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Fritz von Opel's rocket-powered car OPEL RAK 2 sets speed record in 1928 at famous AVUS race track in Berlin

Before the eyes of 3000 invited guests, the Opel RAK 2, Fritz von Opel's rocket car, set a speed record in 1928 at Berlin's AVUS race track. The Opel RAK 2 managed a top speed of 238 km/h with the help of 24 solid-fuel rockets packed with 120 kilograms of fuel. Fritz von Opel chose the high-speed AVUS track in Berlin because the company's racetrack was not engineered for speeds over 140 km/h. Men fix rocket boosters on the car. The car moves at a high speed. It releases large amount of smoke as it moves. Crowd watches the car. Photographers take pictures.

Date: 1928, May 23
Duration: 2 min 39 sec
Sound: No
Color: Monochrome
Clip Type: Edited
Language: German
Clip: 65675024376
An Opel-Sander Rak-3 car powered with rocket boosters gets damaged during test drive on 23rd June, 1928 in Germany.

An Opel-Sander Rak-3 car on a track for a test drive on 23rd June, 1928 in Germany. Men fix rocket boosters on the car. The car moves at a high speed. It releases smoke as it moves. Crowd watches the car from a hill above tracks. Photographers take pictures. The car gets damaged. A techincian takes a kitten from the car. Technicians arrive in a car. In another test drive the car explodes. Wreckage falls near the tracks. Technicians view the wreckage.

Date: 1928, June 23
Duration: 2 min 25 sec
Sound: No
Color: Monochrome
Clip Type: Edited
Language: German
Clip: 65675024377
An Opel-Sander Rak-4 car powered with rocket boosters explodes during test drive on 4th October,1928 in Germany.

An Opel-Sander Rak-4 car on a track for a test drive on 4th October, 1928 in Germany. The car moves at an uncontrollable speed. It releases large amount of smoke as it moves. Crowd watches the car standing from a hill above tracks. Photographers take pictures. The car explodes. Wreckage falls near the tracks. Scientists view the wreckage.

Date: 1928, October 4
Duration: 1 min 3 sec
Sound: No
Color: Monochrome
Clip Type: Edited
Language: German
Clip: 65675024378
A Volkhart R1 rocket propelled car moves on road at high speed during a test drive in December, 1928 in Germany.

A Volkhart R1 car during a test runs in December, 1928 in Germany. Several banks of rockets are seen fitted to the rear of a car. Photographers take pictures. The car seen on test track. Rockets ignite and the car begins to move. Sets of rockets ignite progressively propelling the car faster. But it does not attain notable speed. On a second trial, the rocket car attains a much higher speed and coasts to a stop.

Date: 1928, December
Duration: 1 min 18 sec
Sound: No
Color: Monochrome
Clip Type: Edited
Language: German
Clip: 65675024379
Herbert Hoover and Alfred Smith campaign during the 1928 elections and the Wall Street crash in the United States.

The activities in the United States after the end of World War I. Herbert Clark Hoover as one of the candidates in the 1928 presidential election and another candidate Alfred Emanuel Smith campaigns during the presidential elections. Paper reads about the election of the President. Sketches of the Herbert Clark Hoover after being elected as the president. A graph depicts a warning situation in stock markets. On 24th October 1929 people panic as the stock market crashes. Several scenes of the people on streets during the crash. People gather on street at Wall Street during 'Black Tuesday' the Wall Street Crash of 1929. A person bends as he sits on a bench. Unemployed workers in a queue seeking aid. Several scenes of the life of people before the stock market crash including dancing. Sketch depicts America's non involvement in the league of nations. People dancing. Sketches of people sitting,dining after the crash. A man with a bowl seeking food handouts.

Date: 1928
Duration: 3 min 22 sec
Sound: Yes
Color: Color
Clip Type: Edited
Language: English
Clip: 65675032140
Democratic Party convention of 1928 where Alfred Smith is nominated as the Presidential candidate in Houston, Texas.

Segment from a film on the early political life of Franklin D Roosevelt. Scenes of crowd and delgates at the Sam Houston Hall in Houston, Texas, during the Democratic convention of 1928. Alfred E smith, Governor of New York, is nominated as the Presidential candidate. He later persuades Franklin D Roosevelt's to run for office of Governor of New York. Scene of New York State Capitol, Albany, New York. Roosevelt was elected and is seen seated at a desk, as he arrives in Albany, for the first time. He is seen seated and conversing with Mrs. Herbert H. Lehman, wife of the Lieutenant Governor, at an inaugural ball. Mrs. Eleanor Roosevelt is seen standing and chatting with others behind Roosevelt. Herbert Lehman is at the far right of the group, behind Roosevelt

Date: 1928
Duration: 1 min 12 sec
Sound: Yes
Color: Monochrome
Clip Type: Edited
Language: English
Clip: 65675049729