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This collection contains 4 movies and about 1 hour of video.
| Title |
Description |
Duration |
| Modern Weather Theory Storm Structure |
Training film for the us military on weather and storms. Using the water in a tank to explain the basics of convection. Also explains the shift in air movement due to the rotation of the earth. The film also explains the High Pressure belts around 30 degrees Latitude, called the sub tropic belt. Also covered is the accumulation of water vapor into the air, and the creation of the tropical rains. The film goes on to explain how the warmed moist air rushing to the poles depletes the atmosphere around the equator, and occasional outbreaks from the dense polar air is required and called cyclones, although this is just a weather term and not the violent storms known by this name.
Sound, B&W
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17:50
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| Modern Weather Theory Atmospheric Waves |
Another of the weather training films for the US military, this one focuses on the cold and warm fronts and the creation of clouds and precipitation. Follow as a wave is tracked over the continental US, and explained .
Sound, B&W |
13:40 |
| Tornado Countdown |
Narrated film on the preparations you should practice to survive a tornado. Starting with the weather conditions that facilitate the formation of the storm. Watch as the weather service issues the tornado watch, and the community begins to take notice. Learn the warning signs of an impending tornado, and once one is spotted, see all the safety precautions put into action. See striking footage of actual tornados, and the aftermath. including demolished homes, and automobiles.
Sound, Color |
14:33 |
| Army Tornado Recovery Efforts |
Various scenes of destruction wrought by a tornado, and the clean up conducted by the Army. Including demolished houses, and downed trees.
No Sound, Color
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16:27
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