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Characteristics and names by which tropical cyclones are known in different places is discussed in the United States.

A documentary in the United States on occurrence of tropical cyclones. A rubbled area after being hit by a tropical cyclone. Soldiers carrying a dead body on a stretcher. Cyclones are known by different names based on their geographical locations. Animation depicts names of cyclones in different areas with the help of a map. In the Western Pacific they are known as typhoons. They are known as Baguio in the Philippines. They are called cyclones in the Indian Ocean and the Bay of Bengal. In Australia they are called Willy-Willy. A cyclone is called a hurricane in the Eastern Pacific, the Gulf of Mexico and the Caribbean. Characteristics of tropical cyclones. Counter clockwise wind flow at the time of a cyclone. The pressure when the tropical cyclone approaches. The eye of the tropical cyclone may be very small or very large in diameter. The strongest winds around an eye average from 90-150 knots. The storm is divided into semicircles for orientation. The right semicircle is considered to be the most dangerous semicircle because of its stronger wind. The left is considered to be relatively less dangerous because of somewhat weaker winds. A demonstration is done by considering ships stuck in both the parts. The ship stuck in the right semicircle revolving in the area. The ship stuck in the left one arrives towards the end and comes out of the storm. Ships underway at sea during a storm. Clouds in the sky. Rain begins to fall. A man checking a parametric center. Animation shows a ship arriving towards the storm center. The ship's radar used to locate the ship's location.

Date: 1971
Duration: 6 min 18 sec
Sound: Yes
Color: Color
Clip Type: Edited
Language: English
Clip: 65675076784
Teams of doctors and nurses arrive to help victims of Hurricane Beulah in south Texas, United States.

A documentary on occurrence of Hurricane Beulah in Texas. High water flooding in the Rio Grande River as it bursts its banks and reservoirs, flooding towns in South Texas and in Mexico. Houses and an area submerged in water. A man standing on the roof of a house. Aerial view of the flooded area. People standing on a pontoon bridge in an area submerged in water. A helicopter hovering over the area. People filling the town of Roma Texas and Rio Grande City, and seen inside a building. Children sleeping on a floor. A doctor treating the wounded. Another doctor talking about diseases and their treatment over a phone. Several doctors and nurses arrive to help the victims. They hold surgical instruments.

Date: 1967
Duration: 2 min 36 sec
Sound: Yes
Color: Color
Clip Type: Edited
Language: English
Clip: 65675076803
Rescue missions provide food and medical supplies and flood relief in Texas after Hurricane Beulah

Flooding in aftermath of Hurricane Beulah in South Texas, United States. An area submerged in water. View of the Nueces River completely over its banks and flooding a massive area. Aerial view of flooded land under water. Officers discussing about the flooding. An officer talking over a phone. Aerial view of flood waters having broken through a dam and sending flood waters into Harlingen through the Arroyo Colorado. People laying sand bags to control flooding. Rescue work being carried on. People traveling in a motor boat to stranded residents in Harlingen Texas. U.S. Army helicopters hovering over the area to evacuate the Texas State Tuberculosis Hospital. The hospital patients being treated by doctors and nurses. Aerial view of the flooded area in Texas and in Mexico. Food and medical assistance being provided to the people by helicopter airlift. People lined up outside a building. The doctors and the nurses treating the wounded.

Date: 1967, September
Duration: 3 min 34 sec
Sound: Yes
Color: Color
Clip Type: Edited
Language: English
Clip: 65675076804
Cyclon Anaya and Don Eagle wrestle and Don Eagle wins professional wrestling match in Cleveland, Ohio.

A professional wrestling match between Cyclon Anaya and Don Eagle from Quebec Canada in Cleveland, Ohio. Cyclon Anaya, a wrestler from Mexico and Don Eagle, a North American Indian brave, enter the wrestling ring. They fight and wrestle in the ring. Don Eagle throws Anaya out of the ring. Spectators watch the wrestling match. A referee enforces the rules of the ring during the boxing match. Don Eagle wins the match.

Date: 1950, May 4
Duration: 1 min 28 sec
Sound: Yes
Color: Monochrome
Clip Type: Edited
Language: English
Clip: 65675045098
Test of a B-17 Flying Fortress drone, converted into BQ-7 missile, at Wendover Army Air Field, Utah

Test at Wendover Army Air Field, New Mexico, of a drone B-17 Flying Fortress converted into a remote-controlled bomb (designated BQ-7 missile). The B-17 drone sits with engines running. Interior of the aircraft shows technicians of the "Weary Willie Project" checking over radio controls. The B-17 drone takes off followed by a B-17 controller (mother ship). The two aircraft in flight. A ground tracking and control crew on the ground, follows the two B-17s in flight. Ten miles from the target, the drone BQ-7 missile is released from the mother ship B-17. Tracking and controlling the BQ-7 missile, using ascania camera. A hand controlled unit as an operator tracks it through the camera. A finger tip control box is used to control the B-17 (BQ-7 missile). It flies towards the target area along slope of a mountain. The target is approximately 30 feet square white area on the side of mountain slope. The BQ-7 missile crashes into the area, a large column of flame and smoke rises. (World War II period).

Date: 1944
Duration: 1 min 18 sec
Sound: Yes
Color: Monochrome
Clip Type: Edited
Language: English
Clip: 65675046012
The launching and explosions of various test missiles in the United States.

A review of research and development in guided missiles by the United States Air Force from 1919 to 1948. Interior of a steel mill shows workers performing various duties around an open furnace. The exhaust section of a JB-2, flames erupting from the same. A JB-2 launching. It taxis in a wooded area. A large explosion. The exhaust section of V-2 during launching. Failed test as a V-2 rocket streaks down towards the earth after a launch and slams into a wooded area, with a huge explosion resulting. The first guided missile robot torpedo aircraft crashes at Arcadia, Florida. First successful launching of the U.S. aerial guided missile. Exhaust section of JB-2 starting operation attached to a wing of a B-17. The B-17 launching. JB-2 in flight. PQ-8 target aircraft dives towards the slope of a mountain and explodes. An atomic bomb explosion. Atomic cloud formation rises up in the air from the Trinity test, the first atomic explosion, in New Mexico.

Date: 1946
Duration: 1 min 1 sec
Sound: Yes
Color: Monochrome
Clip Type: Edited
Language: English
Clip: 65675046014