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).
Disassembling and assembling of an A-4, also known as V-2 missile propulsion unit at Heidelager Camp near Blizna in Poland during World War 2. Parts of the missile are towed on a trailer. German rocket technicians from Peenemunde work on the parts of the missile. The trailer moves on rails. Trees in the background.
Disassembling and assembling of an A-4 missile propulsion unit in Peenemunde, Germany during World War II. German military technicians work on parts of the missile. Trees in the background. The parts of the missile on trailers moving on rails.
German technicians disassemble and reassemble an A-4/V-2 missile propulsion unit at Heidelager testing grounds near Blizna in Poland during World War 2. German military technicians from Peenemunde work on the disassembled missile. They revolve a wheel attached to the missile. They disassemble the parts of the missile.
Disassembling and assembling of an A-4 missile propulsion unit in Peenemunde, Germany during World War II. German military technicians work on the missile. A man holds a part of the missile. The missile is assembled and men work on it.
Generalissimo Chiang Kai-shek of the Nationalist Government of China reviews troops in Beijing (Peiping), China after the end of World War II. United States Marine Corps (USMC) Lieutenant General Keller Emrick Rockey wearing the Order of the Cloud. The troops pass in review. The reviewing stand in the background. The troops march holding the American flag and 1st Marine Standards. Madam Chiang Kai-shek (Soong Mei-ling), the Generalissimo and Lt. General Rockey watch the troops. The troops go past the reviewing stand. Vehicles drive past on the street. A bugler blows into a bugle. Generalissimo Chiang-Kai-Shek and General Rockey and USMC General William A. Worton discuss amongst themselves. Madam Chiang Kai-shek and the Generalissimo in view. The Generalissimo walking on a street. He walks past the doorway of a building. Marine guards in the background. The Generalissimo and Madam Chiang-Kai-Shek get in a car. General Worton opens the doors for a Red Cross woman. She enters the car. General Worton and Lt. Gen. Rockey speak to the Red Cross woman.
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