The Round world and the sun's rays

United Kingdom, 1950

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The following fundamental facts concerning the earth are illustrated: the earth spins on its axis, making a complete turn each day. It also revolves round the sun, taking one year to complete each journey. Energy from the sun falls upon the earth and passes through the envelope of air which surrounds it. This energy is not evenly distributed, because the world is round. At the equator the sun’s rays meet the earth at right angles. At the Poles, the same amount of energy falls on a larger surface of the earth. Thus it is hot near the equator and cold at the Poles.

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Credits

director

Louis Dahl

producer

Frank Wells

production company

Gaumont-British Instructional

J. Arthur Rank

Duration

00:04:27:00

Production places

United Kingdom

Production dates

1950

Collection metadata

ACMI Identifier

312516

Language

English

Subject categories

Climate, Environment, Natural Resources & Disasters → Earth

Climate, Environment, Natural Resources & Disasters → Earth - Rotation

Climate, Environment, Natural Resources & Disasters → Earth movements

Climate, Environment, Natural Resources & Disasters → Solar energy

Documentary

Documentary → Documentary films - Great Britain

Education, Instruction, Teaching & Schools → Science - Study and teaching

Educational & Instructional

Educational & Instructional → Educational films

Mathematics, Science & Technology → Astronomy

Mathematics, Science & Technology → Earth

Mathematics, Science & Technology → Earth - Rotation

Mathematics, Science & Technology → Earth movements

Mathematics, Science & Technology → Earth sciences

Mathematics, Science & Technology → Planets

Mathematics, Science & Technology → Science - Study and teaching

Mathematics, Science & Technology → Solar energy

Mathematics, Science & Technology → Solar system

Mathematics, Science & Technology → Space sciences

Mathematics, Science & Technology → Sun

Short films

Short films → Short films - Great Britain

Sound/audio

Sound

Colour

Holdings

16mm film; Access Print (Section 1)

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