Information being received from the Joint Hurricane Warning Center on teletype in the office of the WTVJ television station in Miami, Florida. A reporter in the TV studio broadcasts the latest information. A Miami resident placing protective plywood panels over windows of his home. A WB-29A of the USAF 53rd Weather Reconnaissance Squadron (Hurricane Hunters) in flight over water.
Scenes of hurricanes and related damage. A U.S. fletcher class destroyer and then two U.S. Heavy cruisers making way in very heavy seas. Huge waves blowing over a waterfront. Palm trees blowing and deciduous trees falling to hurricane winds. A man attempting to walk against hurricane force winds and rain. Hurricanes battering an airfield. Wind and water driving against a hotel, and downed wires exploding in rain filled street. A man in waist deep water. Scenes of severe flooding, including a flooded convertible car Aerial views of heavy cumulus clouds. Homes and vehicles completely inundated by flood waters. A derailed railroad train. Men combing through debris in aftermath of a hurricane. Completely destroyed homes.
U.S. Naval officers walk across the lawn at the the Aviation Building, also known as the Fritz Hotel in Miami, Florida. Among tenants in the building is the Weather Bureau office and joint National Hurricane Center. Their WSR-57 radar antenna can be seen atop the building. Scene shifts to inside the Joint Hurricane center where theree Naval officers and a sailor are reviewing weather data. An animated map shows how the Caribbean regions are accessed by Hurricane Hunter aircraft from Jacksonville, Florida, and Roosevelt Roads, Puerto Rico, respectively.
WC-121N Lockheed Super Constellation of Airborne Early Warning Squadron FOUR (VW-4) in flight over the Miami International Airport. VW-4 aircreww walk across a ramp where several WC-121N Aircraft are parked. View of a WC-121N aircraft in flight. View from outside the cockpit window of Pilot, copilot and flight engineer at their respective stations. The radio operator transmitting a message by key. A sailor marking data on a chart back in the Aviation Building in Miami, Florida. a sailor transmitting the information over a teletype machine. Office of the Commanding Officer of VW-4. Their logo on the office sign, containing hurricane warning signal (two gale force flags), a lightning bolt, an eye, and gold wings, plus the words: "Hurricane Hunters." Teletype message being received calling for a mission to make low level investigation of possible tropical depression at 700 millibar level (about 10 thousand foot altitude). VW-4 crew in the U.S. Naval Station, Roosevelt Roads, Puerto Rico, planning the mission over a weather chart.
The services of U.S. Air Transport Command during World War II. Animation depicts the services of the Air Transport Command. A man brushing his teeth. The mileage flown by the Air Transport Command throughout the world is depicted.
The growth of the United States Navy in the United States during World War II. Animation depicts the growth of the navy. Many thousands of ships in the navy. The ships of the navy served in the Pacific, the Atlantic and the Mediterranean.
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