Eternal day, eternal night

Eternal day, eternal night is a short film from 1959 released on 16mm. It is held in the IUL Moving Image Archive collection.

Dr. Strughold and Dr. Rider take an imaginary ride in a space satellite, circling in an orbit 784 miles above the earth. They discuss problems which have only been touched on before in the series: the...

Eternal day, eternal night
Release date	1959

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Summary

Dr. Strughold and Dr. Rider take an imaginary ride in a space satellite, circling in an orbit 784 miles above the earth. They discuss problems which have only been touched on before in the series: the unearthly silence in space where no sound is propagated;the incredible contrast between brilliant light and impenetrable shadow;the physiological and psychological disturbances that may arise when the normal terrestrial day-night cycle is replaced by one with --in this case --a “day” of 76 minutes followed by a “night” of 35 minutes.

Physical Format

1 Film (0:29:45) :16mm

IUL Genres

Aviation :Educational :Historical

IUL Subject

Aeronautics in medicine :Aeronautics.

Full Title (usually this is the same as above)

Eternal day, eternal night