction -- Male reproduction -- The dance of life -- Barriers to conception -- The egg -- The fetus -- Birth.