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Tornado

Made possible as a public service by University of California Extension Media Center, United Gas Corporation, and Texas Eastern Transmission Corporation. Cooperation of WKY-TV, Oklahoma City, Oklahoma and Southwestern Bell Telephone Company.


This movie is part of the collection: Prelinger Archives

Production Company: Calvin Productions
Sponsor: U.S. Weather Bureau
Audio/Visual: sound, B&W
Keywords: need keyword

Creative Commons license: Public Domain

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Reviewer: uniQ - - March 29, 2009
Subject: A rare (to see) example of period meterology
Shows tornado preparations in the Midwest in the 40s/50s, and especially noteworthily, the actual forcasing methods. Well acted/scripted/edited, easily worth the time.

Reviewer: RickinFla - - November 4, 2007
Subject: Excellent film
This is a very good film. Excellent content, dialogue and great editing. This film was made when there were very few moving images of tornadoes in existence.

Rick Filkins
Cape Canaveral

Reviewer: Spuzz - - July 27, 2005
Subject: Surrender Dorothy
Somewhat blah overview of the preparations communities now go through in the event that a tornado decides to rip it's way through the town. The only saving grace is the footage of the beasts themselves, but other then that, plenty of geeky guys with protractors and shirts on with undershirts visible underneath. Not really worth your time.

Reviewer: cashel - - October 15, 2003
Subject: a fine documentary
accurate account told with sensitivity. It avoids the sensational but stresses the real dangers