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A Volkhart R1 rocket propelled car moves on road at high speed during a test drive in December, 1928 in Germany.

A Volkhart R1 car during a test runs in December, 1928 in Germany. Several banks of rockets are seen fitted to the rear of a car. Photographers take pictures. The car seen on test track. Rockets ignite and the car begins to move. Sets of rockets ignite progressively propelling the car faster. But it does not attain notable speed. On a second trial, the rocket car attains a much higher speed and coasts to a stop.

Location: Germany
Date: 1928, December
Duration: 1 min 18 sec
Sound: No
Color: Monochrome
Clip Type: Edited
Language: German
Clip: 65675024379
Framework of the Zeppelin dirigible, Hindenburg (LZ-129), under construction, at Friedrichshafen, Germany

The LZ-129 airship (Hindenburg) under construction in Friedrichsshafen, Germany. Men work on aluminum girders of airship. Man comes down in elevator. Aluminum girder structure dragged into hangar. Man climbs along girder framework of the airship high above the ground with safety line attached to himself. Circular section of framework is lifted into position by hoisting cables. Framework in nose section of the Hindenburg has taken shape, as viewed from moving scaffold, descending.

Location: Friedrichshafen Germany
Date: 1931
Duration: 4 min 38 sec
Sound: No
Color: Monochrome
Clip Type: Unedited
Language: None
Clip: 65675052194
USS Shenandoah and USS Los Angeles airships

A U.S. Navy C-type or C-class blimp number C-7 takes off. A manned kite balloon is tested, floating above a U.S. Navy ship at sea. Sailors aboard a ship. An observation balloon towed by the stern of a battleship. U.S. Navy rigid airship USS Los Angeles leaves a large hangar. A Navy mechanic oils part of the airship's mechanisms during flight. USS Shenandoah airship in flight. USS Shenandoah airship (ZR-1) moored to mooring tower on the stern of the USS Patoka replenishment oiler ship. USS Los Angeles (ZR-3) airship leaves Friedrichshafen, Germany, where it was built as part of World War 1 war reparations, and is seen bound for New York as German crowd on the ground waves. Views from the USS Los Angeles in flight. U.S. President Coolidge and first lady Mrs. Grace Goodhue Coolidge stand by USS Los Angeles upon its arrival in the United States.

Location: United States USA
Date: 1925
Duration: 3 min 1 sec
Sound: No
Color: Monochrome
Clip Type: Edited
Language: English
Clip: 65675041661
Fritz von Opel's rocket-powered car OPEL RAK 2 sets speed record in 1928 at famous AVUS race track in Berlin

Before the eyes of 3000 invited guests, the Opel RAK 2, Fritz von Opel's rocket car, set a speed record in 1928 at Berlin's AVUS race track. The Opel RAK 2 managed a top speed of 238 km/h with the help of 24 solid-fuel rockets packed with 120 kilograms of fuel. Fritz von Opel chose the high-speed AVUS track in Berlin because the company's racetrack was not engineered for speeds over 140 km/h. Men fix rocket boosters on the car. The car moves at a high speed. It releases large amount of smoke as it moves. Crowd watches the car. Photographers take pictures.

Location: Berlin Germany
Date: 1928, May 23
Duration: 2 min 39 sec
Sound: No
Color: Monochrome
Clip Type: Edited
Language: German
Clip: 65675024376
German Admiral Alfred Von Tirpitz at military ceremony in Germany; WWI scenes of German U-boat U-35 attacking a vessel.

German Navy or Kriegsmarine Admiral Alfred Von Tirpitz at a military recognition ceremony in Germany circa 1928. Von Tirpitz stands with a cane. He acknowledges the crowd gathered. Other German military officers stand by. In a flashback scene from World War I, German U-boat submarine SM U-35 seen in Mediterranean sea as waves crash over the bow. Surface torpedo tube. Steam transport ship being hit and sinks during Germany's unrestricted submarine warfare campaign.

Location: Germany
Date: 1917
Duration: 1 min 12 sec
Sound: No
Color: Monochrome
Clip Type: Edited
Language: English
Clip: 65675040082
Montage of pictures related to early liquid rocket development in Germany.

Serious work on rocket development in Germany. Engineer at work. A small rocket test. Sketches for high altitude rocket motor. Sketch and model of high altitude liquid fuel rocket like that envisioned by theorist Hermann Oberth. Rudolf Nebel and Werner von Braun, members of the Space Travel Club (Verein für Raumschiffahrt) in 1928. They carry rockets over their shoulders at the Raketenflugplatz (Rocket launch facility) used by the club in Berlin-Reinickendorf. Launch stand for the Oberth high altitude rocket. Man placing rocket on the stand. Picture of a rocket descending by parachute.

Location: Germany
Date: 1928
Duration: 1 min 9 sec
Sound: No
Color: Monochrome
Clip Type: Edited
Language: German
Clip: 65675024398
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