There are a number of commercial educational movies available from several suppliers. This page provides list of commercial movie resources which contain movies or animations to illustrate various aspects of development.
In addition, there have been several "commercial" movies made that relate to normal and abnormal embryonic development. Movie ratings should be checked to ensure suitability for student age.
These links are all external from UNSW Embryology listed here for educational puproses only.
The BBC (UK) through its movie, television, radio and online resources provides many documentary and other materials related to development.
THE GENETICS DEBATE Thursday 7 March 2002 7pm "The debate will explore some of the key scientific and ethical issues associated with this major area of scientific advancement as well as related areas, in particular cloning and the use of stem cells for research purposes."
MUTANT MOUSE Monday 22 November 2004 "This is the story of one of the most unlikely scientific pioneers of our age: the laboratory mouse."
SUPERFLY Thursday 25 November 2004 "Superfly is a fly's eye view of 100 years of genetics. Drosophila melanogaster - the common fruit fly - might look insignificant but over the last century it has been used to unlock the secrets of life. 60% of our genes are the same as the fly's."
Internet Movie DatabaseIMDB a searcable commercial movie database linked to movie descriptions and summaries.
The Embryonic Development of Fish (1961) aka "Développement embryonnaire du poisson, Le" (Canada: French title) Documentary Runtime: 28 min
Child Development: The First Two Years (1991) (V) USA Family Runtime:47 min
Children of a Lesser God (1986) Runtime: 119 min A commercial film about deafness.
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This page has a list of Commercially available movies that relate to development.
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