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Science fiction filming and actual rocket-related activities and events in Germany

A 1940 movie entitled "Weltraum Schiff I Startet Eine Technische Fantasie" (Space Ship I launches a technical fantasy). Imaginary view of moon shining over Lake Constance in Friedrichshafen in the future. Views of a huge hangar and industrial complex with a rocket on a launch pad. A large crowd is gathered and listens to a technician speak about a moon rocket.project. Supposedly, the director of the Friedrichshafen airship shipyard speaks to some reporters about aircraft, flying, rocketry, and space travel, while speaking about manned rocket flight to the moon. He answers questions from members of the press corps. Animated pictures show critical distance for escaping earth's gravity and other aspects of a moon flight. Posters of various German Dornier airplanes line the briefing room, including: a circa 1937 Dornier Do 17; Dornier Do 24 3-engined flying boat; Do-X 6-engined flying boat; Dornier Do J II Wal; Dornier Do-19 aircraft; Dornier Do-18 push-pull twin engine flying boat, and the mammoth Do-X twelve-engine flying boat with its date, 1929, stenciled on the bottom of its left wing. From this point on, the narrator continues speaking but the images are of actual applications of rocketry to land vehicles and aircraft. View of a small rocket fired from a tilted trough type launcher. A sign warns about fire explosives ("Vorsicht Mit Feuer SprengstoffI"). Igniter being wired to rockets on the Opel RAK-2 rocket propelled car. Max Valier sitting in his rocket propelled car Valier RAK-6. Fritz Von Opel sitting in his rocket propelled car, Opel RAK-2. Fritz Von Opel driving his rocket propelled car, Opel RAK-2 at Avus track in Berlin on May 23, 1928. A sign above the seating area reads: "Zeitnahme" (Timekeeping). Driven by 24 solid-fuel rockets, the car raises smoke and dust in its wake as it reaches a speed of 230 km/h (143 mph). Brief view of the Opel-Sander Opel RAK-.3 Zopeltra rocket rail rider racing along a track in 1928. The Opel-Sander RAK-1 rocket propelled airplane on a launching rail. With Opel at the controls, It fires up and takes off in a cloud of smoke, at Frankfurt-am-Main airport, on 30 September 1929. A rocket test resulting in failure, as the rocket tumbles to the ground after rising only a short distance after launch. Men gather around a liquid oxygen tank as it fuels a rocket car driven by Max Valier. His white car is seen speeding along the ramp of an airport, past a twin engine high-wing monoplane. Next, Valier is seen in April 1930, smiling as he sits in his liquid rocket propelled car, surrounded by spectators. Glimpse of a rocket vehicle on a railway, as it fires up sending a cloud of smoke that obscures the scene completely. A poster showing starry sky and reading:"Die Erreichbarkeit Der Himmelskorper" (The accessibility of the celestial body). Fingers working rapidly on an arithmetic calculator. Fumes rising from a beaker of liquid oxygen. A technician (hands only, seen) pours liquid into one of a number of beakers in a laboratory. It produces a chemical reaction causing dark smoke to rise from the beaker. (World War II period).

Date: 1940
Duration: 6 min 15 sec
Sound: Yes
Color: Monochrome
Clip Type: Edited
Language: German
Clip: 65675041220
U.S. soldiers search baggage and parcels of civilians lined up at a railroad station in Heidelberg, Germany.

Activities of U.S. soldiers in Heidelberg, Germany after World War II. The soldiers frisk civilians on the streets. Buildings in the background. The soldiers check luggage of the civilians on the streets. Civilians are lined up at a railroad station. The soldiers search their baggage and parcels.

Date: 1945, November 18
Duration: 1 min 5 sec
Sound: No
Color: Monochrome
Clip Type: Unedited
Language: None
Clip: 65675056127
Aerial view of the buildings at Russian Displaced Persons Camp in Heidelberg, Germany.

Russian Displaced Persons Camp in Heidelberg, Germany during World War II. Aerial view of the buildings at the campsite. Grasslands nearby.

Date: 1945, May 3
Duration: 46 sec
Sound: No
Color: Monochrome
Clip Type: Unedited
Language: None
Clip: 65675056133
Children in and around a day nursery at Russian Displaced Persons Camp in Heidelberg, Germany.

Activities at Russian Displaced Persons Camp in Heidelberg, Germany during World War II.. Men sit and chat in front of a day nursery. Children stand at a window in the day nursery. They come out of the nursery.

Date: 1945, May 3
Duration: 41 sec
Sound: No
Color: Monochrome
Clip Type: Unedited
Language: None
Clip: 65675056136
Civilians with bundles and packages arrive at the camp gate and enter Russian Displaced Persons Camp in Heidelberg, Germany.

Activities at Russian Displaced Persons Camp in Heidelberg, Germany during World War II. Civilians carrying bundles and packages arrive at the camp gate. Bicycles seen. They wait outside the gate. The guards open the gate. The civilians enter the camp site.

Date: 1945, May 3
Duration: 40 sec
Sound: No
Color: Monochrome
Clip Type: Unedited
Language: None
Clip: 65675056139
U.S. Senator B Russell along with General Miles J Reber in Heidelberg, Germany.

U.S. Senator B Russell in Heidelberg, Germany. A honor guard snaps to attention. General Miles J Reber shakes hands with Senator Russell. They enter a building. View of a garden at the entrance of the building.

Date: 1955, September 8
Duration: 40 sec
Sound: No
Color: Monochrome
Clip Type: Unedited
Language: None
Clip: 65675043910