German A-4 ballistic missile being test fired in Peenemunde, Germany during World War II. Missile on a launch pad near a launch tower. Puff of smoke rises from its tail section. Missile lifts off as it emits a fiery flare. Missile in flight as a column of smoke rises.
German A-4 ballistic missile being test fired in Peenemunde, Germany during World War II. Missile on a launch pad. Puff of smoke rises from its tail section. Missile lifts off as it emits a fiery flare. Missile in flight as a column of smoke rises. A gauge shows a reading, visible in the lower right corner of the image throughout the test duration. Missile descends leaving behind a vapor trail.
German ballistic missile A-4 being test fired from Peenemunde, Germany rocket develpment and testing center during World War II. A-4 missile on the launch pad as puff of smoke rises. Missile lifts off emitting a fiery flare. Missile in flight.
Highlights of United States Eighth Air Force Fighter Combat in Germany. Gun camera footage showing Eighth Air Force attacks on German Luftwaffe Messerschmitt ME-262 jet propelled fighter aircraft. ME-262 attacked by 360th, 83d, 375th, 383d, 63d, 486th, 77th, 361st and 82d Squadron Groups. Several German planes catch fire and fall from the sky.
British Prime Minister Winston Churchill and United States General Dwight D. Eisenhower meets Brigadier General Maxwell D. Taylor and inspect the United States 101st Airborne Division in England during World War II. A staff car with the British and American flags arrives on the Welford airfield, Berkshire, England. General Dwight D Eisenhower and British Prime Minister Winston Churchill alight from the staff car after an attendant opens the car door. Prime Minister Churchill and General Eisenhower meets with military officers as they walk in the airfield. Prime Minister Churchill salutes and shake hands with Brigadier General Maxwell D. Taylor. A band plays while Prime Minister Churchill and General Eisenhower review the 101st Airborne Division troops with its Commander, Brigadier General Taylor. Two soldiers hold flags. Prime Minister Churchill, Generals Eisenhower and Taylor review the troops by walking amongst them. General Eisenhower uses binoculars to watch paratroopers jumping from C-47 planes during a mass demonstration. Hundreds of paratroopers with parachutes fall to the airfield. Prime Minister Churchill and General Eisenhower get in a car. Army vehicles driving away.
An animated graphic shows Japanese gunfire near Naha Okinawa pounding U.S. 420th Group artillery positions located on the small island of Keise Jima, near Okinawa. Also animation of the U.S. Navy Cruiser, USS Tuscaloosa, moving in to provide counterfire against the Japanese batteries near Naha. Actual views of U.S. warships provide a floating mobile artillery to support the ground troops. U.S. warships firing on Japanese artillery positions near Naha Airfield. Details seen include: At time 00:36, the battleship USS New Mexico, BB-40, firing a starboard mounted 5in/25cal gun. Time 00:40 is the battleship USS Tennessee, BB-43 in camouflage Measure 32v1, Design 1D earlier in the war. Time 00:52 is the battleship USS Colorado, BB-45, in camouflage Measure 32, Design 3D and in the background is the battleship USS West Virginia in camouflage Measure 32, Design 7D. (World War II period)
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