Development of the rocket research center in Peenemunde, Germany. German subtitles. Images of German soldiers firing coastal guns in Peenemunde Germany. Soldiers preparing the coastal gun mounted on a railroad car. Large gun mounted on the railroad moves forward. Labor gang digging out the gun placement area. Soldiers erect the muzzle of the gun and fire. Soldiers unload the large shells from cranes and load the gun then fire shells. Animated drawings of shells firing through the gun, then of a different propulsion system, followed by images of a rocket engine mounted and being tested. (World War II period).
Rocket program warehouses in Peenemunde Germany. German electric train stops at the Peenemunde station. Large number of civilian men and women get off the train and walk towards the warehouse site. Sheet metal workers install various parts of V-2 rocket inside a warehouse.
German A-5 missile (precursor to A-4 or V-2 rocket) being loaded onto a carrier with the help of a hook at a rocket factory in Peenemunde, Germany. Workers cover the missile with a cloth cover after loading it into the truck. A worker paints the missile in its test tracking colors and then it is put into a big container for transporting it to test site. A truck loaded with the container carries the missile to a port. At the port, a carrier loaded with the container is detached from the vehicle and loaded on to the ship. Ship leaves the port for Greifwalder Oie.
Rocket test center construction in Germany during World War 2. Men being issued blankets at a building. Signs in German identifying various buildings. The train depot at Peenemunde. Laborers working to construct buildings in the complex. Views of completed industrial and housing buildings. Aerial views of the city and camp site.
Sign "Entrance to Pennemunde". Laborers cut trees from the wooded areas. Cut trees lying on ground. Horses carry away the tree logs. Stacked building supplies. Men erect the test center buildings. Views of the completed rocket test center buildings. World War 2 period.
Hermann Goering, Benito Mussolini, Adolf Hitler and others as Italy joins Germany in declaring war against Britain and France June 10, 1940 (World War II). Animated map illustrates possible Axis war plans. Aerial view of Maginot line. Fire burning from German bombing in Scandinavia. Windmill turning in Holland.Map outlines Allied strategy for defense. Views of the Ardennes Forest. French Generals examining map. British Field Marshal John Vereker (Viscount Gort) studying map with two Generals.Narrator states they dismissed German attack through the Ardennes. May 9, 1940 - News headline reports German troops on move. Netherlands and French recruit troops mobilizing. French army soldiers standing at train station platform and loading into passenger railroad trains. Exterior of the Basilique du Sacre-Coeur (Basilica of the Sacred Heart) at Montmartre, Paris. People lighting candles. Statue of Madonna and Child. Views of several churches. A Catholic Bishop blessing people. People kneeling in prayer. Hitler and other Nazi leaders, including Himmler, Goebbels, Bormann, Hess and Rohm, haranguing crowds. Hermann Goering leading crowd in salutes. Ludwig Muller, Reichsbischof, Hitler supporter. Many views of Germans shouting Sieg Heil. German troops moving out on May 10, 1940. Hermann Goering, chief of Luftwaffe, in uniform. German pilots run to airplanes. Ju-87 Stukas take off. D0-17 bombers take off. German tanks, motorcycle troops, armor and infantry cross borders of Luxembourg, Belgium, and Holland. Map depicts action. German forces destroy obstacles at border crossings and move past windmill in Holland.He-111 bombers in flight. German paratroops jump from Ju-52 transport over Rotterdam. They capture key facilities. Troops riding on tanks. Dutch General Henri Gerard Winkelman walks with German officer over Maas-bridges in Rotterdam. He and delegation enter building at Rijsoord to sign surrender on May 15, 1940. German bombers destroy Rotterdam. View of German bomber bomb bay doors open and bombs away toward targets. The city in flames, with sound. Remains of the city. Numerous dead civilians.
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