The Berlin Airlift to sustain the city of Berlin during a Soviet blockade in the Cold War, following World War 2. Sign on airport building reads: "U.S. Air Force Station, Tempelhof, European Air Transport Service." A C-47 aircraft is seen being offloaded. A C-47 tazis past the camera. Others are seen parked. Scene shifts to a truck pulled up next to a C-54 transport plane being unloaded. A C-54 aircraft inflight overhead. German workmen unloading a C-54 into a truck. Men inside the aircraft roll sacks of coal down a slide to the men in the truck. Glimpse from inside the aircraft of coal sacks being placed on the chute and sliding to the truck bed. Some loose coal is scattered near the bottom of the chute. View of offloading operations from another C-54 aircraft. In this case, the cargo includes boxes and canvas bags. A truck backed up right against a C-47 aircraft to unload it. View of the terminal building in background. U.S. airmen unloading cargo from the doorway of a C-47. View inside where workers form a chain to pass parcels toward the door for unloading. Interior of a C-54 aircraft where a large pallet of cargo is seen on the floor. Men remove netting from the pallet. Glimpse from the rear of a British 4-engine Handley Page bomber aircraft being unloaded. A truck backing up to a parked C-47 aircraft. Cargo of Cartons and tins. One box contains a label reading: " J. & A. Kraus. Leberwurst." Other cargo includes wooden boxes. Final scene is a truck backing up to a parked British Handley Page bomber.
Exterior of a building at McCoy Air Force Base in Orlando, Florida. Two airmen open the door. Covered cameras for reconnaissance are taken out of the building. Camera and other equipment placed on dolly. Airmen pull the carts towards hangar and up to U-2 aircraft for loading.
A-5 Missile takes off at Greifswalder Oie in Ostvorpommern, Germany, during World War 2. Missile launches into the air. Missile cover and equipment in background. Aerial view of terrain, showing corn crops in the region.
A-4 missile on launch pad at Peenemunde Rocket Centre in Ostvorpommern, Germany, during World War 2. Launch pad is surrounded by trees. The rocket ignites and then fires fully. The missile rises and accelerates smoothly, continuing its ascent until almost out of sight, when it begins to generate a contrail (water vapor condensation trail) which makes patterns in the sky as it is buffeted by winds aloft.
A-4 missile on launch pad at Peenemunde Rocket Test Center in Ostvorpommern, Germany, during World War 2. Missile is between service towers. Rocket ignites and flames are reflected from ground. Moments later, the rocket burns fully and the missile begins ascent, accelerating, rapidly. It soars straight up through clouds, overhead, and generates a vapor trail.
A-4 missile on launch pad at Peenemunde Rocket Centre in Ostvorpommern, Germany, during World War 2. Missile launches into the sky. Launch pad is surrounded by trees. Views of missile in air. Missile generates vapor trail in the sky.
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