Misfiring of German ballistic missile A-4 during tests in Peenemunde, Germany. A-4 missile on a launch pad. Missile crashes onto the launch pad after loosing power. An explosion occurs and billows of smoke rise up. Launch pad on fire. Smoke rises due to the fire. (World War II period).
Misfiring of German ballistic missile A-4 during tests in Peenemunde, Germany. A-4 missile on a launch pad. Missile crashes into the launch pad after loosing power. A gauge shows a reading. An explosion occurs and billows of smoke rise up. Launch pad on fire. Smoke rises due to the fire. (World War II period).
Misfiring of German ballistic missile A-4 during tests in Peenemunde, Germany. A-4 missile on a launch pad. Missile crashes into the launch pad after loosing power. An explosion occurs and billows of smoke rise up. (World War II period).
United States bombers bomb German-held oil refineries in Ploesti, Romania during World War II (Operation Tidal Wave). Allied military leaders including United States General Dwight D. Eisenhower confer prior to the Normandy Invasion. Cartoon depiction of buildings, tanks, and equipment in Romanian oil refineries. Consolidated B-24 Liberator bombers raid Romania's Ploesti oil refineries. A group of B-24 Liberator bombers dropping bombs over Ploesti. Explosions throwing billows of smoke up in air. Aerial view of Ploesti being bombarded by bombing and clouds of smoke from explosion. A map of Germany shows synthetic oil plant positions through Central Germany. Bombers drop bombs over synthetic oil plants in Germany. Firefighters rush to put out fire in oil plant during a bombing attack. Firefighters spraying water on burning oil tanks. Thick, dark clouds of smoke cover the burning oil plant. A German synthetic oil plant reduced to rubble. German workers clear the rubble from bombed plants. Ruins of German oil plants after repeated air raid attacks. “The enemy has succeeded in increasing our losses of aviation gasoline up to ninety percent” a voiceover narrates the words of Nazi German Reichsminister of Armaments and War Production Albert Speer. German Field Marshal Gerd von Rundstedt speaks to an audience.
German invasion of Eastern European countries during World War II. Maps of Manchuria and Ethiopia. Newspaper headlines. Maps of various European countries conquered by Nazi Germany including Poland. Newspaper printing press running. Newspaper headlines declaring war against Germany. Herald newspaper headline reads, WAR. Animated map of Germany shows the Nazi symbol spreading across Europe with fire. German Chancellor Adolf Hitler and officers at a map as they confer. Maps of Hungary, Romania and Bulgaria. Hungarian pheasant farmers gather grain in Hungary. Ore car heaped with bauxite in Hungary. Aluminum sheet rolling down conveyor belt. German aircraft parked in line with propellers spinning. Hungarian soldiers marching in parade with crowd giving Nazi salute. Grain pouring into holding bin. Oil derricks in Romania. Romanian soldiers marching in parade. Animated map depicts the importance of cities of Varna and Burgas in Bulgaria for their submarine bases in the Black Sea. Admiral Miklos von Nagybanya Horthy of Hungary, Prime Minister of Romania General Ion Antonescu, King Michael of Romania and King Boris of Bulgaria. Newspaper headlines include 'Bulgarian King Joins Axis', "Bulgarian Revolts Bring 1200 Arrests', 'Riots Sweep Romania', and 'Hungarian Revolt Brewing' German motorcycles with sidecars driving into Hungary. German artillery being towed into Hungary. German soldiers driving halftracks drive into Romania and Bulgaria. Animated map depicts the plan for invasion of Greece.
Conference on rockets at Rechlin Air Station in Germany. View of the paper conference program. Minister of Supply Albert Speer, Professor Tank, Professor Hertel along with other Nazi leaders and dignitaries in a conference hall. Conferees shake hands, smoke and greet each other before Speer's speech begins.