Part of the Bell System Science Series of Movies and TV Shows. Frank Capra, the acclaimed director of films like It's a Wonderful Life and Mr. Smith Goes to Washington wrote and/or directed the first four films in this series including The Unchained Goddess in 1958. This was more than 60 years ago, and the film is making a case for concern about climate change even then. Check out this NASA blog entry and this HACKADAY article for some interesting reading on the film.
Nominated for an Academy Award in 1959, this animated film short was released on a bill with Darby O'Gill and the Little People.
The critically acclaimed television series The Mechanical Universe… And Beyond, created at Caltech and broadcast on PBS for the first time in 1985 and 1986, is now available in its entirety on YouTube thanks to the efforts of Caltech's Institute's Information Science and Technology initiative.