United States officers inspect currency, gold coins, jewelry and other items from a cave at Buchenwald concentration camp. United States officers recover things of value from a cave. Officers inspect them. More material drawn from the cave.
Opening slate mentions speed and pressures generated in the test launch of A4 V2 rocket. The rocket launches and appears to be successful, moving up and out of sight. However, some white smoke descends and lingers in the atmosphere afterwards. The next slate states that the causes of the malfunctions have been identified and corrected. It is followed by a slate showing date of 3 October, 1942, and another about last instructions before the 3rd launch. German rocket scientist, Konrad Dannenberg, is seen discussing matters with several German officers at the test site. The next slate reads: 1558 hours (3:58 PM) followed by one reading: Fire free. A German officer is seen speaking those words into a microphone. Camera shows a technicians hand as he sets firing switches on a control panel. ;Closeup of V2 rocket engine firing up. The rocket ascends successfully and disappears from sight. (Note: The footage at the end of clip showing the successful Oct 3 flight of A-4 V2 rocket was reportedly part of a film shown to Hitler at his Wolfe's Lair in 1943.) (World War II period).
Technicians at the Technical University at Aachen fit the tail and other body parts of the A-5 missile. (The A-5 configuration would later be scaled up to the larger A-4 missile.) The missile is fixed on a horizontal rod and rotated by hand. After that missile is suspended from above with the help of a rod and a technician rotates it. View of test firing of missile. (Narrated by Otto Kraehe.)
United States infantrymen find Adolf Hitler’s former cell in Landsberg Prison during World War 2. View of Landsberg Prison from across Hindenburgring street (Hindenburgring 12 · 86899 Landsberg am Lech). A United States army jeep is parked nearby. White flags of surrender from two prison windows. Wrecked barbed wire fencing flattened to ground and other ruins next to watch tower near Landsberg Prison. United States soldiers look through bedding and inspect memorabilia inside prison cell formerly belonging to Adolf Hitler during his imprisonment after the failed Beer Hall Putsch. A portrait of Adolf Hitler and a Nazi flag hang on the wall of the infamous cell. A soldier runs finger through entries in a logbook, points to portrait of Adolf Hitler and Nazi flag. A man standing outside Lansberg prison points to the window of Hitler's cell.
Men prepare a Junkers F-13 passenger aircraft at Oberwiesenfeld airfield, Munich before a flight. Multiple Junkers F-13 passenger airplanes are parked on the airfield. Airfield crew fill the gas tank of a Junkers F-13. Passengers climb onboard the aircraft. The gate of the Munich Oberwiesenfeld Airfield in the background with sign reading, "Süddeutsche Bremsen-AG." Junkers F-13 takes off from Munich. Aerial view of the Bavarian or Austrian countryside. An Austrian town as seen from a flying aircraft. Junkers F-13 lands in Vienna, Austria. The Hofburg imperial palace in Vienna. Pedestrians crossing Opernring Kärntner Ring, in front of the Vienna Opera House (Opernring 2, 1010 Wien, Austria). The Stephansdom Cathedral tower is seen from afar. People standing with seaplane parked at pontoon dock on the Danube River.
Aftermath of the Battle of Hürtgen Forest at Langerwehe-Merode during the Battle of the Bulge in World War II. View of forest reveals trees shattered and cut down by shrapnel. Damaged buildings in the area. Houses with damaged roofs. A tank is parked near houses.
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