Thunderbolt Hunters

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Thunderbolt Hunters is a short film from 1941 released on 16mm. It is held in the Prelinger Archives collection.

DEMONSTRATES HOW LIGHTNING IS PHOTOGRAPHED FOR RESEARCH PURPOSES.

Story of scientists who study real and artificial lightning. Stock shots: dogs and cats being rained upon; storms; fake cave man; recreation of Ben Franklin's experiment; elevator dial moves; Empire State Building; longshot; lightning trap; machines which measure and record the time duration and varying currents of any lightning stroke which may hit the building; high-speed cameras designed to photograph lightning bolts; excellent shot of bolt striking the Empire State Building; various models including the Empire State Building are exposed to 8 million volts of artificial lightning in laboratories; sometimes they explode; Times Square and neon signs at night in a storm; giant generators; various industrial wheels shown

Themes: lightning protection for power systems; reporting on thunder storms; importance of protecting our power sources from lightning; importance to industry;

Thunderbolt Hunters
Produced byWilding Picture Productions
Production
company
Wilding Picture Productions
Distributed byWilding Picture Productions
Release date
1941
Running time
10:00
LanguageEnglish
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