Our Mr. Sun/Strange Case of the Cosmic Rays

Starring:Our Mr Sun, Strange Case of the Cosmic Rays
Studio: Image Entertainment
Product Type: DVD

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Kids still love 'em!
memories from my youth
Our Mr. Sun/Strange Case of the Cosmic Rays
"Our Mr. Sun" -- Almost Like I Remembered It!
Something's missing!

Our Mr. Sun/Strange Case of the Cosmic Rays
Starring: Our Mr Sun , and Strange Case of the Cosmic Rays
Manufacturer: Image Entertainment
ProductGroup: DVD
Binding: DVD

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ASIN: B0000AKY5Z
Release Date: 2003-09-30

Customer Reviews:

Kids still love 'em!.......2007-06-26

When I started teaching five years ago, at an admittedly advanced age, I looked for Our Mr Sun and was so happy to find it. Get this: the kids in my 7th grade classes like it. They also like kidding the living daylights out of me b/c it's my favorite ("Look you guys! It's the same animation as Mr. Magoo!" "Who?"). Still a wonderful conversation starter and highly accessible explanations of thermonuclear reactions and photosynthesis.

Plus all your baby boomer friends will be very jealous that you own it.

memories from my youth.......2007-06-02

This video was what I remember seeing when I was in grade school in the 50s. It's still an interesting and entertaining video and I'm glad it is available.

Our Mr. Sun/Strange Case of the Cosmic Rays.......2007-05-23

Yes, these are two of the Bell Labs movies you sat through in elementary school: science made accessible by the Scientist and the Writer. The animation is campy, the science sometimes dated, sometimes remarkably accurate, and the overall tone is a remarkable time capsule for Baby Boomers. I enjoyed watching these films with my high school-age children as much as I did sitting on the floor of my classroom.

"Our Mr. Sun" -- Almost Like I Remembered It!.......2007-03-20

In elementary school in the 50s, we watched this film a few times. I remember its being extremely interesting and I've always had a great respect for Dr. Frank Baxter. Upon seeing it again, nearly 50 years later, I was surprised at how forward-thinking it was, preaching the virtues of solar power and the need to develop alternate fuels since our fossil fuels were, even then, known to be limited. It was also fascinating to see how excited the filmmakers were that we had developed the hydrogen bomb. There's quite a religious slant to the film which no one questioned at the time, even in public schools. The quality of the transfer is good and viewers will enjoy seeing a very young Eddie Albert.

Something's missing!.......2007-03-16

I love these old films, and the picture quality on this disc is top-notch, but I have to give it a mediocre review because this version of "Our Mister Sun" has been edited. There's something missing in the opening credits, as evidenced by an obvious still-frame that's been superimposed over the sequence, and the closing are credits are COMPLETELY MISSING! There's just a still-frame image that says "The End." Very poorly done.

This copy of "Cosmic Rays," though, seems to be all there.

I recommend this disc for fans of this series, but you need to be aware that "Mr. Sun" is incomplete. There are no extras on the disc, either.

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