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Briefing on Operation Thunderstorm at the US Air Force's All Weather Flying Center in Wilmington,Ohio

Briefing session of officers on Operation Thunderstorm at the US Air Force's All Weather Flying Center in Wilmington,Ohio. Drawing of P-61 Black Widow on the board. P-61's stand on field. Man checks film on a moviola. View of transformers used for man made lightening. Man walks inside a huge ribbed cylinder. A specially equipped plane's canopy is subjected to bolt of man-made lightning. Briefing group on radar and Rotating radar antenna. Operators work at radar sets in a Nissen hut. Men rig cameras. Storm indication on radar screen. Radar unit in a van. Antenna rotating. P-61 comes in for landing. Radar van in foreground. Briefing on weather bureau research. Civilian pointing to station on chart. Weather testing balloons are sent aloft. Man at a tracking radar set. Weather map received on facsimile receiver. Man removes message (readings) from a teletype.

Location: Wilmington Ohio

Date: 1947, June

Duration: 4 min 9 sec

Sound: Yes

Color: Monochrome

Clip Type: Edited

Language: English

P-61s gather records from thunderstorms at the US Air Force's All Weather Flying Center in Wilmington,Ohio.

Technician draws lines and shades area on a weather map at the US Air Force's All Weather Flying Center in Wilmington, Ohio. A US Sergeant in radar station checks shaded areas on the map. Indication of storm on radar scope. Pilots rush to P-6s or Black Widows and take off. Five P-61s in flight. A P-61 enters a stormy cloud. Inside the cockpit view of the Pilot of P-61 in flight. View of radar antenna at ground base and men at radar station. P-61s fly through stormy weather. Technicians gather reports and look at record films on moviolas. A P-61 in flight gains altitude and banks.

Location: Wilmington Ohio

Date: 1947, June

Duration: 3 min 37 sec

Sound: Yes

Color: Monochrome

Clip Type: Edited

Language: English