The airship LZ13 "Hansa," in July 1912, being backed out of her hangar in Hamburg and readied for flight by ground crews . Count Ferdinand Von Zeppelin seen with an officer of the crew, in the passenger compartment (called the "Coupé") of the LZ-13. View of the crowds below waving to the Count. A separate sequence, from June , 1909, shows the damaged airship, LZ 5, after she hit a pear tree near Göppingen, on the return leg of a flight from Lake Constance (Bodensee) to Bitterfeld and back.
Animated drawings of German V-2 rocket during World War 2. Drawing describes various parts of the rocket. German drawing focuses on warhead, fuel section and motor part of the missile. Animated graph shows various frequencies and height during missile launch.
B-24 aircraft in formation over German target. Sky filled with Flak bursts. Recreated views show aircrew on oxygen at altitude in their respective crew stations inside a B-24. Some scenes, showing gunners firing at a German fighter aircraft, are actually filmed from inside a B-17 (and show B-17 empennage, as viewed from waist gunner position, looking aft). While under attack, one German pilot drops his landing gear to slow down and bails out. Bombs dropping from aircraft and exploding on the German factory at Gotha. Narrator notes that the U.S 392nd and 445th Bomb Groups were decorated for this successful raid. (World War II period).
Two Truckloads of Prussian soldiers drive into the Rhineland city of Koblenz to reinforce it during World War 1. They park near a shuttered Merchant hall and climb down to the street. They assemble and pose for the camera standing around a machine gun set up on the pavement. Scene shifts to view of an old fort partially destroyed.
Snow-covered hills at Berchtesgaden. Inside a building, Hitler plans Operation Barbarossa (invasion of the Soviet Union) with his General staff. Among others present are, General Heinz Wilhelm Guderian; Colonel General Franz Halder and Colonel General Ludwig Beck. Animated map shows planned offensive against the Soviet Union and thence through the Caucauses and into Mideast oil fields. Further grand schemes are illustrated. Ocean supply lines needing to be choked off at Murmansk, Russia, and in the Mediterranean are diagrammed. German U-boat bases are shown on the map. View of a U-boat displaying skull and cross bones on conning tower. U-boat reinforced concrete pens. Map showing U-boat missions.
Launching of German guided missiles at Peenemunde, Usedom island during World War 2. Sign: Peenemunde. German technician working on instrument at base of German V-2 rocket. Missile is shown in transporting trailer and elevating device. V-2 being elevated into launching position. Two technicians are standing on special ramp fixing access door onto warhead of missile.
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