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The Sunshine Makers
2015 · Film · documentary · 101 min
Directed by Cosmo Feilding-Mellen
The story of Nicholas Sand and Tim Scully, the unlikely duo at the heart of 1960s American drug counter-culture. United in a utopian mission to save the planet through the consciousness-raising power of LSD, these underground chemists manufactured a massive amount of acid, including the gold standard for quality LSD, 'Orange Sunshine,' all while staying one step ahead of the Feds.
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I saw a really good video documentary about this but forgot how to find it. The Wikipedia is fascinating enough in itself:
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/William_Leonard_Pickard
Edit: My mistake, it was about another duo who also made LSD. I'm pretty sure the silo is mentioned in passing.
The Sunshine Makers Official Trailer 1 (2017) - Documentary
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=hsvElED0-O0
There's a recent documentary about his... entrepreneurship called The Sunshine Makers. I'd recommend it. It's on US Netflix.