Our Mr. Sun

Our Mr. Sun (1956)

One entry in a series of films produced to make science accessible to the masses—especially children—this film describes the sun in scientific but entertaining terms.

Data lansării
1956-11-19
TMDB
7.3 / 10 (15)
Durată
57 min
Genuri
Documentar, Film TV, Animaţie
Regizor
Frank Capra, William T. Hurtz
Colecție
The Bell System Science Series

Distribuție

Curiozități

Our Mr. Sun is a 1956 one-hour American television film in Technicolor written, produced, and directed by Frank Capra, with animation by UPA. It is a documentary that explains how the Sun works and how it also plays a huge part in human life. It was first broadcast on television by CBS in 1956.

Production

Our Mr. Sun is the first of nine films in the Bell science series. Production took place over a period of four years and was initiated at the behest of N. W. Ayer & Son, who were AT&T's advertising agency at the time. Working titles for the film included The Sun and Horizons Unlimited with Our Mr. Sun eventually becoming the title.

Although color television was introduced in 1953, most television content was still in black and white and the fact that Our Mr. Sun was produced in color was noted at the time by The Boston Globe.

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