Operation Hurricane
US Weather Bureau
Lake surface; diagram of spinning winds.
05:02:30 Montage: town damage, eroded road; railroad cars off track; apples on ground. US Capitol, ext of Department of Commerce Weather Bureau, people in/out.
05:02:59 Miami, Florida city shots; weather bureau & people at desks, teletypes; military working; people on telephones. Animated Diagram of Caribbean & communications.
05:03:56 Int. office, men plotting on map & adding info. Blackboard w/ pointer dissolving to animation of arrows showing formation of spinning masses of air. MCU men looking at teletype, women typing. Street scene, golf, horse racing, people sunbathing on beaches. Aerials over coast. Weather radiosonde released w/ balloon. Tanker or ore carrier in rough seas. Weather mapping in CU.
05:06:31 Men talking w/ clipboard; Air Force gets request to fly, crew briefed, into B-29 (?) w Big Storm markings takes off, in flight. Diagrams.
05:07:55 Montage: teletype, newspaper printing, men reading, story circled. Beach, policeman directing traffic. Storm & AF plane thru clouds. Men at plotting map at Hurricane Center. Naval Air Station crew into plane to fly thru storm. Radio bulletin given, men listen, people on beach w/ radio. Red Cross meeting.
05:10:07 Men golf, stores & beach vendors. More diagrams, men broadcasting & listening at work, in convertible, woman cleaning house, police go out to warn, Red Cross take supplies to truck. Warning flags.Montage of other people to shelter, boaters, ships, airplanes.
05:12:10 People board up windows in stores, poor & middles class homes. Filling tubs, adjust windows. Street w/ windows all boarded & empty of traffic.
05:12:57 Wind & blowing water in town; large waves on beach, two men into water, palm trees buffeting; boats at moorings, water in streets. POV past trees.
05:14:09 Aftermath & Red Cross; cleaning up debris & destruction shots. Summary shots of flights; view thru clouds. The End.
Weather Forecasting; Extreme Storms; Damage; 1950s; 1940s; United States Government Film;
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Operation Hurricane US Weather Bureau Lake surface; diagram of spinning winds. 05:02:30 Montage: town damage, eroded road; railroad cars off track; apples on ground. US Capitol, ext of Department of Commerce Weather Bureau, people in/out. 05:02:59 Miami, Florida city shots; weather bureau & people at desks, teletypes; military working; people on telephones. Animated Diagram of Caribbean & communications. 05:03:56 Int. office, men plotting on map & adding info. Blackboard w/ pointer dissolving to animation of arrows showing formation of spinning masses of air. MCU men looking at teletype, women typing. Street scene, golf, horse racing, people sunbathing on beaches. Aerials over coast. Weather radiosonde released w/ balloon. Tanker or ore carrier in rough seas. Weather mapping in CU. 05:06:31 Men talking w/ clipboard; Air Force gets request to fly, crew briefed, into B-29 (?) w Big Storm markings takes off, in flight. Diagrams. 05:07:55 Montage: teletype, newspaper printing, men reading, story circled. Beach, policeman directing traffic. Storm & AF plane thru clouds. Men at plotting map at Hurricane Center. Naval Air Station crew into plane to fly thru storm. Radio bulletin given, men listen, people on beach w/ radio. Red Cross meeting. 05:10:07 Men golf, stores & beach vendors. More diagrams, men broadcasting & listening at work, in convertible, woman cleaning house, police go out to warn, Red Cross take supplies to truck. Warning flags.Montage of other people to shelter, boaters, ships, airplanes. 05:12:10 People board up windows in stores, poor & middles class homes. Filling tubs, adjust windows. Street w/ windows all boarded & empty of traffic. 05:12:57 Wind & blowing water in town; large waves on beach, two men into water, palm trees buffeting; boats at moorings, water in streets. POV past trees. 05:14:09 Aftermath & Red Cross; cleaning up debris & destruction shots. Summary shots of flights; view thru clouds. The End. Weather Forecasting; Extreme Storms; Damage; 1950s; 1940s; United States Government Film;