THE MIRACLE OF LIFE

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• Release Year: 1974
• Genre: Documentary
• Plot: Each minute, all over the world, a baby is born. An everyday occurrence, yet each birth is the culmination of one of nature's most complex, mysterious, and seemingly miraculous processes.; A dramatic breakthrough in science and cinematography, The Miracle of Life takes you on an incredible voyage through the human body as a new life begins. World-renowned Swedish photographer Lennart Nilsson presents a spectacular look at a microscopic world of beautiful colors and forms deep inside ourselves.; See the egg as it is released by the ovary and follow the sperm from its early development through ejaculation ad then on its perilous journey toward the egg. With magnification of up to half a million times the actual size, you can see exactly what happens at the moment of conception. After the sperm fertilizes the egg, the camera follows the development of the single new cell into an embryo, then a fetus, until finally a baby is born. Never before has this extraordinary process been filmed.; NOVA: Mind-altering television; The mysteries of science are revealed through NOVA's rewarding story-telling. The longest-running, most-awarded, most-watched science show on television offers viewers real life dramas in unexplored territories. NOVA covers a fascinating spectrum-from the miracle of life to the thril of fast physics, from the power of wild weather to the wonders of the earth and space, from the mysteries of the past to the marvals of technology. Life is complicated. It's nice to have a way to understand it. Invite NOVA into your video collection and you will discover something new about you and your world.
• Cast: Anita Sangiolo, Bo Gustaf Erikson, Carol O. Lofman, Bebe Nixon
• Director: Bo Gustaf Erikson
• Runtime: 1:00
• Company: WGBH Boston, NOVA
• Media Format: Series