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WWII - 1945, Weather: General Weather Takes A Hand In The War - Typhoon In Pacific - Winter In Italy; Great Lakes

Reel Number: 220477-19

Color: Black and White

Sound: SD

Year / Date: 1945,1940s

Country: Italy,Philippines,USA

Location: CHICAGO, Illinois,Duluth, Minnesota,Pacific,Philippines

TC Begins: 19:37:39

TC Ends: 19:40:33

Duration: 00:02:54

WWII - 1945, Weather: Typhoon In Pacific; Winter In Italy; Icebreaker in Great Lakes; Helicopter Rescue Intertitle: General Weather Takes A Hand In The War - Title: Typhoon In Pacific. 19:37:49 Aircraft carrier w/ deck of aircraft; waves on bow. Lashing down planes off Philippines w/ large waves, flag blowing. High Angle of wind & rain across deckload of aircraft. 19:38:20 Intertitle: Winter In Italy. Camp of large tents, MCU officer breaking off large icicles. Troops uncovering tents, clearing snow after blizzard from artillery. 19:38:41 Supply trucks skidding on snow & ice on mountain roads / highways w/ wheels locked. 19:39:11 Intertitle: Coast Guard On The Job - Icebreakers Clear The Way. 19:39:19 Icebreaker USCGC Mackinaw (WAGB-83) thru ice followed by three ships on way from Duluth, Minnesota shipyard to Chicago. Houses on shore & people watching. CU broken ice by side of icebreaker. Open bridge on arrival in Chicago w/ skyline & harbor seen thru thick steam, fog & smoke of tugboat.. 19:39:58 Intertitle: Sea Rescue By Helicopter. Helicopters, one w/ pontoons, demonstrate hoisting man from sea on Lake Michigan into helicopter, then the rescued man is lowered to ground in demonstration watched by crowd. WW2; Horrors Of War; Navy; 1940s;

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