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Aircraft Commander checks parachutes of crew prior to takeoff of a WB-50D Hurricane Hunter aircraft

Crew of a U.S. Air Force WB-50D Hurricane Hunter aircraft stand by their aircraft (Tail number 50-4040) on the ramp at Kindley Air Force Base, Bermuda. They are all wearing back-pack parachutes. The Aircraft Commander checks each crew members chute. Closeup of the Aircraft Commander (Captain). The aircraft and crew are of the 59th Weather Reconnaissance Flight.

Date: 1955, September 22
Duration: 1 min 5 sec
Sound: No
Color: Monochrome
Clip Type: Unedited
Language: None
Clip: 65675076434
Crew members at duty stations in WB-29D aircraft of the USAF 59th Weather Reconnaissance Flight at Kindley AFB, Bermuda.

Crew member speaking on interphone in a U.S. Air Force WB-29 Hurricane Hunter aircraft. View of the pilot advancing the throttles and pulling back the yoke (staged). Scene repeated. View of flight engineer advancing throttles at his panel location. Dropsonde operator entering data on a form. Ground crewman disconnects auxiliary power unit from parked WB-29 aircraft parked at Kindley Air Force Base, Bermuda. View from nose gear well, of number three engine running on a WB-29 aircraft.

Date: 1955, September 20
Duration: 1 min 53 sec
Sound: No
Color: Monochrome
Clip Type: Unedited
Language: None
Clip: 65675076435
WB-50D aircraft, of the USAF 59th Weather Reconnaissance Flight, cruising between clouds near Bermuda

Views from WB-50D aircraft flying above altocumulus clouds and below high cloud, in the vicinity of Kindley Air Force Base, Bermuda. Aerial view of a WB-50 aircraft in flight. Successively closer views as the camera aircraft draws nearer.. Tail number is seen as 50-9769. Cloud conditions are mixed. Some cumulus rising above the aircraft altitude in background. The aircraft flying in stratiform conditions.

Date: 1955, September
Duration: 2 min 15 sec
Sound: No
Color: Monochrome
Clip Type: Unedited
Language: None
Clip: 65675076436
WB-50D aircraft of the USAF 59th Weather Reconnaissance Flight cruising in different cloud conditions

Views from window of a WB-50D aircraft, from the 59th Weather Reconnaissance Flight, while flying in the vicinity of Bermuda, through various cloud conditions. First view shows rising cumulus clouds. This is followed by views as the plane skims the tops of some altocumulus. A later view is taken between some stratiform layers. In change of sequence, WB-50D, tail number 50-2769, is seen cruising in the clear well above some altocumulus clouds.

Date: 1955, September 20
Duration: 2 min 13 sec
Sound: No
Color: Monochrome
Clip Type: Unedited
Language: None
Clip: 65675076437
Montage of scenes involving USAF Weather Service Hurricane Hunters.

WB-29 Hurricane Hunter aircraft, of the 59th Weather reconnaissance Flight, landing at Kindley Air Force Base, Bermuda. Aerial views of storm clouds. View from inside a building. Pilot in cockpit of WB-29 appears to be flying in turbulent conditions. The pilot, later seen, eating a sandwich and drinking from a cup while monitoring the controls of the aircraft.

Date: 1955, September 30
Duration: 1 min 17 sec
Sound: No
Color: Monochrome
Clip Type: Unedited
Language: None
Clip: 65675076438
Aircraft and crew of U.S. Air Force 59th Weather Reconnaissance Flight based at Kindley Field, Bermuda.

Film opens with camera panning across Kindley Field, Bermuda, where WB-50 and WB-29 aircraft of the U.S. Air Force 59th Weather Reconnaissance Flight (Hurricane Hunters) are parked. Cluster of buildings and checkered tanks are seen behind them. Scene shifts to crew of a WB-29, in flight gear, including back pack parachutes, posing in front of their aircraft. The Aircraft Commander checks their chutes and they board the aircraft.

Date: 1955, September 27
Duration: 1 min 4 sec
Sound: No
Color: Monochrome
Clip Type: Unedited
Language: None
Clip: 65675076439