A documentary on occurrence of a tornado in the United States. The aftermath of a tornado in Wichita Falls, Texas. A rubbled area. A man standing near the rubble. Dead bodies on the ground. Doctors treating wounded people. Red Cross workers and volunteers working to help the victims. Temporary housing facilities given to homeless people. Rebuilding work being undertaken. People standing outside a house. A doll on the ground. Disaster plans being worked upon. People discussing amongst themselves. Narrator outlines preventive measures, warnings, and emergency plans and Disaster Plans that should be in place to in the event of a tornado. Narrator discusses what to do, and what not to do in the event of a tornado. National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration (NOAA) weather radio should be used. It gives warning about tornadoes. When a tornado hits people should take cover in basements. Weather clues should be noticed, warnings should not be ignored and people should not stay in mobile houses at the time of tornadoes. People can take shelter in a ditch. Matches should not be lit and people should not enter the disaster area. Views of the April 10, 1979 tornado in Wichita Falls, Texas as it hits the area.
Flooding in aftermath of Hurricane Beulah in South Texas, United States. An area submerged in water. View of the Nueces River completely over its banks and flooding a massive area. Aerial view of flooded land under water. Officers discussing about the flooding. An officer talking over a phone. Aerial view of flood waters having broken through a dam and sending flood waters into Harlingen through the Arroyo Colorado. People laying sand bags to control flooding. Rescue work being carried on. People traveling in a motor boat to stranded residents in Harlingen Texas. U.S. Army helicopters hovering over the area to evacuate the Texas State Tuberculosis Hospital. The hospital patients being treated by doctors and nurses. Aerial view of the flooded area in Texas and in Mexico. Food and medical assistance being provided to the people by helicopter airlift. People lined up outside a building. The doctors and the nurses treating the wounded.
A documentary on Weather Bureau's Hurricane Warning Center in Miami, Florida. (Later the National Hurricane Center, part of the U.S. NOAA / National Weather Service). A man instructing students about a hurricane. They discuss about the conditions present when hurricanes develop. Animation shows the process of formation of hurricanes. Large masses of air become warm and moist. It is replaced by air flowing from all directions. Aerial view of a sea. The air starts moving in a circular motion. The progressive motion of the air begins and it becomes a hurricane. Men and women working in the Hurricane Warning Center analyze these conditions. View of traffic and commercial buildings along a busy street in Miami. Three men playing golf. Elevated view of people seated in a stadium watching a horse race. Elevated view of a crowded ocean beach in Miami. Aerial view of a weather station on the eastern tip of Cuba. Men preparing to release a radiosonde weather balloon. They analyze the weather conditions for a daily weather report.
A Strategic Air Command (SAC) bombing competition in Maine, United States . Aircraft parked at Loring Air Force Base. United States Air Force B-52 Stratofortresses and Convair B-36s parked at a flight line. Men working on maintenance and repairing mechanical defects in an airplane. Flight pilots and crews in briefing receiving information about targets. Animation shows the course of airplanes in flight. Views of aircraft taking and in flight aerial views during the competition. They are tracked from the ground with radar. View of ground teams using radar and in control rooms. The aircraft taxiing on the air base.
The services of the Works Progress Administration (WPA) in the United States. Skilled workers are hired for the libraries and school. They repair and rebind the books. Books in shelves. Traveling libraries and mobile libraries in trucks bring books to more rural areas. People enter a traveling library on wheels. Nurses visit homes of people and instructing the maternity care of the children to their mothers. A nurse bathing an infant. Braille maps being developed. The blind people are instructed about the use of the Braille maps. Trachoma eye disease patients in rural areas are examined. Nurses examine them and they are taken to WPA clinics. Group of men, women, and children wait in clinic to be seen by nurse or doctor. People including a young girl and an older man taking eye and vision tests, reading eye charts, and being examined.
Jobless and unemployed people rush for jobs in the Works Progress Administration (WPA) in New York, United States as unemployment benefits are cut back during Great Depression. Buildings along the sides of a street in New York City. People gather on the street in long unemployment lines awaiting their chance for a job. Women using typewriters to type job applications for lines of men. Men engaged in construction of buildings in New York City. Views of foundation and excavation work, and brick layers laying brick.
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