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German scientists experiments with rocket propulsion units in Peenemunde, Germany.

German scientists experiment with rocket propulsion units in Peenemunde, Germany. A static test stand in Peenemunde. A vertically raised platform, the frame support of the mounting units at the stand. A load is moved over tracks on the stand. A propulsion unit is lifted and placed in the vertical test stand. An equipment is railed inside. Buttons on the control panel in the control room. Two scientists preparing for the tests (one appears to possibly be Wernher von Braun). A scientist views through a telescope and adjusts settings. The propulsion unit fires. It releases smoke. The emission exhausts. The scientists monitor from the control room. (World War II period).

Date: 1944
Duration: 2 min 59 sec
Sound: No
Color: Monochrome
Clip Type: Unedited
Language: None
Clip: 65675024307
A propulsion unit on the support is fired in Peenemunde, Germany.

Experiments with rocket propulsion units in Peenemunde, Germany. A static test stand in Peenemunde. A vertically raised platform, the frame support of the mounting units at the stand. The propulsion unit on the support is fired. It releases smoke. A trail of fire appears at the tail end on the unit. Smoke erupts on the stand. (World War II period).

Date: 1944
Duration: 2 min 20 sec
Sound: No
Color: Monochrome
Clip Type: Unedited
Language: None
Clip: 65675024310
A propulsion unit on the support releases smoke during test firing in night in Peenemunde, Germany.

Experiments with rocket propulsion units in night in Peenemunde, Germany. A light on top of static test stand in Peenemunde. A vertically raised platform, the frame support of the mounting units at the stand. The propulsion unit on the support is fired. A jet of fire appears at the tail end on the unit. It releases smoke. (World War II period).

Date: 1944
Duration: 1 min 49 sec
Sound: No
Color: Monochrome
Clip Type: Unedited
Language: None
Clip: 65675024313
Test launch and flight of a V-2 rocket (A4) from Rocket Development Center in Peenemunde Germany

Day launch of a V-2 test rocket from Peenemunde Rocket Development Center in Peenemünde, Usedom, Nazi Germany, during World War 2. Close view of camouflage painted rocket at ignition and liftoff from test stand. Trees seen close by the launch area as the V-2 rocket (A4) soars into the sky. Camera tracks its progress high into the air.

Date: 1945
Duration: 40 sec
Sound: No
Color: Color
Clip Type: Unedited
Language: None
Clip: 65675024341
Germans prepare to launch an A-4 missile from Peenemunde, Germany, during World War II.

Preparations for the launch of an A-4 missile in Peenemunde, Germany during World War 2. German military officers and engineers near the missile in the test area. Technicians check the missile on a launching platform. Walther Thiel (in glasses) Deputy Director of the Peenemunde facility, pulls out a document that he and another civilian discuss with several uniformed German officers. View of launch control clocks for minutes and seconds. the second hand begins to move in a countdown. (Note: Walther Thiel was killed on the night of Aug 18 , 1943, during British Air raid - Operation Hydra, the first allied air strike in the "Crossbow" operations against German special weapons and research).

Date: 1943
Duration: 1 min 28 sec
Sound: No
Color: Monochrome
Clip Type: Unedited
Language: None
Clip: 65675062551
Launch of German V-2 rockets; a V-2 explodes in the launching pit at Peenemunde, Usedom island, Germany; V-2 destruction in England

Launching of German V2 rockets (guided missiles) from Peenemunde, Usedom island, Germany, during World War 2. German V-2 in launching position, technicians and equipment in area are preparing to launch the missile. Two civilian technicians and a uniformed German military officer walk across launch area toward V-2 rocket. Workers and technicians gathered around the V-2 base. The missile about to be launched. Smoke emitted from the exhaust section. Launching of V-2. Launching pit at Peenemunde showing a V-2 prior to launching. Rocket engine starts, rocket begins to rise slightly, and then the V2 rocket topples over and explodes in the launching pit. Another scene showing the successful launching of a German V-2 guided ballistic missile. Brief view of a street in England showing results of a V-2 impact on surrounding buildings. Scene of devastation and rubble from V-2 rocket explosion. Two British boys hand a chair to one another across rubble. Another V-2 impact site in England, United Kingdom, showing a row of houses with one or two completely destroyed a rocket.

Date: 1944
Duration: 56 sec
Sound: No
Color: Monochrome
Clip Type: Unedited
Language: None
Clip: 65675071935