The Solar System

Combines animation and three-dimensional models with "you are there" camera techniques to investigate the structure and composition of the solar system. Probes the origin of the solar system and the geologic makeup of each planet. Surveys conditions for life on Mercury, Venus, and Mars; describes the Earth; and explores Jupiter, Saturn, and the other planets. Narrated by Richard Basehart. Second edition of The Solar Family.

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Investigates the structure and composition of the solar system, describes the origin of the Sun and its planets, and surveys the major planetary bodies in the solar system.

More in Agi/Ebe Earth Science Series

  1. Erosion : Leveling The Land
  2. How Solid is Rock?
  3. Volcano: The Birth of a Mountain
  4. Why Do We Still Have Mountains ?
  5. Minerals and Rocks 1957
  6. Rocks that Form on the Earth's Surface 1964
  7. Beach : A River Of Sand 1965
  8. Evidence For The Ice Age. 1965
  9. What Makes Clouds? 1965
  10. What makes the wind blow? 1965
  11. Reflections on Time 1969
  12. Heartbeat of a volcano 1970
  13. How level Is sea level? 1970
  14. Controversy Over the Moon 1971
  15. Earthquakes--Lesson of Disaster 1971
  16. Glacier on the Move 1973
  17. The atmosphere in motion 1973
  18. Volcanoes : exploring the restless Earth 1973
  19. Energy for the future 1974
  20. San Andreas Fault 1974
  21. Storms: The Restless Atmosphere 1974
  22. Weather forecasting 1975
  23. Weather Forecasting (Syncap Version) 1975
  24. Erosion and Weathering: Looking at the Land 1976
  25. The Solar System 1977

Related films

Sources

  1. 16mm Filmography (legacy record) — title, year, length, format, color, description
  2. U.S. Copyright Office, Catalog of Copyright Entries (renewals, 1970–1978) — copyright
  3. 16mm Filmography editors — creator, catalog record