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View from cockpit of a WB-29 encountering rain and turbulence during a Hurricane Hunter mission

View from cockpit of a WB-29, of the 59th Weather Reconnaissance Flight (Hurricane Hunters), as it encounters some turbulence in cloud. One of the windshield wipers is activated. View of pilot in left seat. Wing and engine visible outside in background. The aircraft encountering precipitation and continuous moderate turbulence.

Date: 1955, September 30
Duration: 1 min 6 sec
Sound: No
Color: Monochrome
Clip Type: Unedited
Language: None
Clip: 65675076430
Flyers of a USAF 59th Weather Reconnaissance Flight crew plan a mission

Flight crew of the U.S. Air Force 59th Weather Reconnaissance Flight (Hurricane Hunters) at Kindley Air Force Base, walk to their operations office. A Captain and a Lieutenant prepare a flight plan. The Lieutenant uses a Weems plotter on a map, while the Captain uses a large E6B computer to calculate course headings,taking wind into account. The Lieutenant writes the headings on their flight plan. When finished,they place the map and flight plan into a briefcase.

Date: 1955, September 22
Duration: 1 min 10 sec
Sound: No
Color: Monochrome
Clip Type: Unedited
Language: None
Clip: 65675076431
Ronald Reagan and Walt Disney at 1955 Disneyland opening ceremonies; and scenes from 35th Anniversary of Disneyland in 1990.

Circa-1990 aerial flyover of Disneyland, in Anaheim, California, followed by brief vintage footage of Walt Disney in an office in 1955, introducing Disneyland and showing a giant map of the theme park on his wall. Shots of July 1955 opening ceremony are presented along with shots of the Disneyland 35th anniversary celebration. Ronald Reagan is seen at both events. President Ronald Reagan in 1990 seen congratulating the park on it anniversary. Then a flashback shot to 1955, with Hollywood star actor Ronald Reagan leaning over a balcony of Main Street in Disneyland and talking about the opening celebration. Cutting back to 1990, Roy E. Disney is seen unveiling a plaque at the anniversary celebration. Scene shifts back to 1955, with Walt Disney welcoming visitors to Disneyland during its opening celebration, and a view of a plaque unveiled at the park's opening. In 1990 footage, Roy Disney notes that no one except Walt could have predicted the success of Disneyland. Views of visitors at contemporary Disneyland enjoying a teacup ride and on the Splash Mountain log flume ride, followed by scenes with colored confetti falling at the 35th anniversary celebration.

Date: 1990
Duration: 2 min 40 sec
Sound: Yes
Color: Color
Clip Type: Edited
Language: English
Clip: 65675036380
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."

Date: 1951
Duration: 2 min 8 sec
Sound: No
Color: Monochrome
Clip Type: Unedited
Language: None
Clip: 65675076418
Civilians hide in underground houses due to the terror of the communists in Quemoy (Kinmen), Taiwan.

Civilians hide in underground houses during the First Taiwan Strait Crisis in Quemoy (Kinmen) Island, Taiwan. Taiwanese civilians hide in the underground shelters due to the Communist People’s Republic of China’s campaign of periodic artillery fire against the island. People come out of their houses in the Republic of China (ROC)-held island. Chickens roam the empty streets. People cook food outside their houses. Children walk during a break in the bombardment attack.

Date: 1955, October 30
Duration: 42 sec
Sound: Yes
Color: Monochrome
Clip Type: Edited
Language: English
Clip: 65675045476
The 1955 Chrysler Falcon is unveiled at an exhibition in New York.

The 1955 Chrysler Falcon, designed by Virgil Exner with bodywork by Ghia, is unveiled at an auto exhibition in New York. View of the exposed exhaust system attached to the car. A woman at the steering wheel operates the controls of the car. A man drives a 1955 Chrysler Falcon. The man operates the buttons in the car.

Date: 1955, September 5
Duration: 43 sec
Sound: Yes
Color: Monochrome
Clip Type: Edited
Language: English
Clip: 65675068826