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German rocket pioneer Reinhold Tilling and his postal rockets

Activities of German rocket pioneer Reinhard Tilling. Opening scene shows a large postal rocket standing on its tail on a beach. A technician is adjusting something on its nose, as another man places mail into a compartment in the rocket body. Camera pans down from the top of the rocket to the fins at the bottom. A group of spectators watches from a sand bluff overlooking the beach. Two cameramen take up sheltered positions near the beach. The rocket is ignited and rises, only to fall back sideways onto the beach. Change of scene shows a group of persons with a Tilling rocket in marsh grass near a lake. Next, Reinhard Tilling is seen surrounded by spectators and some cameramen, as he explains his rocket, which is being held nose down by others. Tilling opens and displays the rocket's gliding wings.

Location: Germany
Date: 1931
Duration: 49 sec
Sound: No
Color: Monochrome
Clip Type: Edited
Language: German
Clip: 65675072680
Rocket testing by German rocket pioneer, Reinhold Tilling, at the lake lake Dümmersee in Germany

Still pictures of early German rockets on tripod launchers. A number of small rockets laying on the ground partially covered with a tarpaulin. Several men on a hillside with a rocket launcher pointed horizontally. Fleeting glimpse of the work shop of German rocket pioneer, Reinhold Tilling, followed by views of several men holding a Tilling postal rocket nose down with its wings folded. They are standing in tall marsh grass near lake Dümmersee. Next, Reinhold Tilling is seen with his assistant, Angela Buddenboehmer, and his mechanic Friedrich Kuhr, making adjustments to a rocket, with its wings open. Men carry the rocket with its wings folded and place it on a tall pole. Next, the rocket launches straight into the air. Men maneuver in a sailboat and other boats in the Dümmersee, preparing to retrieve a Tilling rocket. Closeup of the men in the sailboat. Several men in a long boat near marsh grass where a Tilling rocket has landed.

Location: Germany
Date: 1931
Duration: 56 sec
Sound: No
Color: Monochrome
Clip Type: Unedited
Language: None
Clip: 65675072682
U.S. Coast Guards capture gamblers unloading Canadian liquor barges and speedboat docked at harbor in New York.

U.S. Coast Guards capture liquor gamblers in New York during Prohibition. Men unload liquor aboard barges and speedboat docked at the New York harbor. A man watches the liquor bottles. Another man hauls a trolley loaded with liquor cartons. U.S. Coast Guard officials organize inquiries to capture two barges. The officials inspect the Canadian liquor barges. The officials capture the gamblers.

Location: New York United States USA
Date: 1931, January 26
Duration: 1 min 27 sec
Sound: No
Color: Monochrome
Clip Type: Edited
Language: English
Clip: 65675072967
Clergy and church dignitaries reviews troops and bless King Boris III during the Annual Epiphany Dedication at Sofia, Bulgaria.

Annual Epiphany Dedication at Sofia, Bulgaria. Clergy and church dignitaries reviews troops. Clergy bless King of Bulgaria Boris III. The troops march past through streets. Buildings in the background. King Boris shakes hand with the church dignitaries.

Location: Sofia Bulgaria
Date: 1931, January 26
Duration: 52 sec
Sound: No
Color: Monochrome
Clip Type: Edited
Language: English
Clip: 65675072968
Men transfer damaged parts of the burned former Presidential yacht Mayflower from quarters in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania

Recovery work aboard former Presidential yacht Mayflower in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania. Men work aboard the burnt former Presidential yacht. Men transfer damaged parts of the yacht from the officers quarters.

Location: Philadelphia Pennsylvania USA
Date: 1931, January 26
Duration: 44 sec
Sound: No
Color: Monochrome
Clip Type: Edited
Language: English
Clip: 65675072969
Tribesmen gathered watch as Cherokee Chief lies on the nail board and performs stunt in Musa Isle, Florida.

Cherokee Chief performs stunt in Musa Isle, Florida. Cherokee Chief lies on the nail board. A man places another board on the Chief's chest. The man covers it. Men stand on the Chief. Men remove the board and the Chief gets up after completing the stunt. Tribesmen gathered watch him performing the stunt.

Location: Musa Isle Florida USA
Date: 1931, January 26
Duration: 42 sec
Sound: No
Color: Monochrome
Clip Type: Edited
Language: English
Clip: 65675072970
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