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starring: Burgess Meredithdirected by: Alexander Grasshoff, Aram Boyajian, Bert Haanstra, David Seltzer, Jack Kaufman
Audience Rating: NR (Not Rated)
Binding: VHS Tape
EAN: 9786304474303
Format: Closed-captioned, Color, HiFi Sound, NTSC
ISBN: 630447430X
Label: Nat'l Geographic Vid
Manufacturer: Nat'l Geographic Vid
Number Of Items: 1
Publisher: Nat'l Geographic Vid
Release Date: July 11, 1997
Running Time: 60 minutes
Sales Rank: 18149
Studio: Nat'l Geographic Vid
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Description:
National Geographic takes you and your family on a truly fascinating journey through the wondrous inner world of THE INCREDIBLE HUMAN MACHINE. Explore the fascinating, microscopic universe that exists within us all. How does the eye adjust to changes in light? How do our muscles enable us to move? How does the eardrum process sound? With the help of sophisticated photographic techniques you are now able to discover the wonders of this internal world and the marvel of THE INCREDIBLE HUMAN MACHINE.
Amazon.com:
Infused with a healthy awe of nature's handiwork, this film is a crash course in physiology. In just 60 minutes the video travels through every inch of the human body, highlighting the various engineering feats accomplished in the course of everyday activity. Tiny cameras expose the forest of taste buds on the tip of a tongue, the cavernous pores in a fingertip, and the eerie clenching action of vocal chords. While the live-action scenes are a bit dated, the visual effects created by x-rays, microscopes, and time-lapse photography are fascinating. --Claire Campbell
Customer Reviews
Average Rating: 
Rating:  - Good video but very outdated
I remember liking this video as a child so I was anxious to see it again. It's funny how times change. The old Geographic with their big booming narrator voice and documentary scenes that look like they were staged for the camera just don't do it for me anymore. Some of the scenes are still touching but I would reccomend keeping your memories intact and avoid watching this. It's just not worth your time and any expense.
Rating:  - Not just a documentary, but a work of art
I'll start off by saying that the classic National Geographic documentaries played a vital part in my childhood. I rented them from the local video store so many times that the employees there called me "the National Geographic kid." CREATURES OF THE NAMIB DESERT, THE SHARKS, AFRICAN WILDLIFE--these were to me what SNOW WHITE and THE LITTLE MERMAID were to other kids. What can I say? I was (and still am) a total egghead. (I'll be 21 next month.)
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