Episode of Series “Education for Childbirth”.
A photographic record of an actual delivery depicting the normal processes of childbirth and the two final stages of labour. The preparation of the mother in the delivery room, the actual birth of the child, and the immediate post-birth care of both mother and child are shown.
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Collection
In ACMI's collection
Credits
Collection metadata
ACMI Identifier
007680
Language
English
Subject categories
Documentary → Documentary films - United States
Education, Instruction, Teaching & Schools → Medicine - Study and teaching
Educational & Instructional → Instructional
Family, Gender Identity, Relationships & Sexuality → Birth, Hour of
Family, Gender Identity, Relationships & Sexuality → Childbirth
Food, Health, Lifestyle, Medicine, Psychology & Safety → Birth, Hour of
Food, Health, Lifestyle, Medicine, Psychology & Safety → Labor (Obstetrics)
Food, Health, Lifestyle, Medicine, Psychology & Safety → Medicine - Study and teaching
Food, Health, Lifestyle, Medicine, Psychology & Safety → Pregnancy
Sound/audio
Sound
Colour
Black and White
Holdings
16mm film; Access Print (Section 1)