A United States Air Force Weather Service meteorologist points at a large synoptic chart and briefs about the weather, while being recorded and broadcast via television. USAF operators in a control tower as an airplane lands on a runway. To provide information to the pilots observation stations of the Air Weather Service are located at the end of the runways. A man enters an observation station. He works on equipment. Voice messages using pre recorded words translate machine weather data into understandable information for pilots.
A snow covered area. Transportable weather stations being used according to requirements. These mobile units can be transported anywhere. A man gets inside a weather station. Airplanes flying in formation overhead. Parachutes being dropped from the airplane. A soldier stands holding an air balloon. Another soldier stands nearby. Humidity, temperature and air pressure are being measured. A rocket being launched for the purpose.
Military Airlift Command Air Weather Service recon aircraft are shown. A B-57 taxiing; a C-135 in flight; a C-130 in flight. View inside C-130 showing crew stations and equipment. View of B-57 used for high altitude radiation sampling.
Weather surveillance is necessary for the launching of missiles. A rocket being launched from a launching pad. Advance knowledge of air density, pressure, humidity and wind velocity is necessary for the launch. Accurate forecast is needed for the launch of manned space vehicles. Air to air refueling of aircraft. Office of the U.S. Department of Commerce. Officers discussing a map. Hurricane Hunters crew working on locating hurricane centers. An airplane in flight. Men seated inside the airplane.
Observation of weather data collected from weather satellites. U.S. Air Force woman looking at photographs related to weather data. She works on an instrument. Airmen and women working to prepare a weather forecast. The weather forecast is prepared and transmitted to regional centers. Air Force weather centers located in the US, UK and Japan. Observations are sent to operating locations. Officers discussing. Men standing near an airplane. The airplane in flight overhead. High speed equipment are used for weather observation.
A documentary titled 'Day of the Killer Tornadoes' on the Super Outbreak of tornadoes in April 1974 that hit regions in many states, including Illinois, Indiana, Michigan, Ohio, Kentucky, Tennessee, Alabama, Mississippi, Georgia, North Carolina, Virginia, West Virginia, and New York; and the Canadian province of Ontario. An announcer at a radio station in area of Louisville, Kentucky. He talks over a phone, and informs about the tornado. View of tornado winds blasting through a building and destroying a building. A warning notice for citizens is typed on a typewriter. An alarm rings in the newsroom of the WHAS emergency broadcast station. A news reader giving a warning people about the tornado. Men talking over telephones and giving information about the tornado sighting near Brandenburg Kentucky, and it approaching Louisville, Kentucky. Exterior of a building and view of public address siren horns blaring warning of the incoming tornado. Announcements and warnings about the tornado. A helicopter hovering over an area and the pilot giving information on what he is seeing. Footage of the tornado in the region of a local fair grounds and approaching buildings of downtown Louisville, Kentucky. Men giving information about the tornado as they watch the area. View of the tornado moving near Louisville Kentucky.
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