A Baby Is Born

Duration: 24

Year Published: 1974

Creator: Sheri Gillette Espar & Henry Mayer

Format: 16mm

Color: Color

Description: Follows a young couple as they experience the pains and joys of having their first baby in a delivery room especially set up so that the husband, as well as the viewer, can observe the entire life process, and hear a doctor explain each step in the actual delivery. Emphasizes the role of the husband as he comforts and supports his wife and then directly shares with her in the excitement of the birth. Contains an epilogue in which proper postnatal care and future birth control are discussed.