Project Skyfire experiments with cloud seeding against forest fires
The Story
A U.S. scientist turns would-be rainmaker in an effort to fight forest fires.
Program: Assignment
Broadcast Date: Oct. 21, 1959
Guest(s): J.S. Barrows
Host: Maria Barrett, Bill McNeil
Reporter: Laurie Corchin
Duration: 5:06
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