Experiments with rocket propulsion units in Peenemunde, Germany. A static test stand in Peenemunde. A vertically raised platform, the frame support of the mounting units at the stand. Trees in background. The propulsion unit on the support is fired. It releases smoke. A jet of fire appears at the tail end on the unit. (World War II period).
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).
German flight tests on Junkers 52 transport aircraft in Peenemünde, Germany during World War II. A Junkers Ju-52 taxiing and then taking of in the Peenemünde-West .
From a 1952 U.S. Army television program titled The Big Picture. U.S. troops in a fox hole in Korea. A U.S. tank carrying many GIs in Germany.US ski troops in Alaska. Amphibious training on beach in Puerto Rico. United States Army Sergeant James Mansfield introduces the story of United States Seventh Army in the Allied Invasion of Southern France, "Operation Dragoon." Army Colonel William Wilson Quinn seated in office, with army rifle on his desk. He refers to the "Blue Badge" which is the Army infantryman's badge. Then he introduces the story of the Seventh United States Army: On 14 August 1944 Bay of Naples is seen as an open air Marshalling area. Barrage balloons float above the area. Large landing ships sit at dock with their front loading doors open. 3rd,45th and 36th division combined into 7th United States Army. Mechanized war equipment being loaded and checked off the loading chart. 7th army soldiers march through streets. Red Cross workers distribute donuts. Soldiers board ships. Ships leave harbor to join convoy. Ships docked at the West Coast of Corsica. Officers meet for conference aboard ship. Men attend last minute details. Some pray. Animated map depicts the route of the advancement by the troops. Port Cros and Levant : French commandos landed on these islands. U.S. B-25 bombers in flight drop bombs. Fighting ships take their positions. Navigators, gunners and signal men alert. Soldiers prepare for fight. Army Air Forces C-47 aircraft fly in formation. A B-24 bomber over mountains. B-25s in flight.509th Parachute Infantry Battalion being inspected at airport. Paratroopers get into aircraft. Aircraft taxis and takes off. United States Army Air Force C-47 Skytrain and C-54 Skymaster military transport aircraft in flight toward Southern France. Paratroopers descend to ground and advance. Gliders land. Soldiers unload and ready artillery. Aerial view of rugged terrain. Ships underway at sea. Officers look through binoculars aboard ship.
A-4 missile of Germany is fired during a test launch in Peenemunde in Germany. Missile is misfired and it drops and crashes in forest area. Fire spreads across the forest. Firefighters spray water to extinguish fire. Wreckage of the missile is seen as smoke emits from it. (World War II period).
A-4 missile of Germany being launched from a hill in Peenemunde in Germany as a meter measure readings. After being fired missile moves upwards but it explodes in mid air and starts dropping downwards. Missile impacts and explodes causing fire and smoke on the hill. (World War II period).
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