Wind: The Power and the Promise

Duration: 23

Genre: Children's | Educational

Year Published: 1980

Creator: Encyclopaedia Britannica Educ Corp

Format: 16mm

Color: Color

Sound: sound

Description: Uses infrared and time-lapse satellite photography as well as live-action footage to characterize wind, from the force of tornadoes and hurricanes to winds harnessed for power and recreation. Defines wind as a form of solar energy present worldwide and shows how wind patterns form. Includes radar observations of the development of tornadoes and hurricanes. Highlights current technology in the use of windmills to generate electricity for commercial and domestic needs.

Complete Record: Uses infrared and time-lapse satellite photography as well as live-action footage to characterize wind, from the force of tornadoes and hurricanes to winds harnessed for power and recreation. Defines wind as a form of solar energy present worldwide and shows how wind patterns form. Includes radar observations of the development of tornadoes and hurricanes. Highlights current technology in the use of windmills to generate electricity for commercial and domestic needs., NOTE: Two (or more) records have been merged together to create this data.