Chairman of the War Production Board Donald Nelson and party visit the Ford and Chrysler plants in Detroit, Michigan during World War II. A C-45 military transport aircraft lands at the new Ford Bomber Plant. The visitors get off the plane. They are greeted by the Ford Motor Company founder Henry Ford and others. W. Averell Harriman converses with Henry Ford. Nelson, Harriman and Oliver Lyttelten pose. Photographers take pictures and cameramen record the event. A stationary U.S. bomber B-24 Liberator with engines running. Civilian guard patrolling in the foreground. Hangar and civilian cars in the background. The visitors and hosts near the first bomber built by the Ford Bomber Plant. Henry Ford has trouble being heard because of the aircraft engine noise. The B-24 engines are shut down. Aviator Charles Lindbergh, in civilian clothes, with two U.S. military officers. Henry Ford and others get into a car.
Chairman of the War Production Board Donald Nelson and party visit the Ford and Chrysler plants in Detroit, Michigan. The visitors get out of a car at the Chrysler Tank Arsenal. They are greeted by a manager. Interior of the plant. The party inspects the plant. Tanks on the assembly line. A tank is lifted. The group comes out of the plant. Tanks on proving grounds. The visitors stand by and watch. Back of a man's shirt reads 'Tank Arsenal Inspection Road Test'. Tanks being put through challenging tests in mud and obstacles on proving grounds. (World War II period)
Brief glimpse of Adolf Hitler in uniform, sitting quietly among other attendees, at a memorial service. Hitler in formal attire (White tie and tails) steps onto balcony at opera house, during annual Wagner festival in Bayreuth, Bavaria. Several other opera-goers accompany him. Hitler gives several informal Nazi salutes, and returns back into the opera house.
The launch of A-4 guided missile at Peenemunde, Germany. After development and testing the A-4 (V-2) missile is declared operational. A painter paints the missile. A-4 being lowered down onto floor by a large crane. A-4 lowered on a ramp. It is lowered onto a special trailer to haul the missile to the launching site. Large tractor hauls the missile out of a building. A-4 on a special type of trailer is transported to the firing range. It is erected into firing position. Final firing preparations. Workmen stand on a ladder and work on the missile. Oxygen is fueled into the A-4 missile. (World War II period).
The second launch of A-4 (V-2) guided missile in Peenemunde, Germany. A-4 missile is launched. Smoke covers the surrounding area. The A-4 missile zooms out of sight. Only a lingering smoke trail remains drifiting in the breeze. (A slate tells us the missile broke down from excessive pressure at speed of 650 meters per second.)
The launch of A-4 guided missile in Peenemunde, Germany. Smoke covers the surrounding area. An instrument on a picture frame records the flight of the A-4 missile.
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