What Makes Rain

What Makes Rain Transfilm / Young America Films 01:18:21 Middle-aged meteorologist in office opening mail. CU letter from young boy Billy - ‘Dear Mr Weatherman, can’t you do something about the weather?...’ 01:18:48 Boy in kitchen looking out at rain. Weatherman types letter in reply to Billy - letter read in VO explaining what makes rain: darkening sky, rain hitting streams, trees & forming puddles which evaporate when sunny. 01:20:25 Billy watching mother cooking as kettle boils - steam from spout - water vapour. Billy helping mother hang washing on line - come back to collect dry clothes. 01:21:59 Brook, river, lake & ocean - evaporation. Billy using mirror to reflect sun - breathes on mirror to show water vapor. Plants & trees - clouds formed from water vapor. 01:23:26 Billy’s mother pouring hot water into sink - window steams up w/ condensation. Billy drinking milk - condensation on glass. Dew on flower. Fog hanging over valley. Clouds darkening - rain falling - Billy & mother look at frost on window panes. 01:25:09 Snowing. “Just remember, water always evaporates into the air - the oceans, rivers and brooks...” - same water re-used over and over again. 01:26:10 Weatherman sends Billy book ‘What Makes Rain’ w/ his letter - Billy opens it & picture comes to life - simple animation of rainwater & its cycle. Environment - Geography; Meteorology / Weather Forecasting; Weatherman; 1940s Elementary Educational Film; 1946; Science;