What makes day and night

This is one of a series of films designed for elementary school science classes; it demonstrates that the alternation of night and day is due to rotation of the earth and not to the apparent motion of the sun around the earth. Two children and their father discuss the cause of night and day using a torch and a light globe to demonstrates the principles involved.

How to watch

This work has not been digitised and is currently unavailable to view online. It may be possible for approved reseachers to view onsite at ACMI.

Learn more about accessing our collection

Collection

In ACMI's collection

Credits

production company

Young America Films

Duration

00:05:03:00

Production places

United States

Production dates

1947

Collection metadata

ACMI Identifier

011835

Language

English

Subject categories

Education, Instruction, Teaching & Schools → Education, Primary

Educational & Instructional

Educational & Instructional → Educational films

Mathematics, Science & Technology → Astronomy

Short films

Short films → Short films - United States

Sound/audio

Sound

Colour

Black and White

Holdings

16mm film; Access Print (Section 1)

Please note: this archive is an ongoing body of work. Sometimes the credit information (director, year etc) isn’t available so these fields may be left blank; we are progressively filling these in with further research.

Cite this work on Wikipedia

If you would like to cite this item, please use the following template: {{cite web |url=https://acmi.net.au/works/74636--what-makes-day-and-night/ |title=What makes day and night |author=Australian Centre for the Moving Image |access-date=9 February 2023 |publisher=Australian Centre for the Moving Image}}

United States, 1947

Please note