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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
USAF WB-50s of the 59th Weather Reconnaissance Flight take off from Kindley AFB, Bermuda

A WB-50D Weather aircraft from the USAF 59th Reconnaissance Flight (Hurricane Hunters) is silhouetted against a gray sky as it takes off from Kindley Air Force Base, Bermuda. at sundown. Another one, tail number 50-4040, takes off. Both aircraft use long takeoff runs and slow rates of climb after breaking ground.

Date: 1955, September 20
Duration: 45 sec
Sound: No
Color: Monochrome
Clip Type: Unedited
Language: None
Clip: 65675076441
59th Weather Reconnaissance Flight crew on a mission in a WB-29 aircraft

View from cockpit of WB-29 aircraft, from 59th Weather Reconnaissance Flight, on final approach to runway 30 at Kindley Air Force Base, Bermuda. The sun has almost set and the runway lights are lit. The camera stops filming at touchdown. A dropsonde operator seated inside the aircraft. He records telemetered information in a form. The hand of the dropsonde operator as he releases the dropsonde from an airlock. Officer in makeshift office sitting in front of a wrinkled map. Arrows on map highlight Eastern U.S. Interior of B-29 aircraft. A flight engineer making notes in a log. Navigator checking a Loran set and marking information on charts.

Date: 1955, September 20
Duration: 2 min 3 sec
Sound: No
Color: Monochrome
Clip Type: Unedited
Language: None
Clip: 65675076445
Enactment of civilian radio broadcast about severe weather

Vertical panning view of radio tower at Kindley Air Force Base, Bermuda. Mockup of a civilian broadcasting studio. A U.S. airman in mufti acts the part of a weather broadcaster delivering news of a storm. View of large wall clock.

Date: 1955, September 20
Duration: 1 min 7 sec
Sound: No
Color: Monochrome
Clip Type: Unedited
Language: None
Clip: 65675076447
Mission briefing for crew members of the 59th Weather Reconnaissance Flight (Hurricane Hunters)

Weather chart shows a hurricane North of Cuba and East of Florida. A pointer outlines a flight pattern planned for USAF Hurricane Hunters of the 59th Weather Reconnaissance Flight to penetrate the storm, from their base in Bermuda. A navigators pocket watch placed on a map. A captain of the 59th Flight briefs crew members about the mission. Diagram of the storm track is sketched in chalk on a blackboard behind him. He uses a pointer to highlight information on a weather chart. An officer seated in the front row steps forward to further explain some aspects of the weather chart. The group rises and leaves following the briefing. Another sequence shows the briefing from behind the speaker's podium. Closeups of the crew members.

Date: 1955, September 20
Duration: 5 min 30 sec
Sound: No
Color: Monochrome
Clip Type: Unedited
Language: None
Clip: 65675076448
General George Catlett Marshall watches as Oveta Culp Hobby takes the oath as the Director of the WAAC in the United States.

A film on the Women Army Auxiliary Corps (WAAC) during World War 2 in the United States. Oveta Culp Hobby takes the oath as the Director of the WAAC. U.S. Army General George Marshall standing nearby. The members of the WAAC march. Officers review the parade. Women in various jobs in the United States. Women enter a WAAC recruiting office. The women lined up at the office. They talk to a receptionist. They fill out applications, take physical examinations and then take an oath of service.

Date: 1943
Duration: 2 min 52 sec
Sound: Yes
Color: Monochrome
Clip Type: Edited
Language: English
Clip: 65675076472