Responding to secret orders, The German Air Force Test Center at Peenemunde-West, tests mechanisms for launching the Fi 103 Fieseler (V-1 ) jet-powered flying bomb ("Buzz Bomb"). Plan calls for test of drive train rail with powder propellant rocket sled catapult having final speed of 100 meters per second. View of barren snow-covered land, test shack. and launch rail. View of test sled. Caption refers to test of Rheinmetal-Borsig catapult. Dummy V-1 missile is launched on an inclined plane. Missile plunges into water with a splash. (World War II period).
In accordance with secret orders for the Military Technical Institute at Peenemunde, development of the A-4 guided missile (V-2) was undertaken in 1942. Entrance to the large assembly hanger building. Large doors slide open showing German missile on a stand. A-4 is moved to firing position by a large crane. Two German scientists work on the steering section of A-4. Technicians work on the uncovered fuel section of A-4 missile. Live static firing of the missile rocket engine while it is constrained vertically in a stand. Intense fire and smoke. (World War II period).
Miss Hanna Reitsch flies the Focke-Wulf F.W. 61 twin rotor helicopter, named "Deutschland," inside the Deutschlandhalle in Berlin. The building is empty except for several Focke-Wulf technicians present to support the FW 61 demonstration. Reitsch is seen climbing into the cockpit. She takes off and maneuvers slowly and unerringly about the indoor arena.
A signboard reads "You are leaving the American sector" at Berlin Wall. Three United States Army tour buses return from East Berlin during Berlin Crisis. MP signals buses to stop. Buses along street. United States Army soldier talks on a radio set. East German guard on the Friedrichstrasse. M-48 tanks and United States troops at border crossing. M-48 moves away from border. Moving shots from tank of an M-48 and M-59 APC driving through Berlin streets on their way back to Turner Barracks. Board of 'Kochstrasse'. Soldiers on street. Boards of 'Cafe Koln' and 'Apothexe' on a wall. United States Army tank. A man clicks photo.
M-48 tank at the Friedrichstrasse border crossing between West Berlin and East Berlin during Berlin Crisis. Three United States Army tour buses at crossing. United States Army soldiers standing on the West Berlin side. Street sign reads 'Friedrichstrasse'. Tilt down to the three buses at the curb. Buses enter East Berlin area. American soldiers standing near Checkpoint Charlie at edge of American Sector. People standing near border. M-48 tank and M-59 APC in street. Scene of East sector. United States soldiers at .30 cal machine gun in doorway. Hands of gunner handling cartridge belt.
Aerial view of Brandenburg Gate with East German guards in Berlin. Aerial view of city during 1961 Berlin Crisis and construction of Berlin Wall. View of Postdamer Platz, Soviet War Memorial in Tiergarten, and the Reichstag Building.
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