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Radio and dropsonde operators in a WB-29 aircraft in flight near Bermuda.

WB-29 aircraft of the 59th Weather Reconnaissance Flight (Hurricane Hunters) flying in and out of cumulus storm clouds. Radio operator at his position keying an outbound message. A dropsonde operator working. He opens an airlock cover and then places the dropsonde into it and secures it. The airlock cover is then closed. The operator looks down through a window in the airlock.

Location: Bermuda Island
Date: 1955, September 30
Duration: 2 min 12 sec
Sound: No
Color: Monochrome
Clip Type: Unedited
Language: None
Clip: 65675076444
President Eisenhower arrives for a conference with Harold MacMillan to renew the Anglo-American alliance.

British Prime Minister Harold MacMillan emerges from a plane just arrived at Bermuda. President Eisenhower arrives at docks in launch. Liner at a harbor. President greeted by VIPs. He speaks at the mike and thanks people for a warm welcome. Crowd cheers.

Location: Bermuda Island
Date: 1951, March 21
Duration: 1 min 28 sec
Sound: Yes
Color: Monochrome
Clip Type: Edited
Language: English
Clip: 65675040115
Montage of scenes involving USAF Weather Service Hurricane Hunters.

WB-29 Hurricane Hunter aircraft, of the 59th Weather reconnaissance Flight, landing at Kindley Air Force Base, Bermuda. Aerial views of storm clouds. View from inside a building. Pilot in cockpit of WB-29 appears to be flying in turbulent conditions. The pilot, later seen, eating a sandwich and drinking from a cup while monitoring the controls of the aircraft.

Location: Bermuda Island
Date: 1955, September 30
Duration: 1 min 17 sec
Sound: No
Color: Monochrome
Clip Type: Unedited
Language: None
Clip: 65675076438
The wedding of Joseph McCarthy and Jean Kerr at St. Matthews Roman Catholic Cathedral in Washington DC.

A large crowd gathers at St. Matthews Roman Catholic Cathedral (1725 Rhode Island Ave NW, Washington, DC 20036, United States) in Washington DC to wish a bride and a groom. Notable guests include Richard Milhous Nixon, Vice president of U.S. and Jack "Manassa Mauler" Dempsey, an American Boxer. Wedding of Joseph Raymond McCarthy, Republican U.S. Senator and Jean Kerr, a member of his personal staff on September 29th, 1953. The bride and the groom come out of the cathedral. Well-wishers of the couple wave at them. Joseph and Jean McCarthy cut their wedding cake at their reception.

Location: Washington DC USA
Date: 1953, October 1
Duration: 45 sec
Sound: Yes
Color: Monochrome
Clip Type: Edited
Language: English
Clip: 65675045086
America test fires the M65 atomic cannon in the Nevada Test Site; 1953 East German uprising and Trieste Crisis in Europe

Major events of the year 1953. The first atomic artillery test fired in United States on May 25, 1953. The M65 atomic cannon moving in the Nevada Test Site (specifically Frenchman Flat). A mushroom cloud rises after the M65 Atomic Cannon, sometimes called Atomic Annie, is fired and atomic bomb explodes. The M65 atomic cannon test is done as part of the Upshot–Knothole series of nuclear tests. East German uprising of 1953 (“Volksaufstand vom 17. Juni 1953”). Riots in East Germany against the increase in work quotas and withholding of American food. East German police escort a man away during a riot. People protest in streets as police try to crush the revolt. A stack of StarLac boxes bound for East Germany with sign in front. Sign reads “First Food Relief Shipment to East Germany by M.S.A. United States Lines S.S. American Inventor”. East Germans line up to receive food relief from the United States. An East German woman receives a food aid pack from the United States. The Trieste Crisis of 1953. Sign in front of a house reads “Trsta ne damo”. Officials inspect a car in the United Nations Security Council-controlled Free Territory of Trieste. Students riot in the streets of Trieste over the issue of Adriatic area between Italy and Yugoslavia.

Location: Europe
Date: 1953, December 24
Duration: 1 min 24 sec
Sound: Yes
Color: Monochrome
Clip Type: Edited
Language: English
Clip: 65675049147
Operations of U.S. Air Force 53rd Weather Reconnaissance Squadron, at Kindley Air Force Base, Bermuda.

A field grade U.S. Air Force officer at Kindley Air Force Base, Bermuda, is seated in an office. Behind him on the wall is a large map of the Atlantic ocean with concentric rings on it, centered at Bermuda. He receives a paper report and makes a phone call. An airman at a communications center receives teletype messages and leaves to deliver them. Scene shifts to a flight engineer sitting at his panel aboard a WB-29A aircraft of the 53rd Strategic Weather Reconnaissance Squadron (Hurricane Hunters). The WB-29 is experiencing significant turbulence. An officer briefing a group of Air Force officers and airmen. View of 53rd Squadron area on ramp at Kindley Air Force Base. An officer briefing aircrews. A synoptic chart is mounted on front of his podium. A map of the entire Atlantic ocean and environs covers a wall behind him. To his left is a map of the South Atlantic with Bermuda highlighted at the top. a triangular air route is depicted on it. It is labeled: "Gull Hotel."

Location: Bermuda
Date: 1951
Duration: 2 min 8 sec
Sound: No
Color: Monochrome
Clip Type: Unedited
Language: None
Clip: 65675076418
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