A training film in the United States depicts training of soldiers in the army. The soldiers getting off a train. They board army trucks with their personal belongings. A soldier performing an interior guard duty outside a building. The soldiers marching along a field and digging foxholes. A tired soldier sits near a foxhole. An officer orders him to go on with the work. He again digs the foxhole. (World War II period).
A training film in the United States depicts training of soldiers in the army. An officer instructing the soldiers about map reading. The soldiers sitting around him. The soldiers lined up. An officer inspects them. The soldiers practicing with rifles under camouflage. Physical training of the soldiers. They run through obstacle courses holding rifles and other weapons. The soldiers lying in prone positions fire rifles. Smoke rises from the firing. A board outside a building reads: 'Post Exchange'. Two soldiers standing outside the building and talking. The soldiers inside a building having drinks and hamburgers. Other soldiers seated on the ground and talking. The soldiers in a recreation hall, others watching movie in a theater and some dancing inside a hall with women. Exterior of a church. The soldiers entering the church. A board reads: 'Library Chaplain's Office'. A soldier talking to a chaplain. Interior of a Red Cross building. A soldier talking to an officer. Men and women inside a club. They dance and enjoy. Two of the soldiers discuss about army jobs. Soldiers digging foxholes in a field. (World War II period).
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.
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.
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.
A documentary in the United States on the occurrence of tropical cyclones. A ship anchored at a port. Preventive measures being undertaken by the ship's crew. Mooring lines are doubled and tied properly. Men working on the ship. A ship underway at sea. Men working on different instruments on the ship. Men filling tanks. Water tight security should be ensured. Measures to prevent flooding of the ship should be undertaken. Compartments should be checked. A ship underway at sea. It is stuck in a typhoon. Water breaks over its surface.
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