The film looks at the human relationship to climate and shows how in the past we have changed our weather for the worse. The World Weather Watch is followed and the interchange of facts taking place between the World Weather Watch Centres at Washington, Moscow and Melbourne is seen. The significance of WWW is explained by David A. Davies, Secretary-General of the World Meteorological Organisation.
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In ACMI's collection
Credits
Collection metadata
ACMI Identifier
013446
Language
English
Subject categories
Climate, Environment, Natural Resources & Disasters → Climatology
Climate, Environment, Natural Resources & Disasters → Weather
Climate, Environment, Natural Resources & Disasters → Weather forecasting
Documentary → Documentary films - United Nations
Educational & Instructional → Educational films
Mathematics, Science & Technology → Climatology
Mathematics, Science & Technology → Earth sciences
Sound/audio
Sound
Colour
Colour
Holdings
16mm film; Access Print (Section 1)