Scenes from Peenemunde Rocket Development Center in Peenemünde, Usedom, Nazi Germany. A V-2 rocket (A4) erected on a platform. Officials in discussion near the rocket. Sign "Keine Einfahrt" (No Entry) near the rocket site. A man works near the nose of the rocket, standing on a motile lift. A man holds a pipe to pass fuel from a container to the rocket. A hose pipe on ground. View of the surrounding missile test area
Night scene of a V-2 rocket test launch (also known as an A4 rocket) from Peenemunde Rocket Development Center in Peenemünde, Usedom, Nazi Germany. V-2 rocket ignition and liftoff. View as it rises in the sky. A trail of fire at its tail end during flight. Brief camera view of fire on ground near launch site. Flames arise. (World War II period).
V-2 Rocket (A4) test launch scene at night at Peenemunde Rocket Development Center in Peenemünde, Usedom, Nazi Germany. V-2 rocket ignition at night. Flames light the test site area. Area surrounding launch pad appears to catch fire. View shifts to an area with flames rising; no rocket seen....possibly following its explosion. Huge flames arise. (World War II period).
Day test launch of a V-2 (also known as A4) rocket at the Peenemunde Rocket Development Center in Peenemünde, Usedom, Nazi Germany during World War 2. V-2 rocket high in flight. Smoke trail. A piece appears to break off the rocket. The piece and the larger rocket fall from the sky and crash into the ground or sea in the distance.
B-25 of the U.S. Army Air Forces 321st Bombardment Group parked at Grottaglie Airfield in Italy, during World War 2. It displays nose art showing two cartoon characters and lettering reading: "Sylvester the Snarp." Two characters are shown. The smallest shoulders a bomb. Missions flown by the plane are recorded with bombs painted on its fuselage. Momentary glimpse of another B-25 parked in the distance. Scene shifts to aerial view of bends in the Volturno River near Capua, Italy. At lower right of image, smoke can be seen rising from explosions as bombs strike a bridge over the river and nearby roadways. View from overflying aircraft is obscured momentarily by cloud cover. Then network of roads is clearly seen. Scene shifts to B-25 bombers flying in formation.
U.S. Army Air Force mission over enemy territory: bombing of Hesdin, France. Bomber group in flight. Aerial views of targets in city outskirts. Explosions over targets. (World War II period).
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