American Experience
Season 19 Episode 4 - Test Tube Babies
History of in vitro fertilization, traces IVF from an early success with rabbits to the present. Included: controversy and setbacks; the 1978 birth of Louise Joy Brown, the first IVF-born baby; the birth of America's first test-tube baby, Elizabeth Jordan Carr, in 1981. Also: comments from scientists, a couple involved in a lawsuit against a hospital.
Episodes in Season 19
Eyes on the Prize (1 & 2): Awakenings 1954-1956 / Fighting Back 1957-1962
55 min
Eyes on the Prize (3 & 4): Ain't Scared of Your Jails 1960-1961/No Easy Walk 1961-1963
55 min
Eyes on the Prize (5 & 6): Is This America? 1963-1964 / Bridge to Freedom 1965
55 min
Test Tube Babies
55 min
The Great Fever
55 min
The Gold Rush
55 min
The Berlin Airlift
55 min
The Living Weapon
55 min
New Orleans (1 & 2)
55 min
Sister Aimee
55 min
Jonestown: The Life and Death of Peoples Temple
55 min
Summer of Love
55 min
The Mormons (1): History
55 min
The Mormons (2): Church and State
55 min
Alexander Hamilton
55 min