# The Origin of Life

Director and writer, Mallory Pearce

Uses animated diagrams, cinemicrography, and narration to illustrate the organization and development of the living cell. Examines the structure, atomic components, and characteristics of the four major categories of organic compounds. Shows the growth of organic compounds from the primitive elements of methane, ammonia, and water, and pictures the development of the more complex and efficient cell that utilized oxygen and evolved into more intricate and varied forms of life

- Kind: Educational
- Year: 1971
- By: Communications Group West, John Wiley & Sons
- Genres: Education, Industrial and advertising
- Archive: [Internet Archive](https://archive.org/details/theoriginoflife_201611)
- Licence or status: none stated by the archive
- Who can watch: Teens profiles and older (the archive gives no rating; placed by Invisible Network from its collection and subjects)

[Watch now](https://invisiblenetwork.ai/watch/archive/ia/theoriginoflife_201611?play=1)