The Risky start | ACMI collection | ACMI: Your museum of screen culture

Episode of Series “W5”.
Canadian documentary on hospital care for expectant mothers and their babies and the need for better anti-natal care to lessen the likelihood of disabilities.

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Credits

Duration

00:11:22:00

Production places

Canada

Appears in

W5

Group of items

W5

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Collection metadata

ACMI Identifier

015233

Language

English

Subject categories

Documentary

Food, Health, Lifestyle, Medicine, Psychology & Safety → Hospitals

Food, Health, Lifestyle, Medicine, Psychology & Safety → Infants - Care and hygiene

Food, Health, Lifestyle, Medicine, Psychology & Safety → Medical films

Food, Health, Lifestyle, Medicine, Psychology & Safety → Pregnancy

Short films

Short films → Short films - Canada

Sound/audio

Sound

Colour

Holdings

16mm film; Access Print (Section 1)

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If you would like to cite this item, please use the following template: {{cite web |url=https://acmi.net.au/works/77054--the-risky-start/ |title=The Risky start |author=Australian Centre for the Moving Image |access-date=28 January 2025 |publisher=Australian Centre for the Moving Image}}