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German Wasserfall C-2 rocket being prepared for test launch during World War II

Preparations for test launch of German Wasserfall antiaircraft missile, during World War 2. A German officer operating the rocket's remote control device. Wasserfal C-2 ground to air rocket hoisted on the mobile launch dolly (trailer) brought out from the shelter. Technicians work on the erect rocket. Wasserfall C-2 erect on the stand in launching position. (Note: The location appears to be the island "Greifswalder Oie" - the west coast is clearly visible - along with the northern observation tower and a Wuerzburg Riese Radar.)

Location: Germany
Date: 1943
Duration: 2 min 36 sec
Sound: No
Color: Monochrome
Clip Type: Unedited
Language: None
Clip: 65675030728
Fueling and launch of a V-1 flying bomb in Germany

Technicians working on launch rail. Man fueling rocket motor. A Fi103 flying bomb (V-1) mounted on the rail system. Men cleaning off the nearby ground with water hoses. Rocket takes off. Man with a motion picture camera, visible in background filming the launch out over the water. (World War II period).

Location: Germany
Date: 1942
Duration: 1 min 53 sec
Sound: No
Color: Monochrome
Clip Type: Unedited
Language: None
Clip: 65675030737
Fi103 (V-1) Flying Bomb launch from a German FW-200 bomber

View from front of German FW-200 bomber. Technicians working to affix V-1 Fi103 Flying Bomb under wing of the FW-200 bomber on the ground. Fi103 flying bomb mounted underneath the heavy aircraft. Aircraft takes off, and drops the flying bomb. Twin lights from the rocket rear visible. (World War II period).

Location: Germany
Date: 1942
Duration: 55 sec
Sound: No
Color: Monochrome
Clip Type: Unedited
Language: None
Clip: 65675030741
Lindbergh's child kidnapped and murdered, accused kidnapper Hauptmann gets death sentence in Flemington, New Jersey

Bruno R Hauptmann gets electric chair sentence for kidnap and murder of Lindbergh's child, Charles Augustus Lindbergh, Jr., in Flemington, New Jersey. Aerial and ground views of Lindbergh's residence and scenes of Anne Morrow Lindberh with Charles Jr. in a baby pram taking a stroll in garden before the kidnapping. Wooden ladder near the window and empty nursery. Scenes of the ransom note and the manhunt. Citizens view "Wanted" signs on street corners. Views of the ransom money. Officials arrest Hauptmann and show hideout shed and ransom money found. Crowds gathered outside courthouse. Lindbergh's enter. Kidnapper, lawyers, judges and other people in courthouse. Justice Thomas Trenchard seated in tribunal hears the lawyers statements. Jury foreman reads aloud the decision in the Hunterdon County Courthouse. Hauptmann led out of courthouse by many guards, and through large crowd gathered outside courthouse at night. Aerial and inside views of prison, cell, and empty electric chair.

Location: Flemington New Jersey USA
Date: 1935, February 2
Duration: 4 min 55 sec
Sound: Yes
Color: Monochrome
Clip Type: Edited
Language: English
Clip: 65675030772
Flood water destroys the city of Nelscott in Oregon, United States.

City of Nelscott in Oregon United States, destroyed due to flood. Gigantic waves of sea strikes the rocks at the shores. A view of destroyed boasts on the ground and flood water fills the city. A woman and a man take his child on a wooden raft. They load provisions while floating beside a house window. Man along with child, household furniture and a dog, sail the raft through flood water. People walk cautiously in search for a safer place. Logs of trees destroyed by flood.

Location: Nelscott Oregon United States USA
Date: 1936, January 8
Duration: 41 sec
Sound: No
Color: Monochrome
Clip Type: Unedited
Language: None
Clip: 65675030775
Federal Agents destroy alcohol mash at an illegal alcohol manufacturing plant in Frazer, Pennsylvania.

Illegal alcohol manufacturing plant in Frazer, Pennsylvania, during Probhibition period in the United States. U.S. Federal Agents walk into the alcohol manufacturing plant and destroy the still, alcohol bottles, and mash up the used alcohol preparation. A truck parked outside the unit. Men carry containers and stock from the unit. Men destroy containers with axes and hammers in the ground.

Location: Frazer Pennsylvania USA
Date: 1936, January 8
Duration: 46 sec
Sound: No
Color: Monochrome
Clip Type: Edited
Language: English
Clip: 65675030778
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