What's the weather?

General

Description

Originally broadcast as a segment of the television program Johns Hopkins science review on June 10, 1953 from the U.S. Weather Bureau Station at Friendship International Airport near Baltimore, Md. Black and white. Lynn Poole, producer; Kennard Calfee, Herbert B. Cahan, directors; Joel Chaseman, narrator; produced by WAAM television station in Baltimore, Md. for the Dumont Network. Lynn Poole, George N. Brancato, Howard Orville, presenters. Digitized in 2004.

Abstract

Air temperature, barometric pressure, and humidity in the upper atmosphere can be measured by instruments inside a radio sound box that is carried into the air by balloon. The measurements are carried back to earth by a radio transmitter in the box. Radar is used to track hurricanes and tornadoes through a network of weather stations throughout the United States. These data are used to provide early warning to residents that are in the paths of tornadoes and hurricanes.
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Dates

Date Published

1953-06-10
Publisher
Language
Identifiers

OCLC Number

54105954

Collection Number

COLL-0008

Item Barcode

mq2403639mmmmm
Resources
Resource Type
Moving Image

Extent

00:28:55hh:mm:ss
Contributor
Broadcaster (brd): Du Mont Television Network
Director (drt): Cahan, Herbert B.
Director (drt): Calfee, Kennard
Narrator (nrt): Chaseman, Joel
Production personnel (prd): Brancato, George N.
Production personnel (prd): Orville, Howard
Production personnel (prd): Poole, Lynn
Producer (pro): Poole, Lynn
Copyright and Use
System
Access Rights
Public digital access
Model
Video

Unique ID

68c0ae06-77ec-4543-99bd-daa8f604c696