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.
Large crew of Hurricane Hunters board a WC-121N Lockheed Super Constellation of Airborne Early Warning Squadron FOUR (VW-4). The aircraft takes off flying directly over the camera at U.S. Naval Station, Roosevelt Roads, Puerto Rico. Aerial view of the WC-121N in flight. Aerial view of storm clouds. A dropsonde being launched from the aircraft. View of cabin interior with crew members at their stations. Radio operator keying message. A sailor annotating a weather map with latest data. The USS Willis A. Lee (DL-4), reversing course due to weather warning. Two F9F-8 aircraft deploying to avoid storm. Commercial store fronts at shore boarded up for protection. Women and a boy boarding up their home in Puerto Rico for a 1960 (likely) or 1961 (possibly) hurricane storm. Men placing ropes across their roof to lash it down against wind. Water and wind driving across a city street. Several cars driving through heavy winds and rain. Trees bending in hurricane winds. Coastal flooding occuring. Pilot and copilot in cockpit of WC-121N Hurricane Hunter aircraft. Crew coping with turbulence back in the cabin. The VW-4 Logo.
The services of U.S. Air Transport Command during World War II. Animation depicts the services of the Air Transport Command. A man brushing his teeth. The mileage flown by the Air Transport Command throughout the world is depicted.
SNAFU smokes in bed. Problems of fire at United States Army posts during World War II. Animated film for U.S. troops during World War 2 depicts fire problems. 17% of the problem is due to soldiers smoking in bed. "SNAFU" reads these facts while lying in bed, smoking. The bed catches fire when he flicks ashes from his cigarette.
Elections for the U.S. Senate in the United States. The nominees for the designation are New York Senator Kenneth Keating and Attorney General Robert F. Kennedy. The New York State Republicans nominate Keating. A large crowd gathers in a hall. Dignitaries and officials seated at a desk. People applauding and cheering. A woman addressing the crowd. Men holding banners which reads: 'Keating'. People gather in another hall. They hold boards and placards. They cheer and applaud.
A film titled: 'Ring of Steel' on the history of U.S. soldiers. Soldiers holding rifles marching on the ground in the United States. A statue. Sites, landmarks and painting from the battles since 1775. The Concord bridge. Men walking across the bridge. A painting of soldiers during a historic war. Mountains in the background. The contribution of the soldiers in the Battle of Valley Forge. A war memorial for the soldiers. Yorktown, Bunker Hill, Ticonderoga and Lake Champlain.
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