A carrier loaded with a container carrying A-5 missile (precursor to A-4 or V-2 rocket) being taken off the ship at Greifswalder Oie island in Germany. A vehicle carries the container to the launch site where the container is unloaded from the carrier. Rocket specialists and technicians monitor missile launch from a building, as a wind vane indicates the direction of the wind. A German aircraft Fiseler "Storch" lands and officials meet the pilot. One is Wernher von Braun. Container is taken off from the missile as it gets ready for launch. Missile emits smoke and fire as it takes off. It moves upwards and a man opens a parachute and lands at the launch site. (World War II period).
Wide, distant view of launch of German A-5 rocket (precursor to A-4 or V-2 rocket) at a launch site in Greifswalder Oie island,Germany. Parachute descends through the air after launch.
A film titled 'Activities in Burma' shows Allied soldiers digging up a Japanese mine on Ramree Island in Burma during World War II. Discovered by a native, the mine consists of Japanese and British bombs. Soldiers remove the bomb.
An American soldier works with a mine detector at Leyte Island in Philippines during World War II. Soldiers push a jeep out of the surf. A soldier climbs up a palm tree and places an American flag on top of it.
American soldiers unload supply crates in the surf from an LST (Landing Ship Tank) at Leyte Island in Philippines during World War II. Navy officer and crew direct landing operations with public announcement system,as officer instructs an operator who speaks into the microphone. A Navy first aid station on the beach.
A man directs an LST (Landing Ship Tank ) to the shore at Leyte Island in Philippines during World War II. American soldiers disembark from the LST and wade through surf to move beach wards. Supplies being unloaded from landing crafts at the shore. General Douglas McArthur walks along the beach. Philippine President Sergio Osmena comes ashore for a visit and then pulls away from the shore in a craft.
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