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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
A fisherman holds a fish by its tail, tilts a bucket and catches a shark without a hook in Bermuda.

A fisherman catches a shark without a hook in Bermuda. He holds a fish by its tail and tilts a bucket to pour out water. The fisherman in waist deep water catches a shark without a hook.

Date: 1933, February 16
Duration: 1 min 3 sec
Sound: No
Color: Monochrome
Clip Type: Edited
Language: English
Clip: 65675072240
Two aircraft collide in air and fall in sea in Bermuda.

Two aircraft collide in air in Bermuda. U.S. Air Force aircraft takes off. The aircraft in flight. The propeller of the aircraft rotating. Two aircraft collide in air. The aircraft descends towards the sea. The aircraft falls in the sea. Smoke rises from the aircraft. Smoke in sky. Another aircraft flies above the sea.

Date: 1964, July 2
Duration: 39 sec
Sound: Yes
Color: Monochrome
Clip Type: Edited
Language: English
Clip: 65675069652
Aircraft and crew of U.S. Air Force 59th Weather Reconnaissance Flight based at Kindley Field, Bermuda.

Film opens with camera panning across Kindley Field, Bermuda, where WB-50 and WB-29 aircraft of the U.S. Air Force 59th Weather Reconnaissance Flight (Hurricane Hunters) are parked. Cluster of buildings and checkered tanks are seen behind them. Scene shifts to crew of a WB-29, in flight gear, including back pack parachutes, posing in front of their aircraft. The Aircraft Commander checks their chutes and they board the aircraft.

Date: 1955, September 27
Duration: 1 min 4 sec
Sound: No
Color: Monochrome
Clip Type: Unedited
Language: None
Clip: 65675076439
A USAF WB-50D aircraft takes off from an air base and records information about a hurricane in Bermuda.

Weather airplanes in Bermuda. Kindley Air Force Base. United States Air Force officers looking at a weather map. Pilots briefing crew. United States Air Force WB-50D Superfortress aircraft taking off. A pilot and a co-pilot at the controls of the aircraft. They locate the eye of a hurricane. Flight crew works at weather recording and communication equipment inside the aircraft. A USAF officer recording wind velocity readings on a weather map. The WB-50D in flight.

Date: 1956
Duration: 2 min 6 sec
Sound: Yes
Color: Monochrome
Clip Type: Edited
Language: English
Clip: 65675076818
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