Policemen and lawyers viewing papers. Marshall Henri Petain arrives in the court. The court is completely packed with people. Marshall Henri Petain sits on a chair. The judge arises and gives his verdict. Hideki Tojo, Pearl Harbor Premier arrives at a place in Japan. He sits with others. Dead body of Heinrich Himmler, Head of Hitler's secret police lay on ground in Germany. Packed court room during the famous Nuremberg trials where 21 Nazis face their accusers. Hearing of the court proceeds. A lawyer stands and speaks. Court officials writing to keep record. Vidkun Quisling is hanged in Norway.
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.
Slate mentions the research of American Robert H. Goddard, on solid (powder) rocket engines. Image of Dr. Goddard. Pictures of other rocket scientists: Max Valier and Johannes Winkler in Germany. Books written by these scientists are also seen. "A method of reaching extreme altitude", "Liquid propellant rocket development" project reports, front page of a book written by Max Valier and "Die Rockete- 1927" a book written by Johannes Winkler are animated.
Drawings and diagrams of proposed rockets by various scientists in America and Germany, including Goddard, Valier, Sander, Eisfeld,Reinhold, and Richard Tiling. Models of rocket. Two pictures to show contrasting features of rocket models. Various parts of rockets aligned against a scale. An experimental unit. Pictures of rocket in motion. A man stands near a rocket. Labeled drawings of rocket. A man with a long hose pipe. Rocket models of Sander, Eisfield and Valier. A graphical presentation.
Testing of Reinhold Tiling's 120 cm model rocket in July, 1929, at Arenshorst and on August 29, 1929, in a demonstration for the Navy, at Meppen, Germany.
Views of Johannes Winkler's first prototype (HW1-A) liquid fuel rocket. Preparations in the field for testing the HW1A. Views of Winkler and associates setting up and fueling the prototype. Photographs of The first test of a liquid fuel rocket (Winkler's HW1-A)in Europe, on February 21, 1931, in Dessau, Germany. Sketches of his model HW1-C. Photograph of Winkler sitting next to the HW1-c, on a bench in the laboratory. A so-called Shear diagram pertaining to stresses experienced by the HW1-C rocket.
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