Your baby's birth.

Date:
1978
  • Film

About this work

Description

Shows the management of childbirth under modern conditions and with modern methods. Includes normal labour with brief shots explaining an epidural, an induction, forceps delivery, a breech birth and a caesarean section. Emphasis is placed on the father's role in labour, and part of the film shows the establishment of the mother-baby relationship while in hospital.

Publication/Creation

England, 1978.

Physical description

2 film reels (17 min. ea) : sound; color 16 mm

Copyright note

Mothercare Ltd.

Notes

1 film reel was donated to the department by the Royal Society of Medicine in 2009.

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Where to find it

  • Copy 1

    LocationStatusAccess
    Closed stores
    BMA818
    By appointmentManual request
  • Copy 2

    LocationStatusAccess
    Closed stores
    BMA818
    By appointmentManual request

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