WALT DISNEY COLD WAR WEATHER CONTROL FILM "EYES IN OUTER SPACE" SATELLITES 73812

Dating from 1959 and released in Technicolor this Walt Disney film, made with the cooperation of the US DOD, uses music and animation to speculate on the use of space satellite tech (with a coordinated defense network) as a means to modify weather.

“Eyes in Outer Space” (1959) was part of a series of short films, including “Man In Space,” “Man And The Moon,” “Mars And Beyond,” and “Our Friend The Atom,” exploring the world of the future. Buoyed by an optimistic and fantastical belief in the possibilities of technology & space travel, the notion that science might be able to literally wage war on natural threats appeared both feasible and desirable. To emphasize this point, the film opens with a menacing sequence of natural disasters—from floods and hurricanes to tornadoes and lightning storms—destroying homes and cities. Though the efficacy of rainmaking.