Title card reads “Schleuder für flakzielgerät 76” (“slingshot for anti-aircraft target 76 (FZG-76)” in English). View of a V-1 “flying bomb” Walter catapult rocket launching ramp during World War 2. Men inserting piston into the V-1 Walter catapult. V-1 rocket launches from the ramp.
Technician opens up equipment covers and actuates launch controller for V-1 glide bomb in Germany during World War 2. Close view of V-1 launching ramp showing groove on the Walter catapult. Uniformed German technician inside V-1 launch control room, examining countdown clock and actuating launch controls. Close views of launch controller buttons and displays. Controls showing the start voltage (Startspannung), Starter (Anlassgerät), and Chain Tension (Kettenspannung). Close up views of countdown clock running.
World War II German V-1 buzz bomb gyroscope assembly with cover on. Inside gyroscope controller with cover off. Parts of gyroscope assembly seen in detail, including servo operation.
Title card says “Geheime Kommandosache” (“Secret commando operation” in English). “Erprobungsstelle der Luftwaffe Karlshagen” (“Test site of the Air Force Karlshagen” in English). A modified Heinkel He 111 H-22 in flight, carrying a V-1 flying bomb (FZG 76), during World War 2. The camera shifts to the bottom of the Heinkel He 111, showing the V-1 flying bomb attached in the belly. View of water turbulence after V-1 explosion.
View of a refugee camp in Stalingrad (now Volgograd) following the defeat of German Nazi invading forces in the Battle of Stalingrad during World War 2. Stalingrad youth emerge from refugee camp tents to work on rebuilding destroyed buildings in the city. Boys break mortar away with hammers to harvest bricks. Young men and women fix machines. Boys break apart a wall to harvest bricks. Aerial view of ruined Stalingrad after the end of the infamous Battle of Stalingrad. Destroyed buildings in Stalingrad seen from ground level. Map of Eastern Europe depicting occupation by Nazi Germany in World War 2, with the map of Texas superimposed. An animated hammer hits Stalingrad on the map. Animation depicts how the Soviet Union gradually took over territories from Nazi Germany.
Soviet tanks and troops moving up on the Bryansk front during World War 2. A Soviet tank (likely an SU-122 Samokhodnaya Ustanovka 122 mm self propelled Howitzer) rolls on forested road of the Bryansk front. Soviet tank gun with a photo of Soviet premier Joseph Stalin posted on below cannon. Young Soviet generals, including General Markian Popov, Commander of the Bryansk Front. A tank parked in a forest, partially camoflaged. Soviet officers give signals for tanks and artillery to fire. Tanks and batteries of howitzers firing at invading German forces on the Bryansk front. Fighter planes strafing at targets below. A Soviet tank accelerates speed, knocking over trees. Soviet tanks move while firing. From the trenches, Soviet soldiers charge into the battlefield. Rockets fired from artillery. Soviet soldiers, wearing U.S. helmets and firing automatic rifles obtained via lend-lease. Soviet infantry shouting as they charge from trenches.
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