Brief glimpse of Adolf Hitler in uniform, sitting quietly among other attendees, at a memorial service. Hitler in formal attire (White tie and tails) steps onto balcony at opera house, during annual Wagner festival in Bayreuth, Bavaria. Several other opera-goers accompany him. Hitler gives several informal Nazi salutes, and returns back into the opera house.
Adolf Hitler speaks about freedom and labor of the German people. He talks about a grand new International auto show.
Adolf Hitler walks up to German Army General and another officer. Hitler gives Nazi salute. But the General salutes with his baton, and the other officer gives and holds a traditional military hand salute to the forehead. Hitler addresses a Nazi gathering from a balcony. we only hear him say "30." A military band can be heard. Among those on the balcony is Rudolf Hess (or Heß). Other Nazi leaders stand nearby. Hitler on a balcony overlooking a crowd.
Various World War I planes (mostly German). Fokker D-7s and Fokker DR1. German seaplane. British tri-wing bomber with "RAEWAR Mark II" on its nose section. German Zeppelin Staaken R.VI bomber, with Fokker fighter plane parked under its wing. A German bi-wing bomber in flight.
German aircraft of WW 2. A German Heinkel 100 prototype fighter takes off, with rocket assist. (The smoke is visible only as it passes dark trees in background.) The aircraft retracts landing gear and makes high speed pass over the Airfield. Two Messerschmitt Me 109s fly low over the Airfield. Focke-Wulf Fw 190 parked on grass with engine running. Pair of FW-190s make formation takeoff. Me-109s, Ju-87's and FW-190s in various formations and maneuvers. A Junkers 188 with Technician working on it, then making a high speed pass and climb. A Focke Wulf 200 Condor Taxis by through puddles.
Still pictures and comments about three pioneers who stimulated international thinking about rocketry. The first shown is German, Hermann Ganswindt (1856-1934), who proposed using high explosives to propel aircraft. Next is Russian, Konstantin Eduardovich Tsiolkovsky, AKA Ziolkowsky, (1857-1935), some of whose popular writings on the possiblilities of rocket propulsion are shown. Last is a picture and comments about Austro-Hungarian Hermann J Oberth (1894-1989) who developed the first theory of the liquid rocket. A copy of his original treatise is shown and then opened to its table of contents. Another of his books,"wege zur Raumschiffahrt" (Pathways to Space Travel) published in 1929, is shown and opened to its table of contents.
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