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.
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Collection
In ACMI's collection
Credits
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 films - United Nations
Economics, Philosophy, Politics, Religion & Sociology → United Nations
Educational & Instructional → Educational films
Mathematics, Science & Technology → Meteorology
Mathematics, Science & Technology → Surveys
Sound/audio
Sound
Colour
Colour
Holdings
16mm film; Access Print (Section 1)