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Embryonic Development: The Chick
195325 min 50 secFilm: Documentary
Direction: J.V. Durden
Production: J.V. Durden
Script: J.V. Durden
This film illustrates the development of the chick embryo, through all stages from germinal disc to hatching, employing animated diagrams and cine-micrography of the living embryo. Normal-speed and time-lapse photographic sequences, and animated diagrams, sometimes superimposed on microscopic views of the embryo, are used to clarify growth processes.
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Subject categories
- Animals > Agricultural LivestockBirds
Credits
- director
- J.V. Durden
- producer
- J.V. Durden
- script
- J.V. Durden
- photography
- J.V. Durden
- consultant
- A.F. Coventry
- editing
- David Mayerovitch
Awards
- Certificate of Merit - Second Prize - Category: ScienceAnnual Film Festival
- Honourable Mention - Category: Non-theatricalGenie Awards
- Recognition of MeritAnnual Golden Reel Film Festival - Film Council of America
- Cup of the National Association of Film JournalistsAnnual Documentary Film Festival
- First Prize - Category: Scientific FilmsInternational Film Festival