A-4 missile on launch pad at Peenemunde Rocket Centre in Ostvorpommern, Germany, during World War 2. Launch pad is surrounded by trees. The rocket ignites and then fires fully. The missile rises and accelerates smoothly, continuing its ascent until almost out of sight, when it begins to generate a contrail (water vapor condensation trail) which makes patterns in the sky as it is buffeted by winds aloft.
A4 missile (V-2 rocket) on launch pad at Peenemunde Rocket Centre on Usedom Island in Ostvorpommern, Germany. Missile launches in air. A launch tower supporting the missile. Launch pad is surrounded by trees. Views of missile in air.
A-4 missile on launch pad at Peenemunde Rocket Test Center in Ostvorpommern, Germany, during World War 2. Missile is between service towers. Rocket ignites and flames are reflected from ground. Moments later, the rocket burns fully and the missile begins ascent, accelerating, rapidly. It soars straight up through clouds, overhead, and generates a vapor trail.
A-4 missile on launch pad at Peenemunde Rocket Centre in Ostvorpommern, Germany, during World War 2. Missile launches into the sky. Launch pad is surrounded by trees. Views of missile in air. Missile generates vapor trail in the sky.
An American horse platoon in West Berlin. United States soldiers on horseback along the Budapester Strasse in the Tiergarten district of Berlin. The ruins of the Kaiser Wilhelm Memorial Church (Kaiser-Wilhelm-Gedächtniskirche Breitscheidplatz, 10789 Berlin, Germany) is seen on the background. The American platoon crosses the Herkulesbrücke (“Hercules bridge” in English) near Lützowplatz over the Landwehrkanal in Schöneberger Vorstadt (present day part of the Tiergarten district) in Berlin. Buildings in Lützowplatz are destroyed. Soldiers and civilians crossing the bridge during a rainy day. People using umbrellas as they cross the bridge. A car crosses the bridge. People walking around destroyed buildings in Lützowplatz.
Aerial view of factories in the Ruhr valley in North Rhine-Westphalia, Germany (British Occupation Zone) after World War 2. Electrical power cables, installations and smokestacks can be seen. Idle industrial plants. Steel and metal works shows damage from bombing.
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