V-2 rocket launched at Holloman Air Force Base in New Mexico. The control blockhouse building. The launching tower of V-2 rocket. People gathered around the launching tower. Personnel make preparations for launching. Animated view points out various parts such as trim tabs, stabilizers, rocket engines, fuel tanks, flight controls and research instruments
V-2 rocket launched at Holloman Air Force Base in New Mexico during World War II. Various stages of the pre-firing preparation. Technicians work on the rocket. Installation of equipment in the war head of V-2. Jeep carries instruments to the launching area. The V-2 rocket in the launching tower. A truck carries the trailer for hauling the V-2.
V-2 rocket launched at Holloman Air Force Base in New Mexico. The truck carries liquid oxygen for fueling of rocket. Personnel work on the rocket. Vapors of liquid oxygen coming out of pipe from the V-2. The rocket standing alone as the tower is removed.
V-2 rocket launched at Holloman Air Force Base in New Mexico. Red smoke comes out of the control blockhouse. The rocket ready for launch. People gathered around the rocket. Last minute adjustments made by the technicians. V-2 rocket fired. Smoke trails emitted by the rocket. The V-2 lands 30 miles away. People move around it. Wing of camera ship visible. (World War II period).
Visiting German Army officers are seen jumping from a pier, to a boat, during their visit to a German Navy (Kriegsmarine) base in World War 2. They are welcomed by a German Navy Commander. Next, they are seen aboard a small power boat speeding through the water. Some stand beside the boat helmsman who allows them to take turns at the controls. A sailor pours tea for one Army visitor. Their Navy officer host directs them to board a docked submarine. Some scramble over the steel hull. The Navy Commander leads several German Army officers across a gangplank to the U-boat. He salutes as they board, according to Naval custom. German Army officers gather around the Navy Commander as he explains some of the U-boat features to them.
RF-84F Thunderflash at Erding Air Base in Berlin, Germany. A German airman in the cockpit of a RF-84F Thunderflash. Second airman on the wing of the aircraft. He checks the plane's instrument panel. An airman gets out of Thunderflash cockpit and closes the canopy. Another airman climbs up a ladder and reaches the wing of the aircraft. He disengages an air hose from RF-84F Thunderflash and fastens down the access panel.
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