This 1965 film “Human Reproduction” was originally part of a curriculum correlated with the textbook “Healthful Living” by Harold S. Diehl, M.D. The film includes descriptive details and illustrations of male and female genitalia and their reproductive organs. It then explains a woman’s menstrual cycle, the process of fertilizing an egg, the entire process of pregnancy, and lastly it features the birth of a human baby.

“Human Reproduction” title banner (00:06). Credits (00:12). Views of a forest changing seasons from winter to spring (00:22). Bloomer flowers including daffodil and billygoat weed (00:39). Animals including deer, grey crowned crane, lions, horses, and cows (00:43). A newly wed couple exits a church and drives away (01:07). Highways (01:20). Parents and their children (01:24). Figures of a naked man and woman (02:14). Illustrations of male genitals explain the reproductive organs including the penis, testicals, and vas deferens tubes (02:28). Male sex cells; spermatozoa, sperm (03:19). Illustrations of male genitals continue explaining the reproductive organs, the bladder, the urethra, the seminal vesicles, and the prostate gland (03:30). The erection of a penis and the process of ejaculation are explained (04:12). Figures of a naked man and woman (04:57). Illustrations of a woman’s genitals, including the labia, the urethra and bladder, the vagina, hymen, cervix, and uterus (05:16). Illustrations of the reproductive organs including the cervix, vagina, uterus, fallopian tubes, and ovaries (06:26). Women’s menstrual cycle is explained (06:45). Illustrations of sperm traveling through female reproductive organs after an ejaculation (10:21). A cell cluster reaches the uterus, and the woman becomes pregnant (12:03). Illustrations demonstrate the pregnancy (12:28). Illustrations of female reproductive organs explain the growth of the embryo in the uterus (13:11). Illustrations of an embryo (and fetus) demonstrate the rate of growth during pregnancy (13:56). Illustrations explain the placenta (15:12). Illustrations demonstrate the bag of fluid surrounding the fetus (16:18). Illustrations demonstrate the birth separated in three stages (16:53), starting with the opening of the cervix through contractions (17:07). In the second stage the contractions become stronger and the water breaks (17:24). In the third stage the baby’s head becomes visible and the birth is completed (17:52). Footage of a woman giving birth (18:05). Children of all ages (18:29). Credits (18:55).

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