<I>NOVA: The Miracle of Life</I>
date: label: Date
content: 1982-1983
name: label: Directed by
content: Bo G. Erikson, Swedish, born 1933
label: Directed by
content: Carl O. Lofman
label: Written by
content: Bo G. Erikson, Swedish, born 1933
label: Written by
content: Carl O. Lofman
label: Owned by
content: D.C. Public Library, American, founded 1896
notes: label: Caption
content: This film was a part of the Washington D.C. Public Library's circulating 16mm film collection housed at the Martin Luther King Jr. Central Library. The collection is particularly noted for the wide variety of African American and African diaspora content.
label: Description
content: 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.
label: Description
content: 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.
place: label: Place used
content: Washington, District of Columbia, United States, North and Central America
topic: label: Topic
content: African American
label: Topic
content: Documentary films
label: Topic
content: Film
label: Topic
content: Nature
label: Topic
content: Science
setName: label: See more items in
content: National Museum of African American History and Culture Collection
label: Collection title
content: DC Public Library Film Collection
label: Portfolio/Series
content: NOVA
label: Classification
content: Time-based Media - Moving Images
creditLine: label: Credit Line
content: Collection of the Smithsonian National Museum of African American History and Culture, Transferred from the DC Public Library
dataSource: label: Data Source
content: National Museum of African American History and Culture
identifier: label: Object number
content: 2017.55.103.1ab
objectType: label: Type
content: sound films
label: Type
content: color films (visual works)
label: Type
content: 16mm (photographic film size)
objectRights: label: Restrictions & Rights
content: Restrictions likely apply. Proper usage is the responsibility of the user.
physicalDescription: label: Medium
content: polyester film
label: Dimensions
content: Duration (Reel 1): 24 Minutes
label: Dimensions
content: Length (Film): 875 Feet
label: Dimensions
content: Duration (Reel 2): 26 Minutes
label: Dimensions
content: Length (Film): 925 Feet