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U.S. Air Force Air Weather Service obtaining weather data before launching of rockets and manned space vehicles

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.

Location: United States USA
Date: 1960
Duration: 3 min 47 sec
Sound: Yes
Color: Color
Clip Type: Edited
Language: English
Clip: 65675076766
U.S. Air Force Air Weather Service making use of NASA Weather satellite data.

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.

Location: United States USA
Date: 1960
Duration: 2 min 49 sec
Sound: Yes
Color: Color
Clip Type: Edited
Language: English
Clip: 65675076767
People are alerted about a tornado using various sources and a Cincinnati Ohio local emergency broadcast station in the U.S.

A documentary about the 1974 Super Outbreak of tornadoes in the United States, and specifically on occurrence of a tornado in the Cincinnati, Ohio area of the United States. Men working at a control area and on switch boards at the Cincinnati airport. Weather experts and other men working in an office and trying to locate the center of the tornado. They discuss among themselves. Buildings in an area of Cincinnati. Men and women talking about the tornado. A man at a local emergency broadcast station warns people about the tornado. Views of the tornado as it is seen near the Cincinnati airport. A man locating the area of the tornado on a map. Men carrying wounded people on stretchers. People walking in a street following a tornado strike in the area.

Location: Cincinnati Ohio USA
Date: 1974, April 3
Duration: 2 min 42 sec
Sound: Yes
Color: Color
Clip Type: Edited
Language: English
Clip: 65675076780
Large scale damage to life and property due to a tornado in the United States.

A documentary on occurrence of a tornado in the United States. Damage caused by the tornado. Rubble on the ground. Damaged buildings and houses. People searching for injured and dead in the rubble. A woman crying and talking about the tornado. A board outside a building reads: 'Disaster Assistance Center'. Men and women seated at desks inside the building. They work to help the victims. Help coming in from many places and many people like the Red Cross, the Salvation Army, engineers, rescue squads and several other volunteers come to help. A man smoking a cigar.

Location: United States USA
Date: 1971
Duration: 3 min 17 sec
Sound: Yes
Color: Color
Clip Type: Edited
Language: English
Clip: 65675076782
Characteristics and names by which tropical cyclones are known in different places is discussed in the United States.

A documentary in the United States on occurrence of tropical cyclones. A rubbled area after being hit by a tropical cyclone. Soldiers carrying a dead body on a stretcher. Cyclones are known by different names based on their geographical locations. Animation depicts names of cyclones in different areas with the help of a map. In the Western Pacific they are known as typhoons. They are known as Baguio in the Philippines. They are called cyclones in the Indian Ocean and the Bay of Bengal. In Australia they are called Willy-Willy. A cyclone is called a hurricane in the Eastern Pacific, the Gulf of Mexico and the Caribbean. Characteristics of tropical cyclones. Counter clockwise wind flow at the time of a cyclone. The pressure when the tropical cyclone approaches. The eye of the tropical cyclone may be very small or very large in diameter. The strongest winds around an eye average from 90-150 knots. The storm is divided into semicircles for orientation. The right semicircle is considered to be the most dangerous semicircle because of its stronger wind. The left is considered to be relatively less dangerous because of somewhat weaker winds. A demonstration is done by considering ships stuck in both the parts. The ship stuck in the right semicircle revolving in the area. The ship stuck in the left one arrives towards the end and comes out of the storm. Ships underway at sea during a storm. Clouds in the sky. Rain begins to fall. A man checking a parametric center. Animation shows a ship arriving towards the storm center. The ship's radar used to locate the ship's location.

Location: United States USA
Date: 1971
Duration: 6 min 18 sec
Sound: Yes
Color: Color
Clip Type: Edited
Language: English
Clip: 65675076784
Animation in the United States shows the method of escape by a ship when stuck in a cyclone.

A documentary in the United States on occurrence of tropical cyclones. Animated map shows the passage of a typhoon. The way of evasion for ships from the cyclones is demonstrated. The ship stuck in a typhoon should always head towards the safer side of the cyclone. The ship should run for the less dangerous semicircle if caught in a typhoon. The course of the cyclone should be noticed.

Location: United States USA
Date: 1971
Duration: 2 min 25 sec
Sound: Yes
Color: Color
Clip Type: Edited
Language: English
Clip: 65675076786
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