Sounds Around Us

Duration: 400 ft.

Year Published: 1964

Creator: Cenco Films

Complete Record: shot of yard boy leaves house boy walking down path tree-lined boy walking on railway track boy sitting under tree boy finds glass bottle boy blows into bottle making sound, CU CU hand with elastic band BU hands playing with balloon CU triangle being played some sort of reversal (negative) image with omnidirectional waveform pattern overlaid on it animation of man and house with triangle, emitting sound (omni - graphic again) boy walking to lakeside saw cutting something metal triangle again tractor driving towards camera boy at lake again (shot has captain) more triangle boy on fence post waving at man on tractor LS of tractor driving CU boy beating on 2 cars and hitting a barrel with a stick animation of the speed of sound through different media (steel, water, air, etc.) boy walked back-up pathway triangle animation ; end is a recap of shots already used to emphasis the points made in the film CU triangle elastic band and hand CU of balloon boy with bottle saw tractor boy at lake boy playing drums media speed graphic boy reenters house Uses animation to demonstrate many of the properties of sound. Indicates how sounds are made, how sounds travel, and pitch intensity and quality of sound. Explains how loud and soft sounds are produced. Illustrates how speed of sounds are affected by various materials. Points out that sounds travel in all directions.