Mother and child

United Kingdom, 1961

Film
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Episode number 5 of Series “Man in the Making”.
How important is the bond between mother and baby to the future emotional development of the child? Here the latest scientific evidence is examined through experiments with baby rats and monkeys. Experiments on human babies are impossible, but the film shows the effect of depriving babies of mothers or even substitute mothers in cases where this has unfortunately happened. Speakers include: Dr J.A. Ambrose, Dr R.A. Hinde and Dr Seymour Levine.

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Credits

director

Brenda Horsfield

producer

James McCloy

production company

BBC-TV

Duration

00:28:20:00

Production places
United Kingdom
Production dates
1961

Appears in

Man in the Making

Group of items

Man in the Making

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Collection metadata

ACMI Identifier

007273

Language

English

Subject categories

Documentary

Documentary → Documentary films - Great Britain

Economics, Philosophy, Politics, Religion & Sociology → Child care

Education, Instruction, Teaching & Schools → Psychology - Study and teaching

Educational & Instructional

Educational & Instructional → Educational films

Family, Gender Identity, Relationships & Sexuality → Child care

Family, Gender Identity, Relationships & Sexuality → Child development

Family, Gender Identity, Relationships & Sexuality → Child psychology

Food, Health, Lifestyle, Medicine, Psychology & Safety → Child care

Food, Health, Lifestyle, Medicine, Psychology & Safety → Child development

Food, Health, Lifestyle, Medicine, Psychology & Safety → Child psychology

Food, Health, Lifestyle, Medicine, Psychology & Safety → Developmental psychology

Food, Health, Lifestyle, Medicine, Psychology & Safety → Psychology - Study and teaching

Food, Health, Lifestyle, Medicine, Psychology & Safety → Separation (Psychology)

Mathematics, Science & Technology → Science - Experiments

Short films

Short films → Short films - Great Britain

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Sound

Colour

Black and White

Holdings

16mm film; Access Print (Section 1)

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