- Title: VM-588B
- Summary: WEATHER DOES ITS THING: EXTREME WEATHER. RAIN. HURRICANES. TORNADOES. DUST BOWL. SMOG, POLLUTION. WORLD WEATHER WATCH STATIONS. WORLD METEOROLOGICAL ORGANIZATION. HURRICANE TRACKING PLANES. POV IN EYE OF HURRICANE
- Description:03:19:57 - CU UMBRELLA WITH ABSTRACT PATTERN TURNING. MS URBAN PEDESTRIANS CARRYING UMBRELLAS CROSSING THE STREET. WET RAINY DAY. CU PUDDLES 03:20:10 - SKIERS HOLDING ONTO ROPE, 1970s, GOING UP MOUNTAIN PULLED BY, PRIMITIVE SKI LIFT 03:20:14 - CU MAIL IN MAILMAN'S HAND, LOOKING THROUGH MAIL, DELIVERING MAIL ON COLD SNOWY DAY. MS BEAUTIFUL TUDOR STYLE SNOW COVERED HOME UPPER MIDDLE CLASS 03:20:23 - MS TWO FISHERMEN IN SMALL ROW BOAT ON FOGGY DAY 03:20:27 - LOW ANGLE LOOKING UP AT FUEL TRUCKS ON HIGHWAY BRIDGE OVERPASS, SNOW COVERED LANDSCAPE 03:20:54 - YOUNG ADULT MEN CIRCA 1960s PUSHING BIG EARLY 1970s STUCK IN SNOW CAR FREE FROM ICE & SNOW ONTO MAIN ROAD 03:21:08 - LS TORNADO SHOT BY AMATEUR ON 8MM CAMERA DIRECTLY IN IT'S PATH 03:21:21 - MONTAGE TORNADOES, TORNADO 03:21:39 - MONTAGE HURRICANE FOOTAGE, CAMILLE. OCEAN WATERS POUNDING OVER SEA WALLS, TREES BLOWING WITH HURRICANE FORCE 03:21:54 - HURRICANE TRACKING PLANES TAKING OFF & IN FLIGHT 03:22:08 - INTERIOR TRACKING PLANE, METEOROLOGISTS MAPPING HURRICANE'S PATH. RADAR OPERATOR TRACING STORM PATTERN, LOCATING EYE OF HURRICANE, SWIRLING 03:22:41 - POV IN PLANE FLYING IN EYE OF HURRICANE 03:23:22 - POV IN HELICOPTER FLYING OVER AREA DEVASTATED BY HURRICANE CAMILLE, DEAD BODY ON GROUND, HOMES & BUSINESSES DESTROYED. TELEPHONE POLES THROWN LIKE TOOTH PICKS, 03:23:48 - HOBBLING OLD MAN PAUSES, TAKES OFF HAT, RUBS HIS HEAD, LOOKS AT HOUSE DESTROYED BY HURRICANE 03:24:03 - POV IN HELICOPTER PASSING OVER RESIDENTIAL AREA COMPLETELY DESTROYED BY HURRICANE 03:24:08 - 1930s DUST BOWL, CARS DRIVING DURING THE DAY WITH LIGHTS ON. DUST BLIZZARD. MS FARMER CLIMBING OUT OF STORM CELLAR, SHELTER AFTER DUST STORM. CU FOOT PRINTS IN THE DUST. LS MAN WALKING DOWN ROAD IN DUST STORM 03:24:28 - ANTHONY CHANDLER, UNIVERSITY COLLEGE, LONDON SPEAKING ON INDUSTRIAL POLLUTION 03:24:49 - MS URBAN MAN WEARING PROTECTIVE MASK OVER HIS FACE. MONTAGE DECEMBER, 1952, LONDON. CU NEWSPAPER HEADLINE: "32 DIE IN TWO DAYS OF SMOG". ACCUMULATION OF SMOKE & FOG COUPLED WITH WARM AIR KNOWN AS AN IMBURSION. POLLUTION. 6 DAY SMOG 03:25:38 - CONSTRUCTION SITE, BULL DOZER CLEARING LAND. LS PAN CLEARED FOREST, LAND 03:26:16 - TWO SHOTS OF SAME AREA, ONE CLEAR, ONE SHROUDED IN SMOG, POLLUTION 03:26:26 - PAN CITY SMOG SHROUDED. URBAN POLLUTION. NEW YORK? MONTAGE POLLUTED CITY, HARBOR FRONT, PIERS. FACTORY SMOKE STACKS, BURNING CAR. INDUSTRY. THICK BLACK SMOKE RISING UP INTO ATMOSPHERE 03:27:27 - CU SPINNING GLOBE 03:27:40 - WEATHERMAN SPEAKING ON WEATHER & ITS EFFECTS DRAWS ILLUSTRATION OF EARTH, ARROW IN DIRECTION OF AIR CIRCULATION. SCIENCE LESSON. MAKES THREE DRAWINGS. VISUAL AIDS 03 33 2O WEATHERMAN DRAWING ON WEATHER MAP SHOWING HIGHS & LOWS OF WEATHER AROUND THE WORLD ON SAME DAY HUGE WORLD MAP ON WALL 03:35:08 - ZOOM DOWN ON WEATHER WEATHER PRINT OUTS FROM WORLD WEATHER WATCH STATIONS. WEATHER CHARTS 03:35:27 - INTERIOR WORLD WEATHER WATCH STATION, WASHINGTON CU PUSHING BUTTON MARKED "TALK". WALL OF PHONES LINKED TO WEATHER STATION ACROSS THE COUNTRY 03:36:21 - CU RED PHONE, CU MOSCOW WRITTEN ON TELEPHONE 03:36:33 - WEATHERMAN READING SYNOPTIC CHART COMING IN ON FAX, FACSIMILE TRANSMISSION. WALLS & WALLS OF MACHINES CONSTANTLY CHECKING WEATHER 03:38:45 - SATELLITES TRANSMITTING INFORMATION TO GROUND STATIONS. WALL OF INFORMATION COMING IN VIA SATELLITE. 03:38:50 - WALL OF COMPUTERS CONVERTING ELECTRICAL SIGNALS INTO PICTURES. CU POLAROID PHOTOGRAPH 03:39:18 - CU COMPUTER DRAWING WEATHER MAP 03:39:41 - CU TANGLED MASS OF ELECTRICAL PLUGS, MAN PLUGGING IN & TAKING OUT PLUGS. CU SIGNALS ON RADAR SCREEN 03:40:04 - ZOOM IN CANADIAN FARM, FARMERS HARVESTING CROPS, CU STRAWBERRIES, APPLES. AGRICULTURE. FRUIT FARMING 03:40:33 - CU FARMER SPEAKING ON IMPORTANCE OF WEATHER REPORT ACCURACY 03:41:01 - FARMER USING TRACTOR TO SPRAY INSECTICIDE ON CROPS 03:41:54 - ARTIFICIAL IRRIGATION SYSTEM, SPRINKLER SYSTEM WATERING CROPS. FARMER TALKS ABOUT LONG RANGE FORECASTS. TOMATO FARMER. CU TOMATO PLANTS 03:43:44 - EXTERIOR & INTERIOR: WORLD METEOROLOGICAL ORGANIZATION HEADQUARTERS, GENEVA 03:44:30 - SECRETARY GENERAL DAVID ARTHUR DAVIS SPEAKING ON GLOBAL ATMOSPHERIC RESEARCH PROGRAM
- Collection: Historic Films
- Producer:Historic Films
- Transmission Date:01/01/1970
- Rights:On request
- Decade: 1970s
- File Name: VM-588B