Weather, friend or foe

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From the U.S. Army's The Big Picture television series, 1950-1975. "When -- where -- why -- and how the weather works. Although technical in subject matter, it examines in detail and in layman's la...

From the U.S. Army's The Big Picture television series, 1950-1975.

"When -- where -- why -- and how the weather works. Although technical in subject matter, it examines in detail and in layman's language the design and development of new weather equipment. Going behind barbed wire, protected by maximum security precautions, to visit the Evans Lab, which is a subdivision of the U.S. Army Signal Engineering Laboratory in Fort Monmouth, New Jersey. Of 500 scientists working here, over 100 are in the Meteorology Department. We see one of the Army's largest research center -- a multi-million dollar plant -- which is required for the meteorology program. The Army's need to know more and more about weather that surrounds this planet is a vital part of the expanded research program of atomic weapons. We all talk about the weather. This film documentary shows the Army doing something about the weather."--National Archives and Records Administration.

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