Aeronautical equipment tests in Germany, during World War 2. Views of rocket engine hoisted on the stand. Rocket in shelter positioned for testing. Views of control lever and other remote controller parts. Static firing test of the rocket.
Views of the rocket launching inclined rail or track. Man working to place a V-1 launcher with rollers onto the rail assembly in Germany. Views of launcher and rollers up close as it is moved slowly along the rails. (World War 2 period)
Test launchings in Germany of V-1 rocket during World War 2. Technicians working on the launch rail. Men hoist launcher onto launch rail. A man pushes the launcher with a long rod. Right rear and right side views of V-1 rocket launches off inclined rail and out over the water. View of partially built rocket hangar in foreground as rocket flies out over water.
Fi103 flying bomb for test launchings in Germany. Views of launch track and its systems. Right side view of track as V-1 dummy missile launches from the track and quickly lands in the water. Fi103 body with no wings mounted on the launching stand and fire comes out from exhaust area with technicians standing nearby observing. View from left side of track with man waving arms as Fi103 dummy launches and falls, bouncing on the ice and snow on the waterway beyond the launch ramp. (World War II period).
German women Red Cross workers in Germany. They pack Christmas gifts for the German soldiers for Christmas 1944. The gifts on a table. Scene on front lines as German soldiers receive mail from home. A German soldier reads a letter and looks at a photograph. Separately, clips ends with views of the Allied invasion forces landing in France and German efforts at repulsing them. (World War II period).
Nazi German leader Adolf Hitler addressing his soldiers in Germany in World War II. German soldiers march in large columns, some with goosestep march. Dragons teeth of Siegfried line extending in distance. German soldiers enter a bunker fortification beneath entrance sign Scharnhorst Panzerwerk 1238. Principals at Munich Agreement signing, including Hitler, Mussolini, and Goering. Hitler riding in car as people lining road cheer during Anschluss; Close up views of German soldiers carrying Nazi flags and rifles and marching in streets as civilians cheer, give Nazi salute, and some weep. Various views of Adolf Hitler speaking and huge gathering. General Gerd von Runstedt and staff meeting with Hitler and discussing a map. Views of war affected places and civilians. Exhausted Soviet prisoners of war in a field. Views of starving civilians. Weak and dirty, a woman stumbles forward in a soup line carrying an empty bowl. Adolf Hitler beside Hermann Goering (wearing combat helmet) reviewing a parade of German soldiers marching goosestep. British soldiers boarding ships evacuating Dunkirk. A British soldier without pants boards a fishing boat assisting in the evacuation.
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