Aeronautical equipment tests in Germany, during World War 2. Views of rocket engine hoisted on the stand. Rocket in shelter positioned for testing. Views of control lever and other remote controller parts. Static firing test of the rocket.
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)
Test launchings in Germany of V-1 rocket during World War 2. Technicians working on the launch rail. Men hoist launcher onto launch rail. A man pushes the launcher with a long rod. Right rear and right side views of V-1 rocket launches off inclined rail and out over the water. View of partially built rocket hangar in foreground as rocket flies out over water.
Fi103 flying bomb for test launchings in Germany. Views of launch track and its systems. Right side view of track as V-1 dummy missile launches from the track and quickly lands in the water. Fi103 body with no wings mounted on the launching stand and fire comes out from exhaust area with technicians standing nearby observing. View from left side of track with man waving arms as Fi103 dummy launches and falls, bouncing on the ice and snow on the waterway beyond the launch ramp. (World War II period).
Workshop of German rocket pioneer, Reinhold Tilling, in Ahrenshorst or at Osnabruck, Germany. Various models of his postal rockets (recoverable rocket for mail delivery) are seen in the shop. A sketch and stringed models show how the wings fold about the rocket for launching and unfold for gliding descent after the rocket has finished firing. Next, a number of similar-looking rockets or gliders are seen on the ground in a field. Their wings appear to fixed open. The closest one appears to have a radio antenna attached at its wing root. Several young men are occupied with one of the gliders on the ground. Another holds a kite. What is possibly a rocket launching tube sits on a tripod in the background. Closeup of one of the gliders on the ground. Change of scene shows a cylindrical solid fuel rocket on a tripod launcher. The rocket nose is shown without the lower portion. Next, the rocket is seen set up on a beach next to a body of water, where is is ignited and launches at a low angle, in a cloud of white smoke.
Rocket propulsion history in Germany. Men gather around a liquid oxygen tank during fueling of rocket car driven by Max Valier. He drives his white car along an airport ramp, past a twin engine high-wing monoplane. In the final scene, from April 1930, Valier is shown smiling as he sits in his liquid rocket propelled car, surrounded by spectators.
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