Summary

HURRICANE HUNTERS

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Title: HURRICANE HUNTERS
File Number: HC-101 35mm; 1 inch
Color: B W
Type: Newsreel
Year: 01/01/1953
Description: B W 1953 US Air Force airplanes and crews monitor hurricanes. 00:01:50:00 B W 1953 Montage of various wind types from breezes to gales, typhoon and aftermath. Air Force reconnaissance plane takes off to fly into hurricane. Animated diagram of hurricane. VS compiling information from radar. Plane flies through cloud mass to eye of hurricane, teletype machine printing. VS Florida weather bureau. Radar screen. Weather Bureau broadcasting latest information - man speaks into microphone, issues hurricane warning. People prepare and close down for onslaught of hurricane. VS huge storm, trees bend in wind, flooding, abandoned cars, battered coast, heavy rain. Roof blown off building - hits live wire, sparks and flashes in BG. 00:10:35:00 B W 1953 Nice shot of children cycling towards CAM on avenue lined with palm trees. Miami, Florida
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