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Science fiction filming and actual rocket-related activities and events in Germany

A 1940 movie entitled "Weltraum Schiff I Startet Eine Technische Fantasie" (Space Ship I launches a technical fantasy). Imaginary view of moon shining over Lake Constance in Friedrichshafen in the future. Views of a huge hangar and industrial complex with a rocket on a launch pad. A large crowd is gathered and listens to a technician speak about a moon rocket.project. Supposedly, the director of the Friedrichshafen airship shipyard speaks to some reporters about aircraft, flying, rocketry, and space travel, while speaking about manned rocket flight to the moon. He answers questions from members of the press corps. Animated pictures show critical distance for escaping earth's gravity and other aspects of a moon flight. Posters of various German Dornier airplanes line the briefing room, including: a circa 1937 Dornier Do 17; Dornier Do 24 3-engined flying boat; Do-X 6-engined flying boat; Dornier Do J II Wal; Dornier Do-19 aircraft; Dornier Do-18 push-pull twin engine flying boat, and the mammoth Do-X twelve-engine flying boat with its date, 1929, stenciled on the bottom of its left wing. From this point on, the narrator continues speaking but the images are of actual applications of rocketry to land vehicles and aircraft. View of a small rocket fired from a tilted trough type launcher. A sign warns about fire explosives ("Vorsicht Mit Feuer SprengstoffI"). Igniter being wired to rockets on the Opel RAK-2 rocket propelled car. Max Valier sitting in his rocket propelled car Valier RAK-6. Fritz Von Opel sitting in his rocket propelled car, Opel RAK-2. Fritz Von Opel driving his rocket propelled car, Opel RAK-2 at Avus track in Berlin on May 23, 1928. A sign above the seating area reads: "Zeitnahme" (Timekeeping). Driven by 24 solid-fuel rockets, the car raises smoke and dust in its wake as it reaches a speed of 230 km/h (143 mph). Brief view of the Opel-Sander Opel RAK-.3 Zopeltra rocket rail rider racing along a track in 1928. The Opel-Sander RAK-1 rocket propelled airplane on a launching rail. With Opel at the controls, It fires up and takes off in a cloud of smoke, at Frankfurt-am-Main airport, on 30 September 1929. A rocket test resulting in failure, as the rocket tumbles to the ground after rising only a short distance after launch. Men gather around a liquid oxygen tank as it fuels a rocket car driven by Max Valier. His white car is seen speeding along the ramp of an airport, past a twin engine high-wing monoplane. Next, Valier is seen in April 1930, smiling as he sits in his liquid rocket propelled car, surrounded by spectators. Glimpse of a rocket vehicle on a railway, as it fires up sending a cloud of smoke that obscures the scene completely. A poster showing starry sky and reading:"Die Erreichbarkeit Der Himmelskorper" (The accessibility of the celestial body). Fingers working rapidly on an arithmetic calculator. Fumes rising from a beaker of liquid oxygen. A technician (hands only, seen) pours liquid into one of a number of beakers in a laboratory. It produces a chemical reaction causing dark smoke to rise from the beaker. (World War II period).

Date: 1940
Duration: 6 min 15 sec
Sound: Yes
Color: Monochrome
Clip Type: Edited
Language: German
Clip: 65675041220
A Dornier Do-X passenger airplane flying boat takes off in Friedrichshafen, Germany.

A Do-X flying boat in water in Friedrichshafen, Germany. Men on the plane. They board the plane and take their seats. The plane takes off. Flight of the plane. High altitude view of the city. Passengers look outside the plane.

Date: 1930
Duration: 1 min 54 sec
Sound: No
Color: Monochrome
Clip Type: Edited
Language: English
Clip: 65675027460
The process of constructing the USS Los Angeles rigid airship by Zeppelin company in Friedrichshafen, Germany

The construction of USS Los Angeles rigid airship by Zeppelin company in Friedrichshafen, Germany. The ship was made at the request of U.S. Navy Department. The chief component being used is duraluminum. Animation depicts the methods of duraluminum stampings and assembly of girders. The workers work at a workshop. Construction and erection of a frame ring. Animated model shows construction of nose and tail. Men carry assembled tail section frame and attach it to the rest of the skeleton.

Date: 1930
Duration: 5 min 44 sec
Sound: No
Color: Monochrome
Clip Type: Edited
Language: None
Clip: 65675047089
Landing operations of LZ-127 Graf Zeppelin airship at Friedrichshafen, Germany

LZ-127 Graf Zeppelin floats in air low above field in Friedrichshafen, Germany. Letters on side of LZ-127 reads 'Graf Zeppelin'. Radio room under LZ-127. Ground crews encircle the control gondola of the airship as it touches down, and German soldiers, in uniform, help stabilize the tail support. Large tail propeller seen above their heads. Spectators walk toward LZ-127.

Date: 1928
Duration: 2 min 32 sec
Sound: No
Color: Monochrome
Clip Type: Unedited
Language: None
Clip: 65675052180
Graf Zeppelin airship LZ-127 at Friedrichshafen, Germany. Dr. Hugo Eckener exits cabin and waves.

LZ-127 Graf Zeppelin after landing in Friedrichshafen, Germany. Police and Army personnel surround the airship's rear gondola. One propeller of LZ-127 can be seen on gondola. Hugo Eckener exits LZ-127 cabin and waves to cheering crowd. Hugo Eckener with other officials drinks at table.

Date: 1928
Duration: 35 sec
Sound: No
Color: Monochrome
Clip Type: Unedited
Language: None
Clip: 65675052183
LZ-127 Graf Zeppelin airship lands in Friedrichshafen, Germany.

LZ-127 Graf Zeppelin airship descending to land in Friedrichshafen, Germany. men surround the foward cabin and hold it down. Soldiers surround the rear gondola as it lowers toward ground. They hang from the gondola and ride a short distance that way. View of the LZ-127 airship moored to a tower.

Date: 1928
Duration: 46 sec
Sound: No
Color: Monochrome
Clip Type: Unedited
Language: None
Clip: 65675052186
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