"Spring Brings Changes" 60s classroom film

[Music] is a time when many live [Music] rest bare trees cast bare Shadows across the snow not all living things rest of course faith and Mark can play in the snow all bundled in warm clothes but for most animals and plants winter is a time of rest then as the days grow warmer the snow begins to melt the snowy frozen ground softens up you know that spring is on its way when your mother asks how you got such muddy boots it is the time when many animals wake up hungry from their Long Winter naps it is the time when trees and other plants start to grow again what makes green things grow again it is the sun warming up the Earth every day in Spring the sun climbs a little higher in the sky and every day it shines a little longer in Winter Mark and Faith used to have breakfast before the sun came up now the sun is already high in the sky at breakfast time some days there are clouds but the warm spring clouds drop rain instead of snow rain sometimes spoils our outdoor fun but we should remember that rain Waters the plants and helps them grow soon young green CHS push their way out of the warm Earth they grow and grow until one day they blossom into flowers on the trees buds Sprout spring is a beautiful time of the year in Spring Farmers hurry to plow their fields and plant their crops in the warm Earth now is the time when seeds grow best faith and Mark are going to have their own garden like real Farmers they get the soil ready for planting they plant seeds in straight neat rows grow plants need water when it doesn't rain faith and Mark will need to water their Garden to keep the ground from drying out they have planted corn and beets and onions and carrots in the spring when green things grow there is plenty of food for Animals many animals live on scarce Foods all winter and now they are very hungry the ground squirrel who sleeps all winter is very hungry too now he can grow round and fat in this cuon is another animal that sleeps through the winter when it's fun its cocoon last fall it was a caterpillar now it's a moth this picture is speeded up to show how the wings unfold as they dry it really takes about an hour for it to happen after a few more hours The Moth is ready to fly away into the warm spring World there are flowers there with honey for Hungry butterflies flowers with honey for Hungry [Music] bees in the fields there are delicious things for Hungry Birds there is food for the caterpillar for the ladybug for the baby fox for the deer in springtime there is food for all in the warm sunshine faith and Mark get hot playing in their Woolen sweaters when a bear gets hot he can't take off his winter coat but in warm weather his fur begins to thin out when warm weather comes we take the Sheep's winter coat off for him we use the Sheep's coat to make our own winter clothes do you suppose the cheap feel good when they get rid of their winter clothes do you suppose they feel as good as you feel spring is the time when many animals find mates and raise families a mother hummingbird feeds her baby in another Nest other hungry baby birds are waiting you can see many other animal babies in the spring in the barnyard in the pasture you may not have many elk living where you live but in Elk country there are young elk in Bear Country there are young bear baby birds grow more quickly than you do by summer these babies will be flying these baby possums riding on their mother's back grow more quickly than you do by next spring they will be grown up and will have their own families spring is a good time for wild animals to be born it gives them all summer to eat eat and grow strong they will be strong enough to protect themselves against next Winter's cold young people are growing and growing strong too it's fun to play but there is work to do faith and Mark take good care of their Garden they loosen the ground and keep it free from Weeds soon their vegetables will grow big enough to eat spring is a good time a green time a grow spr time of year in Spring there is food for all and then the warm days of spring get warmer the tiny seeds that faith and Mark planted have grown summer is here spring is over for another year ch [Music]