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Design description of the British Lancaster Bomber and differentiation from other bomber aircrafts

Aircraft recognition training film. British Lancaster Bomber in England. Lancaster moves on runway and takes off. Lancaster is the modified version of Manchester bomber used earlier. Differentiation of Lancaster from other heavy bomber aircraft. Drawings contrast the design of the British Lancaster with the following: Manchester, Russian TB-7, German FW-200, British Halifax, American B-17E, British Stirling and American B-24 heavy bombers.

Date: 1943
Duration: 3 min 53 sec
Sound: Yes
Color: Monochrome
Clip Type: Edited
Language: English
Clip: 65675030721
German Waserfal C-2 rocket being prepared for test launch during World War II

German Wasserfall C-2 ground to air rocket hoisted on the dolly(trailer) is brought out from the hangar for testing during World War 2. Views of the Wasserfall C-2 ground to air rocket. Wasserfall C-2 erect on test stand IX at Peenemünde, in launching position. Technicians work on the erect rocket. They take the rocket back again into the shelter.

Date: 1943
Duration: 5 min 24 sec
Sound: No
Color: Monochrome
Clip Type: Unedited
Language: None
Clip: 65675030727
German V-1 rocket launcher on rollers

Views of the rocket launching inclined rail or track. Man working to place a V-1 launcher with rollers onto the rail assembly in Germany. Views of launcher and rollers up close as it is moved slowly along the rails. (World War 2 period)

Date: 1943
Duration: 4 min 1 sec
Sound: No
Color: Monochrome
Clip Type: Unedited
Language: None
Clip: 65675030734
Fi103 flying bomb (V-1) test launchings in Germany.

V-1 rocket launcher mechanism with rollers moving slowly along launching rails. Test launchings of Fi103 flying bomb (V-1) in Germany during World War 2. Fi103 flying bomb on the snow covered field for test launching. Other buildings visible in the background.

Date: 1943
Duration: 53 sec
Sound: No
Color: Monochrome
Clip Type: Unedited
Language: None
Clip: 65675030735
Test launching of Fi103 flying bomb (V-1 bomb) in Germany.

Test launchings of German Fi103 flying bomb or rocket in Germany during World War 2. Close views of the launch stand partially covered under snow. Fi103 flying bomb mounted on the launch stand under shelter. Launch and twin lights of exhaust seen moving in the sky above the frozen lake..

Date: 1943
Duration: 1 min 18 sec
Sound: No
Color: Monochrome
Clip Type: Unedited
Language: None
Clip: 65675030743
Manufacture of Lancaster Bomber aircraft (KB-700) in Canada by Victory Aircraft Limited

Opens with "back the attack" 5th War Loan fundraising message of World War 2. Film title "Target Berlin" seen along with sound and images of impact of bombardment. Scenes from an aircraft manufacturing plant in Canada. A man seen in office over a telephone conversation getting news to build the bombers. Canadian men and women war production workers working in the plant talk about the manufacturing of the Lancaster Bomber. Designers,engineers and officers engage in discussion about the blueprints and drawings of the aircraft for production. Workers, engineers, and technicians manufacturing and assembling various parts of the aircraft in Victory Aircraft Limited, an aircraft production company. "KB-700" painted on the fuselage of the nearly completed aircraft.

Date: 1943
Duration: 5 min 57 sec
Sound: Yes
Color: Monochrome
Clip Type: Edited
Language: English
Clip: 65675030748