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German officer discusses the German ME-262 jet aircraft with a pilot in training

ME-262 aircraft training in Germany. A German Air Force officer is seen in his office, discussing the ME-262 jet airplane with a Technical Sergeant. The officer wears an iron cross decoration. A picture of German Air Force Commanding Marshal, Hermann Goering, is displayed on the office wall. The two of them walk to a blackboard, where the officer begins to sketch the outline of an ME-262 in chalk. The Sergeant interrupts him and draws a cartoon of a pilot in the cockpit. They both laugh. The officer erases the cartoon and proceeds to illustrate with chalk, schematics linking various functioning parts of the plane. They walk to another section of the office, where a picture of Adolf Hitler is seen on the wall. The Sergeant lights the Officer's cigarette, and as they both sit down, the Sergeant lights a pipe. The Sergeant also wears the iron cross decoration on his uniform. They continue talking about flying the jet airplane. Then they move to a table, where the Officer uses a set of desk pens to illustrate use of engine controls in the jet plane. He then makes a brief phone call and the officer welcomes a flight mechanic who arrives as the Technical Sergeant is leaving the office. (World War II; WW II; World War 2; World War Two)

Location: Germany
Date: 1943
Duration: 8 min 1 sec
Sound: No
Color: Monochrome
Clip Type: Edited
Language: None
Clip: 65675030708
German officer instructor pilot and Technical Sergeant student discuss and observe ME-262 jet airplanes at an airfield

Opening scene shows a German ME-262 jet airplane speeding across the sky. An officer instructor pilot and a student Technical Sergeant observe it from the ground on a snow covered field. They both wear winter flyer's garb. They walk together toward the camera, discussing the jet airplane as they walk. An army truck passes behind them and some buildings and a radar antenna are visible in the background. A soldier on a bicycle and another, walking are seen in background. The instructor and student stop walking. The Officer gives the student a set of binoculars which he peers through. Next, the camera focuses on an ME-262 jet plane coming in for a landing. It is in the process of lowering its landing gear. The officer and student watch. The student using the binoculars. (World War II; WW II; World War 2; World War Two)

Location: Germany
Date: 1943
Duration: 2 min 12 sec
Sound: No
Color: Monochrome
Clip Type: Edited
Language: None
Clip: 65675030709
German Officer instructor pilot shows Technical Sergeant student features of the ME-262 jet airplane

At beginning of the film, a German officer instructor pilot and his Technical sergeant student approach a German ME-262 jet airplane set up on maintenance jacks in a snow covered airfield. A mechanic stands as they approach. The landing gear of the plane are in the process of extending, which the instructor pilot discusses and they are moving. Closeup of the landing gear fully extended. The instructor pilot signals to a mechanic in the cockpit and the landing gear are then retracted. Closeup of the gear retracting into the fuselage of the plane. The mechanics leave the instructor pilot and student who then climb up to the airplane cockpit. The instructor points to two hydraulic valve handles for the landing gear in the cockpit. They then both jump down from the plane and continue talking about its controls as they walk. Suddenly, the officer instructor points to an ME-262 taking off from the field. Closeup of the jet on takeoff roll. It has "V 167" stenciled on its fuselage. Next, an ME-262 jet is seen being towed along a ramp past a line of parked ME-262s. (World War II; WW II; World War 2; World War Two)

Location: Germany
Date: 1943
Duration: 2 min 34 sec
Sound: No
Color: Monochrome
Clip Type: Edited
Language: None
Clip: 65675030710
German student pilot mans a mobile ground control station during flights of an ME-262 jet airplane

Opening scene shows a German Air Force Technical Sergeant student pilot manning a mobile ground control station at an airfield. He is in communication with an ME-262 aircraft, next seen taxiing, from a parking place, onto a ramp for takeoff. The Technical Sergeant at the mobile control looks through binoculars, as the jet plane passes various other aircraft getting into position for takeoff. A woman soldier, near a shack on the field, raises a flag to signal the jet to take off. It applies power and heads down the runway. View from the side of the jet breaking ground on takeoff, and landing gear beginning to retract. View inside cockpit as pilot manipulates engine controls. Glimpse of his feet on rudder pedals. Closeup from side as the jet is airborne with gear retracted. Student controller watching airplane's progress with binoculars. The student's Officer instructor pilot joins him at at the mobile control point and they converse as they watch the ME-262 in flight. (World War II; WW II; World War 2; World War Two)

Location: Germany
Date: 1943
Duration: 3 min 15 sec
Sound: No
Color: Monochrome
Clip Type: Edited
Language: None
Clip: 65675030712
German student pilot mans a mobile ground control station during flights of an ME-262 jet airplane

Opening scene shows a German Air Force Technical Sergeant student pilot adjusting engine controls in cockpit of an Me-262 jet airplane. Closeup of an Me-262 aircraft in flight. An officer instructor pilot with a Technical Sergeant student pilot manning a mobile ground control post in communication with the airborne Me-262. View of pilot in cockpit of an Me-262. View of airspeed indicator and glimpse of artificial horizon instrument in the cockpit. Pilot readjusting engine power controls. Closeup of the ME-262 in flight and of the mobile ground control post and then again of the ME-262 maneuvering at high speed in flight. (World War II; WW II; World War 2; World War Two)

Location: Germany
Date: 1943
Duration: 2 min 35 sec
Sound: No
Color: Monochrome
Clip Type: Edited
Language: None
Clip: 65675030713
Training flight and landing of a ME-262 jet aircraft in Germany.

Film begins with view from cockpit of an ME-262 jet aircraft, in flight, showing its wing flaps being lowered on left wing. A German Air Force Technical Sergeant is seen looking through binoculars as he communicates with the Jet plane pilot from a mobile ground control post on the airfield. Closeup silhouette of the ME-262 lowering its landing gear, in flight. Another view of the Sergeant at mobile control watch and talking with the pilot. View of pilot in cockpit of the jet plane and of its engine controls. Closeup side view of the Me-262 lowering its nose gear. More views of the Sergeant speaking to the pilot from mobile control and watching through binoculars. Another glimpse of the jet plane in landing configuration. Glimpse of the pilot in the cockpit. View from side of runway as the ME-262 makes a smooth landing back on the airfield. The Technical Sergeant manning the mobile control, and another airmen now with him, close down the communications at the mobile control post and walk away. The pilot of the ME-262 ( a Technical Sergeant) climbs down from the cockpit, where he is greeted by the crew chief,another ground crewman, and his officer instructor pilot. The instructor and student walk away together. The ground crewmen close the cockpit canopy and install covers on the jet engines. They converse briefly and then head away across the airfield into the setting sun. setting sun. (World War II; WW II; World War 2; World War Two)

Location: Germany
Date: 1943
Duration: 4 min 21 sec
Sound: No
Color: Monochrome
Clip Type: Edited
Language: None
Clip: 65675030714
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