Film opens with camera panning across Kindley Field, Bermuda, where WB-50 and WB-29 aircraft of the U.S. Air Force 59th Weather Reconnaissance Flight (Hurricane Hunters) are parked. Cluster of buildings and checkered tanks are seen behind them. Scene shifts to crew of a WB-29, in flight gear, including back pack parachutes, posing in front of their aircraft. The Aircraft Commander checks their chutes and they board the aircraft.
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.
Weather airplanes in Bermuda. Kindley Air Force Base. United States Air Force officers looking at a weather map. Pilots briefing crew. United States Air Force WB-50D Superfortress aircraft taking off. A pilot and a co-pilot at the controls of the aircraft. They locate the eye of a hurricane. Flight crew works at weather recording and communication equipment inside the aircraft. A USAF officer recording wind velocity readings on a weather map. The WB-50D in flight.
The bombing of Palau in the Pacific Ocean during World War II. U.S. Navy F4U Corsair in flight over Palau. The airplane drops napalm incendiary bombs over the target area. The Napalm bomb hitting the hillside. Black smoke arising from explosion during fight against enemy Japan.
U.S. President Harry S. Truman on USS Williamsburg in Bermuda during his holidays. Truman wearing a cap stands on the bridge of USS Williamsburg. A view of Bermuda landscape. The President and the commanding officer of the ship on the navigation bridge. A naval air station in Bermuda. Men man a rail on a rescue tug. Bermuda in the background. A motor launch with canopies on it. A small boat underway. A floating dry dock in the background. Three U.S. Navy Martin PBM Mariner aircraft in flight.
U.S. President Harry S. Truman on USS Williamsburg in Bermuda. A boat of the Governor of Bermuda Admiral Sir Ralph Leatham approaches USS Williamsburg. The Governor's boat approaches a gangway and comes alongside. Men disembark from the boat. A naval air base in Bermuda. The mast of USS Williamsburg in the foreground. USS Malabar tied up to a pier at the naval air base. A horse drawn carriage approaches the Governor's house. Truman drives in the horse drawn carriage. Truman's boat comes alongside a pier. He disembarks from the boat followed by two high ranking officers. Truman walks past accompanied by the officers. Truman and Admiral Sir Ralph Leatham. The Governor's mansion. USS Williamsburg approaches the pier. Line handlers on the pier. Truman's boat alongside the gangway of USS Williamsburg. Truman and party get into the boat. Truman in a boat chair with a rod and reel. The boat pulls away from the gangway.
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