In response to secret orders, tests are performed at Air Force Peenemunde-West Testing Center. German technicians test use of rail for launching V-1 rockets ("buzz bombs"). Mechanic opens cover and pours hydraulic fluid into reservoir using funnel.V-1 ready for launch on the launch rail. Worker sprays water on the land near the launch pad. V-1 missile launches and flies short distance to splash into water. Cameraman records the missile launch test. Technician works on the launch rail and fits a pipe to it. (World War II period).
Responding to secret orders, The German Air Force Test Center at Peenemunde-West, tests mechanisms for launching the Fi 103 Fieseler (V-1 ) jet-powered flying bomb ("Buzz Bomb"). Plan calls for test of drive train rail with powder propellant rocket sled catapult having final speed of 100 meters per second. View of barren snow-covered land, test shack. and launch rail. View of test sled. Caption refers to test of Rheinmetal-Borsig catapult. Dummy V-1 missile is launched on an inclined plane. Missile plunges into water with a splash. (World War II period).
A dramatized training film created by OSS (Office of Strategic Services) for training of secret agents. Five Nazi officials in a discussion, in an office. A Nazi flag can be seen. Officials then leaves the office one after another. A Nazi personnel and a man enter the office of a Nazi officer. Officer speaks to the man,then the Nazi personnel holds his arm and takes him out of the office.
A dramatized training film created by OSS (Office of Strategic Services) for training of secret agents. A man in a hotel room moving to and fro. He is thinking, then he just sits down, reads something in a newspaper. He stands up and starts getting ready. A housekeeper comes inside the room. Man speaks to a lady. Man then goes out of hotel and walks on the alleyway, encounters a Nazi policeman on the way, speaks to him and then proceeds.
American soldiers in India, soldiers ride in horse driven carriages, watch snake charmers and attend horse race. Views of snake and snake charmer, horses running in a horse race. (World War II period).
British Navy training program demonstrates attack and counterattack methods of hand to hand combat and defense against an attacker. A navy officer holds the back of a chair and addresses a group of sailors about defense against the enemy. Some sailors sit on benches and some on the ground. Two sailors don gear to demonstrate different methods of attack and counterattack. They demonstrate a chin jab. One of them shows the edge of his palm and demonstrates the edge of the hand blow. He puts his foot on the foot of the opponent to show the shin stamp. He also demonstrates knee blow, boxing punch and kick. (World War II period).
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