Tame the wind

Shows how we are now moving to learn to modify the weather to our own ends. The film offers some examples of how weather modification is practised today, and also takes viewers to the Nile Basin where a meteorological survey evokes a far-off dream of making some of the world’s driest desert terrain fertile and fruitful.

Credits

production company

United Nations Television

Canadian Broadcasting Corporation

producer/director

Selig Alkon

Duration

00:26:48:00

Production places

Canada

Production dates

1970

Collection metadata

ACMI Identifier

014305

Language

English

Subject categories

Agriculture, Business, Commerce & Industry → Crops and soils

Climate, Environment, Natural Resources & Disasters → Deserts

Climate, Environment, Natural Resources & Disasters → Weather

Climate, Environment, Natural Resources & Disasters → Weather forecasting

Documentary

Documentary → Documentary films - United Nations

Economics, Philosophy, Politics, Religion & Sociology → United Nations

Educational & Instructional

Educational & Instructional → Educational films

History → United Nations

Mathematics, Science & Technology → Meteorology

Mathematics, Science & Technology → Surveys

Short films

Short films → Short films - Canada

Short films → Short films - United States

Sound/audio

Sound

Colour

Holdings

16mm film; Access Print (Section 1)

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Canada, 1970

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