Direct photography, animation, micro-cinematography and three-dimensional animation are used to tell the story of embryology. The pig - familiar domestic animal - is selected to illustrate the process of generation. The story is fundamentally complete from the formation of the original male and female germ cells, to the active newborn pig, including such processes as fertilization, cleavage, blastulation, formation of neural folds, development of membranes and embryonic circulation and parturition.
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In ACMI's collection
Credits
Collection metadata
ACMI Identifier
322601
Language
English
Subject categories
Education, Instruction, Teaching & Schools → Biology - Study and teaching
Educational & Instructional → Educational films
Food, Health, Lifestyle, Medicine, Psychology & Safety → Embryology
Food, Health, Lifestyle, Medicine, Psychology & Safety → Reproduction
Mathematics, Science & Technology → Biology
Mathematics, Science & Technology → Biology - Study and teaching
Mathematics, Science & Technology → Reproduction
Sound/audio
Sound
Colour
Black and White
Holdings
16mm film; Limited Access Print (Section 2)
16mm film; Access Print (Section 1)
16mm film; Preservation Print (Section 5)