In accordance with secret orders for the Military Technical Institute at Peenemunde, development of the A-4 guided missile (V-2) was undertaken in 1942. Entrance to the large assembly hanger building. Large doors slide open showing German missile on a stand. A-4 is moved to firing position by a large crane. Two German scientists work on the steering section of A-4. Technicians work on the uncovered fuel section of A-4 missile. Live static firing of the missile rocket engine while it is constrained vertically in a stand. Intense fire and smoke. (World War II period).
On the German Western Front in World War II a group of German troops bury the two-person crew of a French airplane that was shot down on September 11, 1939. The funeral, which takes place in Saarbrücken, is conducted with full military honors. The two French pilots were Lieutenant Jean Sueur and Captain Jacques Rosignol of 2 Escadrille de Reconnaissance 551. Each headstone is shown with the airman's hat on top. German soldiers place wreathes on the caskets and lower them into the ground. A large group of German soldiers, including a German military chaplain, are shown saluting the dead Frenchmen.
German Chancellor Theobald von Bethmann-Hollweg enters a car to leave for the Reichstag to give speech declaring war, start of WWI. Honor guards assist and salute Chancellor. Chancellor Theobald von Bethmann-Hollweg as he heads for the Reichstag to declare war on Belgium and France. Crowds of Germans salute with their hats. Honor guards on horseback and soldiers marching with flags during a military parade in Berlin. Civilians march along soldiers in parade. People wave good-bye as mobilized German soldiers leave for World War I on the train.
French aircraft on display in a grassy field with several French officers viewing. Close up of nose turret on a French bomber (possibly a Bloch MB 210-211 series). A group of French bi-winged aircraft in flight. Aerial view of Berlin airport, possibly Schönefeld Airport. Lettering on the ground near flight line reads “BERLIN”. German bi-planes taking off together from grassy field. A 1936 Junkers G38 transport plane takes off.
Circus acts with animals in Berlin and Moscow. A pair of chimpanzees in human clothes perform in front of an audience. A chimpanzee wearing a dress swing in monkey bar. Chimpanzee band play musical instruments in Deutschlandhalle (Messedamm 26; 14055 Westend, Berlin) in Westend, Berlin. Chimpanzees dancing to music. A man brings a dog on stage. A little girl watches the circus show. A dog runs on a spinning table. Dog performing stunts. Tigers perform an aqua ballet with acrobats in Moscow, Russia. A tiger licks the head of an acrobat in the middle of a pool. A troupe of tigers happily splash and wading about in a fantastic aqua ballet.
Junkers 52 aircraft parked in open field in the Peenemünde-West test site during World War II. . A glider in tow behind the Ju-52. Both aircraft taxi and take off, slight smoke seen from JATO bottle assist.
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