Muscle power

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Date
1984
Summary
Shows how human muscles produce enormous strength as two types of molecules telescope against each other in large numbers. Includes muscular activity that takes place involuntarily, such as contraction of the heart muscle and the motion of the digestive tract.; Teacher's guide and videodisc index includes 4 pages of barcodes.
Publishers
Goldcrest Multimedia; Société nationale de télévision en couleur "Antenne 2."; Films for the Humanities (Firm)
Subjects
Science, Technology; Health, Family Studies; Muscle contraction; Heart Contraction; Gastrointestinal system Motility
Collection
Films@UM
Unit
Distinctive Media Collections
Language
English
Rights Statement
In Copyright
Terms of Use
Access is restricted to patrons at the University of Maryland.
Physical Description
26 minutes; color
Notes
Access
Access condition: campus-only.
Creation/Production Credits
Cameramen, Syd Macartney, Steve Keith-Roach ; director of specialist photography, David Barlow ; film editor, John Lyte ; narrators, Derek Cooper, Miriam Margolyes ; music, Richard Harvey ; consultant, Christiaan Barnard.
Other Identifiers
Filename: lms-089546; Fedora 2 PID: umd:10578; Handle Identifier: hdl:1903.1/3053; OCLC: ocm26885332; Catalog Key: alephsys002003643

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