A documentary on Weather Bureau's Hurricane Warning Center in Miami, Florida. A map locates Miami. A hurricane strikes the city. Buildings in the area. A Red Cross vehicle parked on a street. Rain falls. High waves in the sea. Wind blow trees.
A documentary on Weather Bureau's Hurricane Warning Center in Miami, Florida. Aftermath of a hurricane. Women seated inside a building of the Red Cross. They attend several calls of people asking for their relatives and friends. People searching for their belongings in the rubble. Aerial view of the rubbled area. Officers discussing amongst themselves. Aircraft parked at an air base. Men boarding an airplane. The aircraft in flight overhead.
U.S. Air Force Material Command headquartered at Wright Field in Dayton, Ohio. Aerial photograph of Wright Field highlights new construction planned. People assembled out in the field for ground-breaking ceremony. U.S. Army Air Force officers shaking hands at start of ground-breaking ceremony. One officer speaks using microphone on a tripod. Heavy construction equipment in background. One officer performs the traditional ground-breaking, using a spade with a large ribbon tied to it.
U.S. Air Force C-74 Globemaster cargo aircraft at Wright Field in Dayton, Ohio. A C-74 Globemaster parked at Wright Field. Several ground crew stand in wheel well under No.3 engine of the aircraft. A ground crewman works on the tail of the C-74 aircraft, which displays the identification number: 265402 . No. 2 engine and open side door of the aircraft. A loadmaster stands in the open doorway with cable winch control in his hand. Man on ground secures cargo which loadmaster then raises with electrical winch .A jeep being loaded using platform elevator at underside of the C-74 Globemaster. Cargo hold of the aircraft with jeep being lifted up by elevator. Loadmaster secures elevator platform and then closes bottom cargo doors. Jeep is driven several feet forward inside the cargo compartment.
A U.S. Air Force C-74 Globemaster cargo aircraft at Wright Field in Dayton, Ohio. Flight engineer's Instrument panel in the C-74 aircraft with view of cockpit to the left, with double bubble windows. Loran set screen seen to left of the cockpit, at Navigators station. Exterior view. "Beetle" double cockpit windows clearly visible. Crewmen examine nose wheel. Interior of cockpit, with main flight control wheel and, to its left, at knee position of pilot, the nose wheel steering wheel can be seen. Flight engineer opens hatch in floor of cargo compartment and crawls through superstructure of aircraft to perform maintance. C-74 takes off, retracting landing gear as it climbs out. Several views of C-74 in flight, including one accompanied by another aircraft, and one in which it is operating on only two engines, with engines number 3 and 4 shutdown and feathered. C-74, descending for landing, with landing gear extended. It touches down quite long on the runway and appears to employ reverse thrust on its engines during ground roll.
A training film titled: 'Pro Patria Vigilans' on the wartime and peacetime activities of the U.S. signal Corps. United States Army General Douglas MacArthur aboard the U.S. Army battleship USS Missouri during the Japanese surrender ceremonies in 1945. Aircraft flying in formation overhead. Antiaircraft guns directed towards the aircraft. Signal Corps recruits train at Fort Monmouth, New Jersey. The recruits dive and swim across water. The soldiers attend lecture by an officer. A sign reads: 'Field Radio Course'. Men working in the radio room and are trained. An officer training the soldiers with the help of a model. The coastal defense training of the soldiers. The soldiers study the communication equipment. An aircraft takes off and lands near the message center. A sign outside the building reads: 'Master Message Center'. Officers seated at a desk, discussing a map. (World War II period).