This film utilises actual birth footage along with animation, models and live-action in order to demonstrate the two main steps you will take in an emergency childbirth, ie evaluating the situation and assisting the delivery. In this instance the emergency birth is taking place in a park.
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Collection
In ACMI's collection
Credits
Collection metadata
ACMI Identifier
307245
Language
English
Subject categories
Educational & Instructional → Educational films
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 → Medical emergencies
Sound/audio
Sound
Colour
Colour
Holdings
16mm film; Access Print (Section 1)