Air Unleashed: Tornado Tales 1929

This 1929 silent educational film, Air: A Film Lesson in "General Science", harnesses animation to explore air’s power for students. A striking animated tornado spirals toward the camera, its funnel churning with menace, then sweeps over a map of a small town—likely in America’s Tornado Alley—flattening drawn homes. Intertitles explain air pressure and wind dynamics, linking the spectacle to science. Produced for classrooms, this reel blends vivid visuals with lessons on weather’s might, a 1920s nod to nature’s fury.