Exploring in space: the Van Allen radiation belts

Dr James Van Allen and other scientists explain some of the purposes and methods of obtaining information in exploratory space flights. Uses animated drawings, models and live photography to visualise the relationships between the earth, the sun, the magnetosphere, and the radiation belts, and to explain how radio equipped space craft explore the radiation regions.

Credits

production company

Encyclopaedia Britannica Films

producer

Charles Probst

Duration

00:16:12:00

Production places

United States

Production dates

1963

Collection metadata

ACMI Identifier

011439

Language

English

Subject categories

Documentary

Documentary → Documentary films - United States

Educational & Instructional

Educational & Instructional → Educational films

Mathematics, Science & Technology → Cosmology

Mathematics, Science & Technology → Outer space - Exploration

Mathematics, Science & Technology → Radiation

Mathematics, Science & Technology → Science

Mathematics, Science & Technology → Space flight

Mathematics, Science & Technology → Space sciences

Mathematics, Science & Technology → Space ships

Short films

Short films → Short films - United States

Sound/audio

Sound

Colour

Black and White

Holdings

16mm film; Access Print (Section 1)

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United States, 1963

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