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German rocket physicist Wernher Von Braun lectures at press conference about space launch vehicles

German rocket physicist Wernher Von Braun gives recorded and broadcast lecture about Space Launch vehicles. He sits at a table containing models, including one of the Juno II space launch vehicle. Speaking in German, he addresses an audience, discussing capabilities of the Juno 2 vehicle and requirements for achieving escape velocity and other facets of space flight. He refers to the Explorer I satellite in his remarks. After Dr. Braun completes his comments, he stands and leaves, revealing a chart illustrating the ideas of his talk. Also seen is a blackboard listing velocities that have already been achieved by rockets and noting the escape velocity needed to achieve earth orbit. These blackboard notes are all written in English. German scientist, Albert Zeiler, is seen momentarily at a seat in front of the blackboard.

Location: United States USA
Date: 1958
Duration: 3 min 29 sec
Sound: Yes
Color: Monochrome
Clip Type: Unedited
Language: German
Clip: 65675068106
An enemy aircraft bombs a tank and men cover tanks with net to avoid enemy detection in World War 2

World War II training film about use of flat net to avoid enemy detection. An enemy aircraft in flight. The aircraft bombs the tank on a desert. Men cover the tank with net. Men place sticks to make the shape of the tank look irregular. A man fixes the net on ground. Aerial view of broken terrain.

Location: United States USA
Date: 1942
Duration: 1 min 15 sec
Sound: Yes
Color: Monochrome
Clip Type: Edited
Language: English
Clip: 65675068406
Montage of scenes showing American civilian mobilization on the home front, life in the Navy, war scenes and demobilization after war.

View of a U.S. battleship heading toward the camera at high speed. Images of hip's wake becoming gradually more turbulent as camera focuses closer upon it in successive views. U.S. sailors in uniform. The first wears a the Silver Star medal. The next wears a Navy Cross medal. The third sailor wears a Cross medal with red and gold ribbon. A petty officer and two sailors posing together, each one displaying Cross and star medals, respectively. The scene fades to this last three, wearing civilian clothes in a flashback to the beginning of World War 2. The three watch as a draftsman lays out a Roll of Honor for a place called Middletown. Townspeople cheering at an outdoor sporting event. Next they sit and watch a tennis match. Next, many are seen as sailors scrubbing the deck of a battleship. Scene shifts to a Navy Wave guiding a C-45 aircraft into parking position. Another one is parked behind her. Next a "white shirt" on deck of an aircraft carrier is seen directing an aircraft with signals. A Douglas Dauntless aircraft is parked on the deck behind him. Abrupt change of scene shows a wounded sailor being attended by a physician. Members of a Navy ship's crew enjoying a swim, hanging out on a boom extended from their ship, and using rubber rafts and a dinghy as they enjoy recreational time allowed by the Captain. A sailor in a dining hall relishing a large piece of chicken. In contrast, a sailor at an antiaircraft station eats hastily. Twin guns are silhouetted behind him. Sailors getting dressed to go on shore leave. Photos of pinup girls displayed on locker behind them. They leave, but one sailor remains behind, on some kind of restrictions. Sailors on deck in formation as they are inspected by officers. One asks a sailor to adjust his hat and also examines his tie. A sailor sitting alone by a lake in Central Park, New York City. A sailor standing watch in setting sun. A chief Petty officer instructing a sailor on wearing his hat. Successive closeups of the imposing face of the Chief. that transitions into the face of a Lieutenant Junior Grade who is yelling at a sailor. Scene shifts to actual World War 2 battle footage scenes as Navy crew battles fire in an aircraft carrier's Island during naval combat in the Pacific. Hose lines are stretched across the flight deck and smoke envelopes the ship. Injured are carried to place of safety. Another scene aboard a U.S. Navy ship in World War 2, shows a Navy Chaplain praying over sailor who was killed, followed by a ceremonial burial at sea for the dead. U.S. Marines fire rifle salutes as coffins slide out from under American flags to carry the fallen sailor into the sea. As the nation demobilizes after the war, various "rabble-rousers" begin to cause trouble. One is seen speaking before a group of women, who seem influenced by his remarks. Scene shifts to aerial views from a low-flying airplane revealing the total destruction and rubble over miles of a German city, probably Berlin, from Allied bombing and shelling during World War 2. Views of suffering survivors of World War II (especially children) in various parts of the world. Emaciated and starving children in a war-torn area.

Location: United States USA
Date: 1945
Duration: 4 min 12 sec
Sound: Yes
Color: Color
Clip Type: Edited
Language: English
Clip: 65675068536
Orville Wright greeted by Angus W McLean and unveils the memorial plaque in Kill Devil Hill, North Carolina

Inauguration of the Wright Brothers National Memorial in Kill Devil Hill, North Carolina. Throngs of spectators walk up along hill. Governor of North Carolina Angus W McLean shakes hands with Aviator Orville Wright. Orville Wright unveiling the Wright Brothers National Memorial plaque. Crowd including military personnel stand around. A civilian opens a coop of birds that fly. Orville Wright stands next to memorial plaque. Inscription on plaque. Spectators on hill attend the event.

Location: United States USA
Date: 1927
Duration: 54 sec
Sound: No
Color: Monochrome
Clip Type: Edited
Language: English
Clip: 65675068541
People undertake research activities at the Atmospheric Ionization Laboratory in Cambridge, Massachusetts.

The geophysical activities at the Atmospheric Ionization Laboratory in Cambridge, Massachusetts. People walk into the Atmospheric Ionization Laboratory. A sign reads ' Atmospheric Ionization Laboratory'. A woman writes on a blackboard. A man stands near a large wall map of the world and points out the locations. A radar antenna. A man with a special camera and he is seated on a platform. A man works with radar antenna. Another man writes data on the blackboard. which is received from radar stations.

Location: Massachusetts United States USA
Date: 1950
Duration: 2 min 51 sec
Sound: Yes
Color: Color
Clip Type: Edited
Language: English
Clip: 65675068658
The men at the Atmospheric Ionization Laboratory operate research equipment in Cambridge, Massachusetts.

The geophysical activities at the Atmospheric Ionization Laboratory in Cambridge, Massachusetts. Several views of laboratory instruments in operation which help in conducting research. The men operates research equipment. A man operates an instrument used to study the atmospheric dielectric behavior of an ionized gas. A scientist checks the air temperature, density. A convection vacuum apparatus. A man operates a recorder and automatic reduction system. A decoder and automatic electronic typewriter. Another man studies the upper atmospheric pressure and temperature.

Location: Massachusetts United States USA
Date: 1950
Duration: 2 min 54 sec
Sound: Yes
Color: Color
Clip Type: Edited
Language: English
Clip: 65675068660
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