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Hurricane Watch Pt. 2 of 2

Reel Number: 221276-04

Color: Black and White

Sound: SD

Year / Date: 1950s

Country: USA

Location: North Carolina,SOUTH CAROLINA

TC Begins: 03:28:16

TC Ends: 03:35:06

Duration: 00:06:50

Hurricane Watch Pt. 2 of 2 South Carolina Highway Patrol car pulls up at beachfront home, patrolman speaks tto woman. Mobile utility crew prepares equipment for hurricane. Weather balloon released into grey sky. Radar operator; arrow points to hurricane on radar screen. Hurricane forecast center. Sign over doorway ‘Emergency Warning Center’; representatives of various groups around table; map of hurricane location supered; man addresses gathering w/ information on hurricane’s destination near Wilmington. 03:30:42 CU kids cartoon on television screen; zoom out to show boy sitting in front of TV & father reading newspaper; interrupted by Special Bulletin - weatherman marks danger zone on map & advises people on coast of North Carolina, Virginia & Maryland on necessary precautions; father & son clear yard of loose objects. Garden chairs; car put away; bath tub filled w/ water; supply of tinned aka canned food in cupboard checked. Family leaves beachfront home in station wagon. Boat moorings checked at marina docks. Woman looks out window as rain pours down. 03:33:15 City street scene after hurricane strikes, car & bus caught in storm. Woman falls over in high winds, pulled into car by man. Church spire & trees blown over. Coastal area battered by storm w/ damaged boats. Flooded street after storm ends - destruction at marina - house crushed by fallen tree - people return to homes. The End. Extreme Weather; Natural Disasters; Emergency Planning; Geography; Meteorology; Government Promotional Film; Propaganda; Weathermen; Weather Forcasting;

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