View of clouds and of numbers 3 and 4 engines, running, from cockpit of airborne WB-50D aircraft. Stratiform clouds seen below. Pilot at the controls. Another crew member seen at window in right side of the aircraft. View of WB-50D right wing from the rear. Two dropsondes are released and fall away from the aircraft. A lieutenant (copilot) demonstrating turbulence at the controls, and then eating lunch in the cockpit. The WB-50D of the 59th Weather Reconnaissance Flight (Hurricane Hunters) landing at Kindley Air Force Base, Bermuda. Storm clouds seen in background.
View from cockpit of WB-29 aircraft, from 59th Weather Reconnaissance Flight, on final approach to runway 30 at Kindley Air Force Base, Bermuda. The sun has almost set and the runway lights are lit. The camera stops filming at touchdown. A dropsonde operator seated inside the aircraft. He records telemetered information in a form. The hand of the dropsonde operator as he releases the dropsonde from an airlock. Officer in makeshift office sitting in front of a wrinkled map. Arrows on map highlight Eastern U.S. Interior of B-29 aircraft. A flight engineer making notes in a log. Navigator checking a Loran set and marking information on charts.
Vertical panning view of radio tower at Kindley Air Force Base, Bermuda. Mockup of a civilian broadcasting studio. A U.S. airman in mufti acts the part of a weather broadcaster delivering news of a storm. View of large wall clock.
Weather chart shows a hurricane North of Cuba and East of Florida. A pointer outlines a flight pattern planned for USAF Hurricane Hunters of the 59th Weather Reconnaissance Flight to penetrate the storm, from their base in Bermuda. A navigators pocket watch placed on a map. A captain of the 59th Flight briefs crew members about the mission. Diagram of the storm track is sketched in chalk on a blackboard behind him. He uses a pointer to highlight information on a weather chart. An officer seated in the front row steps forward to further explain some aspects of the weather chart. The group rises and leaves following the briefing. Another sequence shows the briefing from behind the speaker's podium. Closeups of the crew members.
Reenactment (at Randolph Field, Texas) illustrating the arrival of new recruits into the U.S. Army Air Forces flying cadet program. Large group of new cadets walking across an area carrying personal baggage. All dressed in civilian clothing, they walk up the steps to a veranda on a building at the base. There are two takes of the scene. Best regards, Tom
A film titled: 'Battle Stations' on the Coast Guardsmen and United States Coast Guard Women's Reserve (SPARS). The Coast Guardsmen fighting on the battlefront in the European Theater during the World War II. Various citations and medals of honor for the Coast Guards who died while fighting for their country. The Coast Guards marching in formation. Two Coast Guards holding U.S. flag and the flag of USCG lead the parade. Other Coast Guards hold rifles. Coast guard cutters underway at sea. A man aboard the ship watching the enemy actions through binoculars. Other man talking on radio. Smoke from explosions in the area. Dead bodies of the Coast Guards who died in the war in caskets wrapped with U.S. flags. Other Coast Guards standing nearby and salute. Recruitment of women for the job of Coast Guards in the United States. Women taking oaths. The new recruits walking towards a building with their personal belongings for their training. Women in barracks. They ride bicycles and stand at attention on the ground. Women perform drill on the ground. An aircraft parked on air base. A woman walking nearby. The woman standing in front of the building.
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