Our Mr. Sun, Pt 1

SPONSOR: American Telephone & Telegraph Co. PRODUCTION CO.: Frank Capra Productions Inc. DIRECTORS:Frank Capra, William T. Hurtz. PRODUCER/WRITER: Frank Capra. ANIMATION: United Productions of America.CA From the series Eddie Albert, Frank Baxter, Lionel Barrymore, Sterling Holloway, Marvin Miller. RESOURCES: Copyright71Our Mr. SunLP9113 7Nov56; Jack Gould, “Television: Our Mr. Sun,” NYT, Nov. 20, 1956, 58; Richard Dyer MacCann,“Use of Animated Cartoons to Expand TV Techniques,” CSM, Nov. 20, 1956, 9; “Industry Takes a Hand,” BusScrn 18, no. 7 (1957): 38–39; James Gilbert, Redeeming Culture: American Religion in an Age of Science(Chicago: University of Chicago Press, 1997), 199–223. HOLDINGS: AAFF, GEH, LC, LC/Prelinger, UCLA.Popular scientific film directed by Frank Capra that launched the Bell System Science series.Combining animation and live action, Our Mr. Sun uses a scientist-writer team to presentinformation about the sun and its importance to humankind. NOTE: Produced in Technicolor,the film was originally telecast in 1956 and 1957 to 9 million homes; some 600 16mm printswere distributed to schools and community organizations through the Bell Telephone Systemfilm libraries., Our Mr Sun From the series Bell System Science Series Distributed by Wave Produced by Amer Telephone And Telegraph Co; Information Dept 195 Broadway, Room 07-1106; New York; NY; 10007PC: ATATCN: Frank Capra Productions; 1438 N Gower St; Hollywood; CA; 90028CC: CAPRA Year published 1956 Grade Level: P I J H Distributed on media: 1 film reel (60 min.), optical sound, 16 mm. Color?Color Length: 60 MIN Description: Discusses the sun and its effect upon life on earth. Shows the sun in eclipse with its corona, sun spots and explosions on the sun's face. Discusses attempts to use the sun's energy to perform work now done by wood, coal, gas and oil. Animated sequences present information about the size, weight, heat, energy and and radiation of the sun. Topics: Biology,-Ecology-Adaptation; Biology,-Ecology-Environment; Biology,-Ecology-Habitations; Biology,-Ecology-Natural-Resources-Conservation; Biology,-Ecology-Recycling; Basic-Physical-Science-Space-And-Solar-System; Earth-Science-General; Earth-Science-Astronomy, SPONSOR: American Telephone & Telegraph Co. PRODUCTION CO.: Frank Capra Productions Inc. DIRECTORS:Frank Capra, William T. Hurtz. PRODUCER/WRITER: Frank Capra. ANIMATION: United Productions of America.CA From the series Eddie Albert, Frank Baxter, Lionel Barrymore, Sterling Holloway, Marvin Miller. RESOURCES: Copyright71Our Mr. SunLP9113 7Nov56; Jack Gould, “Television: Our Mr. Sun,” NYT, Nov. 20, 1956, 58; Richard Dyer MacCann,“Use of Animated Cartoons to Expand TV Techniques,” CSM, Nov. 20, 1956, 9; “Industry Takes a Hand,” BusScrn 18, no. 7 (1957): 38–39; James Gilbert, Redeeming Culture: American Religion in an Age of Science(Chicago: University of Chicago Press, 1997), 199–223. HOLDINGS: AAFF, GEH, LC, LC/Prelinger, UCLA.Popular scientific film directed by Frank Capra that launched the Bell System Science series.Combining animation and live action, Our Mr. Sun uses a scientist-writer team to presentinformation about the sun and its importance to humankind. NOTE: Produced in Technicolor,the film was originally telecast in 1956 and 1957 to 9 million homes; some 600 16mm printswere distributed to schools and community organizations through the Bell Telephone Systemfilm libraries.NOTE: Two (or more) records have been merged together to create this data.