Part of acclaimed filmmaker Frank Capra's "Wonders of Life" series of science-based films (which won an Emmy Award for Best Editing) teaches kids about the power of gamma rays and radiation.
Direction
Capra's earnest propaganda meets avant-garde puppet theater.
Production
Bizarre live-action/animation hybrid with literary cameos.
Director
Frank Capra
Trivia, insights & behind the scenes
The 'Wonders of Life' series was bankrolled by Bell Labs to improve corporate image during atomic anxiety.
Capra's puppet designs influenced later psychedelic children's television including 'H.R. Pufnstuf.'
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