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from: WGBH Boston PBS
Audience Rating: NR (Not Rated)
Binding: VHS Tape
EAN: 9786302895186
Format: Closed-captioned, Color, NTSC
ISBN: 6302895189
Label: WGBH Boston PBS
Manufacturer: WGBH Boston PBS
Number Of Items: 1
Publisher: WGBH Boston PBS
Release Date: March 28, 2000
Running Time: 60 minutes
Sales Rank: 3599
Studio: WGBH Boston PBS
Theatrical Release Date: 1983
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Editorial Review:
Description:
Each minute, all over the world, a baby is born. An everyday occurrence, yet each birth is the culmination of one of nature's most complex, mysterious, and seemingly miraculous processes. A dramatic breakthrough in science and cinematography, the Peabody® award-winning The Miracle of Life takes you on an incredible voyage through the human body as a new life begins. World-renowned Swedish photographer Lennart Nilsson presents a spectacular look at a microscopic world.
Amazon.com:
Still startlingly beautiful after several years, Nova's The Miracle of Life records human conception for the first time on film, and much more. Living, functioning reproductive systems are laid bare to the camera, and there is so much to explore and absorb that Nova's expert guidance is much needed and appreciated. The viewer follows an egg from its follicular development in an ovary, through the delicate, flowery fallopian tube for fertilization, and on to the uterus for development and eventual birth. Likewise, we follow the shorter journey of millions of sperm as they develop and strive mightily to reach the egg. (There isn't a man alive who can watch intraurethral footage without squirming--see for yourself!) Photographer Lennart Nilsson has shown us something profoundly beautiful and yet has left its fundamental mystery intact. The Miracle of Life is a rarity: a documentary that is also art. --Rob Lightner
Customer Reviews
Average Rating: 
Rating:  - Sex ed
This DVD is basically the sex ed you got in public school. I was disappointed when I wasted time watching and the last ten minutes covered babies.
Rating:  - A Must Have For Parents
I saw this film on PBS over a decade ago and have searched for it every since...it is a must have for parents, as it can act as a segwag into that dreaded conversation about the "birds and the bees"...
Rating: - MIRACLE OF LIFE
One fine informative and educational tool that makes a difficult subject interesting and easy to understand. Should be in every school in the nation.
Rating: - Great DVD - just as good as the VHS
My wife and I watched the VHS after we were married per our parents advice. Learned more then in Sex-Ed, of course I had a reason. Good quality pictures that captivate and bring the whole process of conception home.
This is well worth watching for mature audiences.
Rating: - If you are interested in this DVD, you may want to purchase the 2-DVD series!
This is an EXCELLENT DVD! My only disappointment with was that it stops showing the development of the baby in-utero at about 20 weeks and goes right to the birth. The birth itself is very outdated because it shows a woman in a sterile delivery room, lying flat on her back, pushing (which we now know is not an optimal position for birthing. Otherwise, its still holds up after all these years.
Buyers should be aware that the other NOVA DVD: The Miracle of Life/ Life's First Feelings ... Read More
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