https://peertube.dngr.us/videos/watch/fb42f282-1b85-49cd-8999-522776724c27 Produced by California National, FLIGHT was a much beloved aviation TV show that unfortunately only ran for one season 1958-1959 (38 episodes total). Featuring dramatic stories from the annals of the U.S. Air Force, the series starred Gen. George C. Kenney. California National also produced SILENT SERVICE, a wonderful drama about submarines. In this episode,TYPHOON CHASERS, the crew of a Guam-based B-29 weather aircraft survives Typhoon Marie and in the process, Capt. Art Crowley is able to provide vital information to fellow airmen. The show is based on real events from the Korean War. Typhoon Marie in September 1954 was one of Japan's most devastating storms and killed 1,361 and left 400 missing after hitting the northernmost island of Hokkaido. After passing Okinawa typhoon Marie went into the strait of Hormuth between Kyushu and Hokkaido and caused a naval disaster with the sinking of the ferry boat Toya Maru, which claimed over 1400 deaths. The show was directed by Jean Yarbrough, written by Leonard Heideman, edited by Henry DeMond, and shot by Robert Stillman. It starred George C. Kenney as himself, John Archer, Gary Vinson, Morgan Jones, Don Haggerty, Ken Wales, Jim Bridges, Stuart Wade and John Bryant. Motion picture films don't last forever; many have already been lost or destroyed. For almost two decades, we've worked to collect, scan and preserve the world as it was captured on 35mm, 16mm and 8mm movies -- including home movies, industrial films, and other non-fiction. If you have endangered films you'd like to have scanned, or wish to donate celluloid to Periscope Film so that we can share them with the world, we'd love to hear from you. Contact us via the weblink below. Motion picture films don't last forever; many have already been lost or destroyed. We collect, scan and preserve 35mm, 16mm and 8mm movies -- including home movies, industrial films, and other non-fiction. If you have films you'd like to have scanned or donate to Periscope Film, we'd love to hear from you. Contact us via the link below. This film is part of the Periscope Film LLC archive, one of the largest historic military, transportation, and aviation stock footage collections in the USA. Entirely film backed, this material is available for licensing in 24p HD and 2k. For more information visit http://www.PeriscopeFilm.com Source: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=0oBrqlAz85c Mirrored from Periscope Film (https://www.youtube.com/@PeriscopeFilm) Fri, 12 Jun 2026 03:28:27 GMT https://validator.w3.org/feed/docs/rss2.html PeerTube - https://peertube.dngr.us https://peertube.dngr.us/lazy-static/avatars/41a6fee9-7f57-42d0-a5fc-5db4f1af2e31.png https://peertube.dngr.us/videos/watch/fb42f282-1b85-49cd-8999-522776724c27 All rights reserved, unless otherwise specified in the terms specified at https://peertube.dngr.us/about and potential licenses granted by each content's rightholder.