Beginning of Life, The

Synopsis

Uses in vivo photography in mammals and humans to show the formation and development of sperm and oocyte, the passage of the egg cell down the Fallopian tube, sperm detachment and travel to the egg and fertilisation. This is followed by the sequence of cell divisions to form the blastula, the formation of the primitive streak in the notochord, somite development and later development to the time of the first heartbeat of the human embryo.

Language

English

Country

Japan

Medium

Film; Film. 16mm. sd. col. 26 min.

Technical information

Black-and-white / Sound

Year of production

1974

Availability

Sale

Uses

Undergraduate and postgraduate medical students, para-medical personnel.*

Subjects

Medical sciences

Keywords

cells; embryology; embryonal development; fertilisation; gynaecology; human biology; obstetrics

Credits

Contributor

M Hayashi

Distribution Formats

Type

Film

Format

16mm

Production Company

Name

Cine-Science

Sponsor

Name

National Institute of Preventative Hygiene

Name

Toho University, Department of Obstetrics and Gynaecology

Distributor

Name

BFI Film Bookings Unit

Email

bookings.films@bfi.org.uk

Web

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Phone

020 7957 8938 / 8935

Address

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London
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