Aeronautical equipment in Germany during World War 2. German soldiers bring Messerschmitt Me 163 Komet aircraft pulled by a mobile dolly (trailer). ME-163 aircraft stands stationary in the ground of test area. Soldiers make it ready for the test. The aircraft takes off from the ground and is seen in flight. Views of aircraft landing, smoke from the rocket and landed aircraft. German soldiers gather around the aircraft and place it again on the mobile dolly (trailer). Aircraft is towed back. (The Me 163 was the only rocket-powered fighter aircraft ever to have been operational.)
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.
German rocket-boosted jet engine mounted on a dolly. Number 928 is painted on the engine. This is the BMW-003 A-1 jet engine with additional liquid-rocket motor type BMW 109-178, for boosting during take-off. ( First flight was on March 26,1945, during World War 2.)
Opens with "back the attack" 5th War Loan fundraising message of World War 2. Film title "Target Berlin" seen along with sound and images of impact of bombardment. Scenes from an aircraft manufacturing plant in Canada. A man seen in office over a telephone conversation getting news to build the bombers. Canadian men and women war production workers working in the plant talk about the manufacturing of the Lancaster Bomber. Designers,engineers and officers engage in discussion about the blueprints and drawings of the aircraft for production. Workers, engineers, and technicians manufacturing and assembling various parts of the aircraft in Victory Aircraft Limited, an aircraft production company. "KB-700" painted on the fuselage of the nearly completed aircraft.
A Hitler Youth meeting in Thuringia, Germany. Adolf Hitler angrily screaming his speech regarding recruitment of millions. Hitler makes a speech on the decrease of unemployed Germans by 1.2 million since the Nazi party took over. A crowd of several hundred thousand Hitler Youth. Hitler stabbing the air emphatically with Nazi salute during the Hitler Youth rally. A vast crowd shouts 'Heil'. Hitler stands on an elevated platform, decorated with large German swastikas.
Trial of World War 2 Nazi war criminal Hans Albin Rauter in the Hague,Netherlands. Various witnesses are called on. Nazi German police leader is being questioned by judges and the man responds to them standing in the center, in front of the tribunal. Views of prosecution desk and tribunal seen in turns.
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