In the 1960’s the Encyclopedia Britannica produced a 16mm film on weather satellites. I purchased the film on eBay in 2015.  Thanks to the College Heights Instrument Weather Museum at Western Kentucky University the film was converted to a digital format. The video, which runs for 13 minutes, is available via dropbox.com. Just send me a request at imappalive1@gmail.com.

As a well worn meteorologist it was a special joy to see all the old equipment.

Here are a few images from the film:  

Ground observations from over 1,000 stations were sent to the weather central via teletype.

Teletype circuits from all across North America brought observations to the satellite center.

Here’s a high speed computer reading a magnetic tape. This was the storage media after punch cards and before disks.

Teletype data were punched on paper tape for reading by meteorologist.

Satellite signals were received by ground stations.

Images received were read into a kine-scope for filming and then printing.

Weather maps were distributed to field stations via facsimile machines.

 

OTHER FILMS AND VIDEOS – NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE

The National Weather Service office in Charleston, West Virginia compiled a list of films and videos that dealt with various aspects of weather. The location of these 75 items is unknown. See: crwfilmvideo.

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

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