Various activities of tourists during winter vacations in Miami, Florida. Yacht anchored. Other yachts anchored in the background. The Miami News building (Freedom Tower, 600 Biscayne Blvd, Miami, FL 33132) with trees and yacht in foreground. Yacht sign advertises admission prices to enter. A man comes out of the yacht with two monkeys and another man watches. Monkeys play on a see-saw as a woman watches.
President Franklin D. Roosevelt cuts his vacation short and returns to the mainland United States to visit a dentist. President Roosevelt on board ship USS Potomac (AG-25) sailing to Miami, Florida. President Roosevelt standing holding the arm of his son (likely James or Elliott). President Roosevelt and entourage in a car in motorcade, crowd at the side of road waving to him. President at railway station, surrounded by a huge gathering in Miami, as train pulls away from station.
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.
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.
A documentary on Weather Bureau's Hurricane Warning Center in Miami, Florida. An aircraft in flight overhead. It flies over the clouds. It heads towards a hurricane. Crew members locate positions and watch through different instruments in order to ensure reaching the eye of the hurricane. The radar operator watching through the radar scope. A contact is established with the navy base in Miami. The information is given to the hurricane center. A man locates the position of the hurricane on a map. Warnings about the hurricane are given to people. Traffic on a street. Policemen alerting people about the hurricane. The Red Cross distributes food and medicines to people. Coast Guard patrol airplanes giving out the warnings. Men discussing. Shutters and windows of houses and buildings are closed. The roofs of the houses are tied up.
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.
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