Scenes from the production, during 1928, of the German science fiction movie, Woman in the Moon (Frau im Mond) that premiered in 1929. The director, Fritz Lang, received technical advice from rocketry and space flight theorist, Hermann Oberth. Two men walk to a large mockup of the film spacecraft rocket sitting in an open field. A hinged model of the spacecraft rocket opens showing its interior. Shots of the rocket moving in a hangar and then moving out of the hangar. The rocket firing and racing into the sky, and a booster rocket detaching from it. Other rockets depicted moving across the night sky.
Serious work on rocket development in Germany. Engineer at work. A small rocket test. Sketches for high altitude rocket motor. Sketch and model of high altitude liquid fuel rocket like that envisioned by theorist Hermann Oberth. Rudolf Nebel and Werner von Braun, members of the Space Travel Club (Verein für Raumschiffahrt) in 1928. They carry rockets over their shoulders at the Raketenflugplatz (Rocket launch facility) used by the club in Berlin-Reinickendorf. Launch stand for the Oberth high altitude rocket. Man placing rocket on the stand. Picture of a rocket descending by parachute.
A Valier R6 and Valier-Heylandt car move using liquid fueled rockets in Germany. A liquid fueled model of rocket. A Valier R6 car with 'Rockstoss-Versuchs-Wagen' written on it. A man sits in it. People stand around him. Rocket boosters in the car. The man wears helmet. He drives the car on road. People stand on sides of road to watch him. A Valier-Heylandt car in fueled from a tank. The car moves on road. Picture of scientist Max Valier.
Manufacturing scenes of the liquid fueled Pietsch-Heylandt rocket car. Framework showing internal fuel tanks. A man sitting in the framework, manipulating a fuel valve on the floor. The car's rocket engine being fired up and the framework car moving along pavement, outside the factory, in May, 1931 A completed car with "Heylandt" painted on its side, moving along pavement, with two men inside. Rocket exhaust visible at rear. They test drive the car around in a town. Rocket car being refueled for demonstrations at the Tempelhof airdrome, in Berlin.
View of Johannes Winkler's personal laboratory workshop in 1928. His first apparatus for testing liquid rocket fuels. The first device to be considered a flying testbed for Winkler's liquid rocket. The rocket with test facility. More laboratory apparatus. Test apparatus erected outdoors. Snow on the ground, and houses visible in background. Test equipment with spring force measurement capability. Winkler at his outdoor setup.
Outdoor views of Johannes Winkler's beginning work to test liquid rocket fuels. A camp with a tent, and various apparatus set up in a deserted area outdoors. Views in warm weather and also in snow. Winkler working with assistants. A policeman standing nearby. A rocket fuel test device is fired and travels a short distance close to the ground. Winkler and team walk to the landing place, accompanied by a policeman with an Alsatian dog. Winkler holds up the test device.
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