An educational film taking as its starting point “All animals come from the egg”. Depicts with photography and diagrams, ovulation, fertilisation and early cell division of a rabbit embryo. Having depicted a number of scenes of dissection/vivisection, the film concludes with some footage of live animals and a human baby.
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Collection
In ACMI's collection
Credits
Collection metadata
ACMI Identifier
321625
Language
English
Subject categories
Animals & Wildlife → Fertilization (Biology)
Educational & Instructional → Educational films
Educational & Instructional → Instructional
Food, Health, Lifestyle, Medicine, Psychology & Safety → Embryology
Mathematics, Science & Technology → Cell division
Sound/audio
Sound
Colour
Black and White
Holdings
16mm film; Access Print (Section 1)