1947 - USA Educational Film: What Is Science?

1947 - USA Educational Film - Science 09:54:12 “This is the story of a question that had to be answered.” Tom & sister Joan on porch w/ pitcher of lemonade & she says its perspiring. CU water running down side. Tom says cold air meeting warm air might cause it; she thinks that glass should also sweat. They go to kitchen sink & she puts hot water into her bottle, he puts cold into his & seal top. Put onto warm porch. CU of pocket watch at 2:50. His has sweat; says they should test in another way. They wonder how water gets into the air. 09:57:27 Watch tea kettle putting steam into room. CU of kettle; CU of water forming on bottle. MCU of laundry on clothes drying lines. Plane over road w/ traffic. Observatory. Names of sciences over clips. 09:59:18 Boy w/ prism by window & sun. Tom & Joan on porch looking curious. 09:59:59 CU of man handling eye glass lenses; making primitive telescope. Kids on porch. Costumed actor as Galileo - very tacky w/ illustration of Jupiter’s moons. Plotting on chart. Kids at sink, on porch w/ bottle, w/ tea kettle. Galileo. Man at telescope. Kids looking out window. The End. Elementary Educational Film; Suburbs; Suburban Home; Children; Scientific Method; 1940s