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WB-29A crew of 53rd Strategic Weather Reconnaissance Squadron returns from mission and prepares for next.

Views from window of a WB-29A aircraft in landing pattern at Kindley Air Force base, Bermuda. Flight crew members walking into the operations office of the 53rd Strategic Weather Reconnaissance Squadron on the base. Flying carpet logo of the Squadron is displayed on their sign. A teletype message being received, addressed to the 53rd Squadron, containing information about a storm. Squadron officers discussing the matter in front of a weather map. Closeup of a weather map on the front of a podium from which an Air Force Captain is briefing aircrews about their next mission. A Captain in the audience questions the briefer.

Date: 1951
Duration: 2 min 44 sec
Sound: No
Color: Monochrome
Clip Type: Unedited
Language: None
Clip: 65675076428
Activities of the USAF 53rd Strategic Weather Reconnaissance Squadron at Kindley AFB, Bermuda

WB-29A, tail number 42-94947, of the 53rd Strategic Weather Reconnaissance Squadron (Hurricane Hunters) taxiing on Kindley Air Force Base, Bermuda. It stops momentarily, with engines running. Squadron logo and "Hurricane Hunters," are displayed on fuselage of the aircraft. Next, it is seen taking off (repeated twice). Long sequence showing the aircraft cruising inflight, over water. Closeup of a weather map on the front of a briefing podium. A USAF Captain briefs aircrews about a mission. Aerial view of a WB-29A aircraft in landing pattern for Kindley Air Force Base. The hand of radio operator keying a message, inside a WB-29A aircraft, as it encounters severe turbulence. An airman typing a message.

Date: 1951
Duration: 4 min 38 sec
Sound: No
Color: Monochrome
Clip Type: Unedited
Language: None
Clip: 65675076429
Models display dresses at a fashion show during an award function in New York, United States.

American Fashion Critics’ Jury Awards in New York, United States. People gather in the Waldorf-Astoria Hotel (301 Park Ave, New York, NY 10022, United States) for the function. Awards are given to top United States fashion designers. American Fashion Critics’ Jury official bestows an award and shake hands with a female designer. A woman wears a red velveteen jumpsuit coverall with mink neckband. Models evening display dresses during a fashion show. A woman models a wedding gown designed by Jane Derby. People applaud in the fashion show.

Date: 1951, October 1
Duration: 1 min 16 sec
Sound: Yes
Color: Monochrome
Clip Type: Edited
Language: English
Clip: 65675065078
Members of the Committee for a Free Asia work in San Francisco, California.

The Committee for a Free Asia in San Francisco, California. Men stand near a banner. The banner reads: 'Committee for a free Asia'. Other banner in a building reads: 'Seeds for democracy'. Women stand near a table. Mails on the table. The committee receives huge contributions from all parts of the country. They are being shipped to the Philippines.

Date: 1951, October 1
Duration: 47 sec
Sound: Yes
Color: Monochrome
Clip Type: Edited
Language: English
Clip: 65675065079
American actor Joe E Brown makes an appeal to the nation to donate blood for the armed forces in Washington DC, United States.

Hollywood actor Joe E. Brown gives a speech appealing for blood donations in Washington DC, United States. Brown seated at table. He makes a speech and makes an appeal to the nation to donate blood for the soldiers fighting in the Korean War. He makes the appeal on behalf of the armed services.

Date: 1951, October 1
Duration: 30 sec
Sound: Yes
Color: Monochrome
Clip Type: Edited
Language: English
Clip: 65675065080
A man tries to fit an air force uniform on Richard Mackey at Lackland Air Force Base, San Antonio, Texas.

Richard Mackey enters the U.S. Air Force at 20 years old, measuring only 4 feet 7 inches. Air force recruits in San Antonio, Texas. Man tries to fit a coat on the small man. Airmen stand behind a counter and take their uniform issue at a supply depot. Richard is four feet and seven inches tall and 107 pounds. A man tries to fit an air force uniform on him. The recruits perform a drill and march, with Mackey trying to keep up. Mackey with a cigarette in his mouth, lighting the cigarette of another soldier.

Date: 1951, October 1
Duration: 1 min 26 sec
Sound: Yes
Color: Monochrome
Clip Type: Edited
Language: English
Clip: 65675065081