The nearest star

Year Published: 1960

Creator: Jim Scott Gian-Franco Romagnoli Robert Gaffney Paul Rader Roy Brubaker W.O. Field William H. Terry

Format: 16mm

Description: Portrays the unique and critical role of the sun in the drama of our own planet. Traces the history of man's study of the sun, and explains how solar towers, rockets, and balloons are used in the study of the sun. Describes the communications system established by the National Bureau of Standards to coordinate work on solar disturbances and their enhanced X radiations and particle streams.

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