Museum object · Time-based Media - Moving Images
NOVA: The Miracle of Life
1982-1983
Washington, District of Columbia, United States, North and Central America
Source catalog description
This description refers to material held by Smithsonian National Museum of African American History and Culture. Visual details below describe the original material.
A documentary film with the title NOVA: The Miracle of Life. It consists of two (2) reels of 16mm color polyester film with optical sound. Using microphotographic techniques accompanied by voice-over narration, the film explores the various forms of reproduction. It opens with a discussion of the origins of life on Earth, in prehistoric oceans, before moving on to cellular reproduction through mitosis. The documentary also details human sexual reproduction and the various stages of the gestation period.
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Catalog reference: 2017.55.103.1ab
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