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German V-1 rocket fails to launch during WW2

Title card says “Erprobungsstelle der Luftwaffe Peenemünde- West” (“Test site of the Peenemünde-West air force” in English). “Flakzielgerät 76 V99 Schnittaufnahmen 4.8. 1943 HK” (“Anti-aircraft target device 76 V99 cut recordings 4.8. 1943 HK” in English). A V-1 rocket, also known as a buzz bomb or doodlebug, on a launch ramp in Germany during World War 2. The Argus engine on the V-1 fires up, but the rocket fails to launch from the ramp.

Location: Germany
Date: 1943, August 4
Duration: 58 sec
Sound: No
Color: Monochrome
Clip Type: Edited
Language: German
Clip: 65675079125
Germans prepare to launch an A-4 missile from Peenemunde, Germany, during World War II.

Preparations for the launch of an A-4 missile in Peenemunde, Germany during World War 2. German military officers and engineers near the missile in the test area. Technicians check the missile on a launching platform. Walther Thiel (in glasses) Deputy Director of the Peenemunde facility, pulls out a document that he and another civilian discuss with several uniformed German officers. View of launch control clocks for minutes and seconds. the second hand begins to move in a countdown. (Note: Walther Thiel was killed on the night of Aug 18 , 1943, during British Air raid - Operation Hydra, the first allied air strike in the "Crossbow" operations against German special weapons and research).

Location: Peenemunde Germany
Date: 1943
Duration: 1 min 28 sec
Sound: No
Color: Monochrome
Clip Type: Unedited
Language: None
Clip: 65675062551
Acceleration test of Argus pipe engine for V-1 missile.View of rocket sled catapult. Peenemunde-West Test Center, Germany

Winter, 1943, testing at German Air Force Test Center, Peenemunde-West, Germany. Acceleration test of Argus engine for V-1. Test vehicle with Argus jet engine is readied on launch rail and men stand behind it. Snow is falling. A man stands on snow covered ground and directs. The Argus jet engine ignites and vehicle accelerates, leaving track to crash into ice and snow covered water. Views of the Rheinmetal-Borsig solid propellant rocket sled catapult, for V-1, on a rail.

Location: Peenemunde Germany
Date: 1943
Duration: 1 min 10 sec
Sound: No
Color: Monochrome
Clip Type: Edited
Language: German
Clip: 65675031610
A V-2 rocket is test fired at night from the Peenemunde Rocket Development Center in Peenemunde Germany

Night scene of a V-2 rocket test launch (also known as an A4 rocket) from Peenemunde Rocket Development Center in Peenemünde, Usedom, Nazi Germany. V-2 rocket ignition and liftoff. View as it rises in the sky. A trail of fire at its tail end during flight. Brief camera view of fire on ground near launch site. Flames arise. (World War II period).

Location: Peenemunde Germany
Date: 1943
Duration: 28 sec
Sound: No
Color: Color
Clip Type: Unedited
Language: None
Clip: 65675024338
V-2 (A4) rocket fueling and launch preparations on a platform in Peenemunde Germany

Scenes from Peenemunde Rocket Development Center in Peenemünde, Usedom, Nazi Germany. A V-2 rocket (A4) erected on a platform. Officials in discussion near the rocket. Sign "Keine Einfahrt" (No Entry) near the rocket site. A man works near the nose of the rocket, standing on a motile lift. A man holds a pipe to pass fuel from a container to the rocket. A hose pipe on ground. View of the surrounding missile test area

Location: Peenemunde Germany
Date: 1943
Duration: 1 min 57 sec
Sound: No
Color: Color
Clip Type: Unedited
Language: None
Clip: 65675024337
V-2 rocket night launch test in Peenemunde Germany

V-2 Rocket (A4) test launch scene at night at Peenemunde Rocket Development Center in Peenemünde, Usedom, Nazi Germany. V-2 rocket ignition at night. Flames light the test site area. Area surrounding launch pad appears to catch fire. View shifts to an area with flames rising; no rocket seen....possibly following its explosion. Huge flames arise. (World War II period).

Location: Peenemunde Germany
Date: 1943
Duration: 52 sec
Sound: No
Color: Color
Clip Type: Unedited
Language: None
Clip: 65675024339
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