What Makes Day And Night

What Makes Day And Night Young America Films / McGraw-Hill Text-Films Statue of Liberty lit up, night & day. VO children asking questions “why is night always followed by day” etc. Young kids, Jim & Jane, studying globe w/ father. VO explaining axis of earth. Father turns out light & uses torch on globe to show children how day & night works. CU boy watching. He puts tiny flag where they live in US. Father pulls down window shades. Uses flashlight on globe. They sit in semi-dark in front of large radio & beside globe which they turn till flag back into light. 21:17:48 Cutaways to cycle of day scenes: sunrise over fields. American farmers at work in early morning, kids get up, breakfast w/ parents, leave for school. Lots of young ethnic kids file into school. Turning globe till noon. People on city streets at noon; pedestrians; military & civilian. Globe turns w/ Jim, Jane & father. 20:19:04 Kids out of school, little boys play American football w/ helmets. Jim & Jane playing hopscotch on sidewalk as dad returns from work. Sun setting over sea. Dramatic arm of father over earth or globe. 20:20:15 Hawaii sugar cane farmers finish work at dusk; Chinese kids playing in noon sunshine; kids just waking up in Poland. 20:21:03 Diagram of spinning globe as clockface. More shots kids looking at globe turning in darkened room. Science; Geography; Family; 1940s Street Scenes;