One entry in a series of films produced to make science accessible to the masses--especially children--this film describes the sun in scientific but entertaining terms.
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George W. Beadle
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scientific advisory board: biology (as Dr. George W. Beadle) |
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John Z. Bowers
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scientific advisory board: medicine (as Dr. John Z. Bowers) |
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Ralph Bown
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chairman: scientific advisory board: engineering (as Dr. Rallph Bown) |
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Paul R. Burkholder
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scientific advisory board: microbiology (as Dr. Paul R. Burkholder) |
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Jeanne Curtis
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research |
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Farrington Daniels
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scientific consultant (as Dr. Farringron Daniels) |
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Armin Deutsch
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scientific consultant (as Dr. Armin Deutsch) |
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Maurice Ewing
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scientific advisory board: marine geologyy (as Dr. Maurice Ewing) |
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George R. Harrison
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scientific advisory board: physicsy (as Dr. George R. Harrison) |
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Donald Jones
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assistant to the producer |
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Clyde Kluckhohn
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scientific advisory board: anthropologyy (as Dr. Clyde Kluckhohn) |
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Donald Menzel
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scientific consultant (as Dr. Donald Menzel) |
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Walter Orr Roberts
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scientific consultant (as Dr. Walter Orr Roberts) |
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Otto Struve
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scientific consultant (as Dr. Otto Struve) |
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Warren Weaver
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vice chairman: scientific advisory board: mathematics (as Dr. Warren Weaver) |
| Plot Summary |
Since this is an educational film dramatizing facts about the sun it would be difficult to write a summary without spoilers. This summary is meant to excite and encourage viewing. I saw this educational movie in elementary school in the mid-1950s. The idea was to introduce the sun and its role as center of the solar system. There are close-ups of the sun showing sunspots on the sun's violent surface. It was explained that the Earth rotates on its axis so we see the sun in daytime on our side of the Earth and our side of the earth is turned away from the sun at night. The Earth revolves around the sun in one year causing the seasons. Facts about the sun include the distance from Earth to sun, that the sun is a star, how hot the sun is no one can live there), and how the sun provides light plants need to grow and warms land and water. Without "Our Mr. Sun" Earth would be a frozen, lifeless lump and we would not be here. (I believe another film long these lines is "Hemo the Magnificent" about blood. These films sparked my life-long passion for science and always asking questions and wanting to find answers. It's really amazing how much these films stick in a child's mind. They were certainly doing something right. Frank Capra--wow!)
Written by Dale Phillips
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Nuestro Sr. Sol
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Interview mit der Sonne
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First of four educational films produced by Bell Laboratories and directed by Frank Capra on the subjects of the sun, the human circulatory system, radioactivity and the weather. These films were used regularly in classrooms since they were well produced and Bell Laboratories would supply 16mm copies of the films to schools free of charge.
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| Movie Connections |
Featured in
Before the Flood (2016).
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| Soundtracks |
Symphony No. 9 in D Minor: Ode to Joy
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