Better Forecasts

Series

Series Name
British Movietone News

Issue

Issue No.
1373
Date Released
26 Sep 1955
Date submitted
21 Sep 1955
Stories in this Issue:

Story

Story No. within this Issue
2 / 6
Summary
MOVIETONE CARD TITLE: Weather Balloons. DESCRIPTION: American weather men now use bigger and better balloons to carry more and more meteorological gear to furnish faithful forecasts. SHOTLIST: SCU balloon being filled. CU man in mask filling balloon. CU instruments attached to balloon. SCU lorry starting after balloon. CU load dropping off first balloon. CU second balloon loaded and started off. LS successful take off and balloon soaring upwards.
Keywords
Weather; Science and technology
Locations
United States of America; Denver; Colorado
Footage sources
United States of America
Card file number
64630
Credits:
Commentator
David Lewis Jacobs
Length of story (in feet)
66
Story extras:
Film clip

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'Better Forecasts', British Movietone News Issue No. 1373, 26 Sep 1955. https://learningonscreen.ac.uk/newsonscreen/search/index.php/story/20381 (Accessed 31 Jan 2025)