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One of the test fired A-4 or the Hs-117 missiles explodes on hitting the ground in Karlshagen, Germany.

A-4 missile or the Hs-117 stands on a launch pad in Karlshagen, Germany. It is test fired. The missile twists and turns in sky. A trail of smoke appears at the tail end of the missile. The timer needle rotates continuously. Another missile is test fired. It rises and comes back down hitting ground and exploding. (World War II period).

Date: 1944, November 17
Duration: 1 min 16 sec
Sound: No
Color: Monochrome
Clip Type: Edited
Language: German
Clip: 65675024321
A-4 or the Hs-117 missiles is test fired from a launch station in Karlshagen, Germany.

An A-4 missile or the Hs-117 stands on a launch pad in Karlshagen, Germany. It is test fired. Timer needle rotates continuously. Another missile is test fired. (World War II period).

Date: 1944, June 22
Duration: 50 sec
Sound: No
Color: Monochrome
Clip Type: Edited
Language: German
Clip: 65675024322
One of the test fired Hs-117 missiles fails to rise while the other explodes on hitting the ground in Karlshagen, Germany.

German officers at a test stand in Karlshagen, Germany. An A-4 missile or the Hs-117 stands on a launch pad. It is test fired. The missile fails to rise. Another Hs-117 stands on a launch pad. It is fired. A trail of smoke appears at the tail end of the missile. It rises and comes back down hitting the ground and exploding. A German officer watch the missile exploding. The timer needle rotates continuously. (World War II period).

Date: 1944, November 17
Duration: 1 min 30 sec
Sound: No
Color: Monochrome
Clip Type: Edited
Language: German
Clip: 65675024323
Materials subject to high temperatures suspended above heat source . Thermocouple and electrical wires visible

Testing materials in high temperature conditions,Karlshagen, Germany. Briquettes of material in shallow container above high temperature heat source. The temperature seems to increase and cause test materials to move about in the container until they start melting. Electric conductor and thermocouple are seen amongst the test materials.

Date: 1944
Duration: 4 min 16 sec
Sound: No
Color: Monochrome
Clip Type: Unedited
Language: None
Clip: 65675024324
German military aircraft of World War II seen in operation during World War II

German aircraft of WW 2. A German Heinkel 100 prototype fighter takes off, with rocket assist. (The smoke is visible only as it passes dark trees in background.) The aircraft retracts landing gear and makes high speed pass over the Airfield. Two Messerschmitt Me 109s fly low over the Airfield. Focke-Wulf Fw 190 parked on grass with engine running. Pair of FW-190s make formation takeoff. Me-109s, Ju-87's and FW-190s in various formations and maneuvers. A Junkers 188 with Technician working on it, then making a high speed pass and climb. A Focke Wulf 200 Condor Taxis by through puddles.

Date: 1944
Duration: 2 min 35 sec
Sound: No
Color: Monochrome
Clip Type: Edited
Language: German
Clip: 65675024363
Scenes cursorily illustrating the development of airplanes from 1908 to 1943, from a German perspective.

German slates refer to the dream of "Northern" people to fly, fulfilled by aircraft development. Scenes from Paris airshow in 1908, when it was a feature of the automobile show that year. Hangars bear names of aircraft companies: Bleriot; Vetze and others, with historic vintage airplanes of the period parked on the grass in front of each. A man plays with a dog in the grass. Spectators are seated in stands set up in the background. Scene shifts to 1935, where a long row of German aircraft are shown parked with engines running. Then it shifts to 1943, during World War 2, with a long line of German Messerschmitt aircraft parked with engines running. An animated map shows air lines of communication emanating from center of Germany and extending throughout Europe. Huge formations of German warplanes are seen in flight.

Date: 1944
Duration: 1 min 32 sec
Sound: No
Color: Monochrome
Clip Type: Edited
Language: German
Clip: 65675024364