There are a number of historic educational movies about development and human reproduction. Note that these are "historic" movies and accuracy of content or description should be checked against current literature. Listed below in chronological order are links too and descriptions of these movies.
Please note that latest version of Quicktime is required and also the relatively large size (Mb) of some movies will effect download and viewing.
Movie ratings should be checked to ensure suitability for student age.
Page Links: Introduction | Salamander Development | Day at the River | In the Beginning | Human Reproduction | Immunization | Historic Heart Movie | Movie Links
Researchers Stone and Kramer (Yale University) in the 1920s use time-lapse photography in this silent movie to show the development of a salamander from egg to larva. (More? Other Embryos Notes)
Quicktime: High 256Kb SalamanderDev 1920 36.1 Mb | Low 64Kb SalamanderDev 1920 15.6Mb
Internet Archive Link: http://www.archive.org/details/Developm1920
Early educational movie on fish in general including some images of egg development, presented through photomicrography and natural photography. Link is to an extract from the whole movie (available at Internet Archive).
Quicktime: Day at the River (Extract) 9 Mb
Producer: DeVry School Films, Inc., Creative Commons license: Public Domain
Internet Archive Link: http://www.archive.org/details/Dayatthe1928
Early USA Government educational movie on mammalian reproduction, presented through animation, photomicrography and natural photography.
Producer: U.S. Department of Agriculture, Bureau of Dairy Industry, Extension Service, Division of Motion Pictures, Creative Commons license: Public Domain
Internet Archive Link: http://www.archive.org/details/IntheBeg1937
This sex education film concentrates on presenting the anatomy and physiology of human reproduction. Narrated from the point of view of an adult who tries to decide how to answer his son's natural questions about sex and reproduction. (More? Week 1 Movies | Week 1 Notes)
Quicktime: High 256Kb Human Reproduction 52 Mb | Low 64Kb Human Reproduction 22.7 Mb
Internet Archive Link: http://www.archive.org/details/HumanRep1947
This education film explains about immunization and how it occurs by having a disease or by being inoculated with vaccine, also shows how historically smallpox vaccine is produced. (More? Child Immunization)
Quicktime: Low 64Kb Immunization 10 Mb
Internet Archive Link: http://www.archive.org/details/Immunization_2
The following movies are modified and converted from a historic animation (circa 1960's, copyright unknown) demonstrating aspects of human heart development. The sound quality is quite poor and some of the information is now out of date, most general concepts are still correct. Clicking on the image or text will open the movie in a new window, also please note the relatively large size (Mb) of each excerpt will effect download and viewing. (More? Heart Movies | Heart Notes)
Quicktime: High 256Kb Whole Heart Movie 50.7 Mb (all segments shown below)
Early Heart 1 (4.8 Mb) |
Early Heart 2 (4.6 Mb) |
Mid Heart 1 (8.0 Mb) |
Mid Heart 2 (7.4 Mb) |
Mid Heart 3 (7.8 Mb) |
AtrialSeptum (5.6 Mb) |
AVcanals Ventricular Septum (3.5 Mb) |
Outflow Septum (7.1 Mb) |
Heart Valves (2.4 Mb) |
Quicktime links to download sites for Mac and PC QuickTime 7 for Mac OS X v10.3.9 or later | Itunes 6 for PC (will play movies on PC)
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This page has a list of old historic movies that relate to development.
They are provided to give the embryology student a background as to how embryology and development were shown educationally to researchers, students and the general public.
I liked the development of the Salamander movie which shows key steps in early embryo cell division and proliferation.
I also enjoyed the "period setting" of the human reproduction educational movie.
Due to the historic nature of these movies some content may be inaccurate out of date.
These movies are for Educational Use Only and do not indicate a detailed evaluation of the listed movies content.
CD users can find Quicktime on the CD or the latest version can be downloaded from here Quicktime
Please email Dr Mark Hill if you wish to make a comment about this current project.
