Stormfury cloud seeding project in Puerto Rico. Two Lockheed WC-121N aircraft in flight. The aircraft flying over the ocean in loose formation.
Project Storm fury at Roosevelt Roads Naval air station in Ceiba, Puerto Rico. Three RA-3B planes lined up at Roosevelt Roads Naval air station. A CPO (Chief Petty Officer) removes silver iodide cartridges from a wooden box and places them in small racks. CPO loads iodide cartridges into small bomb racks as a civilian engineer talks to him. Bomb bay of the plane open. Engineer hands cartridges to the CPO as he loads them into the bomb rack. Men hand over racks of cartridges to a man inside the bomb bay in the plane. Nose of RA-3B plane with overcast sky in the background.
Project Storm fury at Roosevelt Roads Naval air station in Ceiba, Puerto Rico. Crew members stand near the tail section of EC-121 plane at Roosevelt Roads Naval air station with another EC-121 plane in the background. A ladder leads up to the hatch of EC-121 aircraft. Chief Petty Officer and a civilian engineer opens silver iodide cases next to a RA-3B plane on the line with overcast sky in the background. Cartridges placed in small bomb racks. Men hand over the cartridges to someone in the bomb bay. CPO places a wooden box of silver iodide canisters. He opens the lid and removes canisters. Iodide racks placed in bomb bay. Men use speed wrench to secure the racks on bomb bay. Men off load silver iodide cases from a yellow pick up truck.
Scene of several buildings including the Calimano Theater, wrecked due to a fire. Newspaper headline states that youth from the National Youth Administration (NYA) extinguished the fire at the Calimano Theater. Scene of fire fighters in Puerto Rico arriving on scene, hooking up fire hoses, and spraying water. A sign reads "National Youth Administration U.S. Coast Guard project". Young men at work reconstructing buildings. Scaffolding in front of a building and a man pulls a wheelbarrow behind him. Sign on building reads, "Departamento de Sanidad. Laboratorio Central de Rayos 'X' " (World War II period).
Congested houses in Ponce, Puerto Rico. A view of the congested houses. Buildings in Ponce. Children sit outside a building. Various views of a street.
USAF Strategic Air Command (SAC) units at Ramey Air Force Base in Aguadilla, Puerto Rico. A USAF bomber in flight. A sign board reads 'Welcome to Ramey Air Force Base, Home of The 72nd Bomb Wing H, 72nd Combat Support Group'. SAC personnel board the USAF aircraft. The aircraft takes off. The aircraft taxis on an airstrip. Support and other crew personnel standing at the air base. An aircraft takes off. The building of U.S. Naval Air Station. Officers greet each other. An officer speaks to the Operation Duty Officer. Aerial views of the air base.
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