GATE to World Weather. (Global Atmospheric Research Programme Atlantic Tropical Experiment), 1975

Film Specifications - 16mm film ; Description - Film opens with tropical location, sun, wind, clouds sand and surf, NASA Delta rocket launch, and lists multiple countries 69 in all, with multiple scientists, technicians and students, in cooperation with weather research on land, sea, in the atmosphere and space. Dakar, Senegal, Headquarters for GATE. Direct all operations. Pictures of the sun examined, logged, analyzed, ocean evaporation, exchange of heat, data analysis, change of states, cloud pictures clusters, tropical storms. Dr. Douglas Sergeant offers explanations. Shots of sea vessels, scientists, technicians, classical music soundtrack. Fleets of vessels. Instrument equipped for missions 900 kilometers off coast. Planes from France, towers their instruments, calibrations. Survival on ground from drought. How to prepare for future? Farmer planting seeds. Emphasis on people and their mission. Incredibly complex. Scope never before attempted. Multiple scientific aircraft look odd because of their instrument-laden fuselages. Search clouds and clusters, radiation, new data, ships contribute data. Engineering drawings. 50 million square kilometers explored. Satellite pictures, images. Fishing village. Cloud analysis. Aircraft send data to ground. Intertropical convergence zone. Different altitudes. NOAA Ship Researcher in Atlantic Ocean. Hundreds of instruments. Buoys and balloons launched. At sea for weeks at a time. US Coast Guard Cutter Dallas. Immense flow of data. Multiple languages. Shipboard recreation. Canadian research ship Quadra. Their finest. Cautious process. Dr. Robert White. Expect benefits of this work. Planes return after 8 hours. magnetic tape recording. Mathematical knowledge. Results not immediate. Diversity of unique data. First of many experiments. Film closes with footage of Dakar, its city and its people. ; Location - Dakar, Senegal. ; Color ; Sound ; Date - 1975 ; Reel Size - 12" ; Approx. Film Length - 1000' ; Approx. Running Time - 30 min. ; Condition - Plays well and sounds good. ; Opening Credits - A Byron Color Corrected Print. Image Associates Presents: GATE to World Weather (Global Atmospheric Research Programme Atlantic Tropical Experiment). ; Ending Credits - Produced by The United States Department of Commerce. NOAA. Executive Producer, Elliot A. Macklow and Image Associates. Script, William R. Lundgren. Narrator, William H. Graham. Photography, George Voellmer. Second Camera and Sound, Raymond Roberts-Brown. Aerial Photography, Friedrich Hoelzl, RFC-NOAA. Footage Acknowledgements USSR Hydrometeorological Service. Composer, Richard Bales, ASCAP. Orchestra, The United States Army Orchestra, Colonel Samuel Laboda, Conducting. Art, Richard Genders. Producer, Clayton Edwards. Director and Editor, Bastian Wimmer. Participating United States Organizations, Department of Commerce, NOAA, Department of Defense, US Army, US Navy, US Air Force, Department of The Interior, Department of State, American Embassy, Dakar, Senegal, Department of Transportation. US Coast Guard, FAA, National Academy of Sciences, NASA, NSF, UCAR, NCAR, University of California, Los Angeles, Colorado State University, Florida State University, University of Hawaii, University of Maryland, MIT, University of Miami, North Carolina State University, University of Oklahoma, Pennsylvania State University, University of Puerto Rico, University of Rhode Island, Skidway Institute of Oceanography, Texas A & M University, University of Virginia, University of Wisconsin, University of Washington, Woods Hole Oceanographic Institution. The Cooperation of The Republic of Senegal is Gratefully Acknowledged.