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.
Day launch of a V-2 test rocket from Peenemunde Rocket Development Center in Peenemünde, Usedom, Nazi Germany, during World War 2. Close view of camouflage painted rocket at ignition and liftoff from test stand. Trees seen close by the launch area as the V-2 rocket (A4) soars into the sky. Camera tracks its progress high into the air.
5-inch shells from USS Mansfield hitting the shore line, the area containing the Viet Cong during Operation Sea Dragon in Vietnam. Smoke arises from shore. White phosphorus shells explode at the shore line. Mountains in background of the shore. Shells striking beach area from USS Mansfield. 5-inch gun firing at shore. A man enters the mount. Empty shell casings come out of the chutes. Twin guns of the mount fire salvo. The mount fires regularly. A man stands at the mount as it fires. (Vietnam War period).
USS Mansfield hitting 5-inch shells on the shore line, the area containing the Viet Cong during Operation Sea Dragon in Vietnam. View of shore. Smoke arise from shore. White phosphorus shells explodes at the shore line. Mountains in background of the shore. Shells striking beach area fired from USS Mansfield. 5-inch gun firing at shore. A man enters the mount. Empty shell casings come out of the chutes. Twin guns of the mount fire salvo. A man stands at the mount as it fires. (Vietnam War period).
German slates refer to the dream of "Northern" people to fly, fulfilled by aircraft development. Scenes from Paris airshow in 1908, when it was a feature of the automobile show that year. Hangars bear names of aircraft companies: Bleriot; Vetze and others, with historic vintage airplanes of the period parked on the grass in front of each. A man plays with a dog in the grass. Spectators are seated in stands set up in the background. Scene shifts to 1935, where a long row of German aircraft are shown parked with engines running. Then it shifts to 1943, during World War 2, with a long line of German Messerschmitt aircraft parked with engines running. An animated map shows air lines of communication emanating from center of Germany and extending throughout Europe. Huge formations of German warplanes are seen in flight.
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