- Title: VM-1076B
- Summary: THE BIG PICTURE:
- Description:00:31:55 - "WEATHER - FRIEND OF FOE?" THE FIVE "W"s OF THE WEATHER & WHAT THE ARMY IS DOING ABOUT IT AT THE EVANS LAB, FORT MONMOUTH, NEW JERSEY. 00:32:00 - NARRATOR TELLS WHAT THE ARMY IS DOING ABOUT THE WEATHER. EXTREME WEATHER 00:32:10 - MS- LIGHTNING AND THUNDER LIGHTS UP THE CLOUDY SKIES. WIND BLOWS THE TREES AND RAIN FALLS ALONG A DARKENED ROAD. LS- LIGHTNING HITS A TREE AND IT FALLS. SNOW FILLS THE SKY. 00:32:32 - LS- AN ARMY TRUCK HITS DEEP POTHOLE IN MUDDY ROAD GIS IN RAIN GEAR WALK ALONG MUDDY, RAINY ROAD. MONTAGE- GIS WALK WEARILY ON A SNOWBOUND ROAD AS THE SNOW FALLS IN KOREA. 00:33:10 - LS- WARSHIPS BOUNCE AROUND ON HIGH ROUGH SEAS. LS- RAIN AND LIGHTNING AROUND A PLANE IN FLIGHT. 00:33:25 - LS- PALM TREES ON A SERENE PACIFIC ISLAND BEFORE A STORM. LS- LIGHTNING STRIKING IN THE SKY AND TREES SHAKING IN THE WIND. HEAVY RAINS IN THE SKY 00:34:49 - MS- HEAVILY CLAD GIS HUDDLE AROUND A FIRE IN FREEZING WEATHER. 00:34:50 - THE EVANS SIGNAL LABORATORY IN ASBURY PARK, NEW JERSEY (PAN) HAS MOST OF IT'S 500 SCIENTISTS WORKING IN THE METEORLOGICAL DEPARTMENT 00:36:00 - LS- A HUGE WEATHER TOWER (PAN FROM BOTTOM TO TOP) 00:36:21 - MS- MALE AND FEMALE SCIENTIEST SIT AND DISCUSS NEW DESIGNS OF WEATHER EQUIPMENT 00:36:30 - MONTAGE- METEOROLOGISTS TEST VARIOUS ELECTRONIC EQUIPMENT, OSCILLATORS AND SOPHISTICATED MACHINES IN LABS TO INVESTIGATE THE UPPER ATMOSPHERE 00:37:29 - CU- A VOLTMETER REGISTERS AS A FEMALE SCIENTIST TESTS A CIRCUIT FOR A SENSING DEVICE CALLED A RADIO SOND. 00:38:10 - CU- SCIENTIST USES A PENCIL POINT TO SHOW A TINY ELEMENT 1/1000TH OF AN INCH USED IN THE SENSOR WHICH WILL RECORD TEMPERATURES 120 DEGREES BELOW ZERO. 00:38:38 - CU- IN AN EXPERIMENT THE SCIENTIST TOUCHES THE ELEMENT WITH HIS FINGERS AND THE HEAT OF HIS FINGERS ARE INSTANTLY RECORDED. 00:40:40 - CU- SCIENTIST HOLDS THE RADIO SOND IN HIS HAND AND SHOWS IT'S VARIOUS PARTS 00:41:28 - MONTAGE- METEOROLOGIST SHOWS INSTRUMENTS OTHER NATIONS ARE USING, NONE OF WHICH COMPARES WITH THE U.S. SOND. 00:42:53 - MS- THE GROUND EQUIPMENT USED WITH THE SOND ARE SHOWN AND DEMONSTRATED. 00:44:39 - MS- SCIENTISTS PREPARE THE SOND, BATTERIES AND RADIO FOR A RIDE TO UPPER ATMOSPHERE IN A BALLOON MS- THE BALLOON IS FILLED WITH GAS FOR TESTING 00:47:07 - THE BALLOON IS RELEASED CARRYING THE EQUIPMENT WITH IT. A RADAR UNIT TRACTS IT 00:50:03 - CU- SCIENTIST CHANGES A MATHMATICAL EQUATION ON A BLACKBOARD. 00:52:20 - MS- A MILITARY OFFICER DIS-ASSEMBLES A ROCKET NOSE CONE AND THE BODY OF THE ROCKET TO SHOW IT'S COMPONENTS FOR WEATHER GATHERING. 00:52:53 - LS- THE ROCKET IS POINTED TO THE SKY FROM THE LAUNCHING PAD, TECHNICIANS SIT AT THEIR CONTROL PANELS AND TV SCREENS. 00:53:12 - MONTAGE- TRACKING AND SOUND RANGING EQUIPMENT ARE IN PLACE AND A BALLOON IS SENT UP FOR WIND DIRECTION. THE ROCKET BLASTS OFF 00:54:02 - MS- TECHNICIANS WATCH AS SEVERAL TAPE RECORDERS RECORD THE SOUND OF THE ROCKET IN FLIGHT. AERIAL- THE EARTH AS SEEN FROM THR RISING ROCKET 00:55:17 - MS- SCIENTISTS EXPERIMENT WITH A SOLAR BATTERY WHICH GENERATES POWER UNDER A FLOURESCENT LIGHT. GENERATING A STEADY 12 VOLTS AS SEEN ON A VOLTOMETER.
- Collection: Historic Films
- Producer:Historic Films
- Transmission Date:01/01/1956
- Rights:On request
- Decade: 1950s
- File Name: VM-1076B