Technicians working on German A-4 missile, at Peenemunde Rocket Centre in Ostvorpommern, Germany, during World War 2. Wartime art painted on the missile shows a pig with wings. Another painting shows a woman riding a rocket, labeled "V4" through a crescent moon and stars. Workers stand on long ladders reaching to the top of the missile.
V- (A-4) rocket takes off from wooded area at Peenemunde Rocket Centre in Ostvorpommern, Germany, during World War 2. Rocket rises cleanly with well-defined burning gas jet at its tail. Test and tracking equipment seen positioned near the launch pad. The missile continues its flight until out of sight.
A-4 missile on launch pad at Peenemunde Rocket Centre in Ostvorpommern, Germany, during World War 2. Launch pad is surrounded by trees. The rocket ignites and then fires fully. The missile rises and accelerates smoothly, continuing its ascent until almost out of sight, when it begins to generate a contrail (water vapor condensation trail) which makes patterns in the sky as it is buffeted by winds aloft.
A-4 missile on launch pad at Peenemunde Rocket Test Center in Ostvorpommern, Germany, during World War 2. Missile is between service towers. Rocket ignites and flames are reflected from ground. Moments later, the rocket burns fully and the missile begins ascent, accelerating, rapidly. It soars straight up through clouds, overhead, and generates a vapor trail.
A-4 missile on launch pad at Peenemunde Rocket Centre in Ostvorpommern, Germany, during World War 2. Missile launches into the sky. Launch pad is surrounded by trees. Views of missile in air. Missile generates vapor trail in the sky.
A-4 Missile takes off at Peenemunde Rocket Centre in Ostvorpommern, Germany. Missile misfires after take-off. Dr. Wernher Magnus Maximilian Freiherr von Braun (a German physicist), General Walter Robert Dornberger and others examine missile wreckage. Debris loaded on a horse driven cart.
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