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A-4 (V-2) missile carried to the launch site and final preparations before the launch in Peenemude, Germany.

The launch of A-4 guided missile at Peenemunde, Germany. After development and testing the A-4 (V-2) missile is declared operational. A painter paints the missile. A-4 being lowered down onto floor by a large crane. A-4 lowered on a ramp. It is lowered onto a special trailer to haul the missile to the launching site. Large tractor hauls the missile out of a building. A-4 on a special type of trailer is transported to the firing range. It is erected into firing position. Final firing preparations. Workmen stand on a ladder and work on the missile. Oxygen is fueled into the A-4 missile. (World War II period).

Date: 1942, October 3
Duration: 6 min 19 sec
Sound: No
Color: Monochrome
Clip Type: Edited
Language: German
Clip: 65675031612
A-4 (V-2) ballistic missile is launched and is in flight in Peenemude, Germany.

The second launch of A-4 (V-2) guided missile in Peenemunde, Germany. A-4 missile is launched. Smoke covers the surrounding area. The A-4 missile zooms out of sight. Only a lingering smoke trail remains drifiting in the breeze. (A slate tells us the missile broke down from excessive pressure at speed of 650 meters per second.)

Date: 1942, October 3
Duration: 1 min 28 sec
Sound: No
Color: Monochrome
Clip Type: Edited
Language: German
Clip: 65675031613
Test launch of A4 missile (also termed V-2 rocket) from Peenemunde Rocket Centre in Ostvorpommern, Germany.

A4 missile (V-2 rocket) on launch pad at Peenemunde Rocket Centre on Usedom Island in Ostvorpommern, Germany. Missile launches in air. A launch tower supporting the missile. Launch pad is surrounded by trees. Views of missile in air.

Date: 1942
Duration: 21 sec
Sound: No
Color: Monochrome
Clip Type: Unedited
Language: None
Clip: 65675032513
Crewmen tow German V-2 rocket on Meiller Wagon on USS Midway during Operation Sandy at Atlantic Sea.

Marine gunner Sergeant works at a hydraulic platform on USS Midway during Operation Sandy in the Atlantic Sea. Crew members sit on the deck. Crewmen tow German V-2 rocket on Meiller Wagon, across flight deck.

Date: 1947, September 6
Duration: 1 min 32 sec
Sound: No
Color: Color
Clip Type: Unedited
Language: None
Clip: 65675035262
First launching of a ballistic missile from moving platform: German V-2 rocket fired from USS Midway during Operation Sandy

Sailors along catwalk of USS Midway (CV-41) during Operation Sandy in the Atlantic Ocean. V-2 rocket in firing position, on both port and starboard sides of ship. Superstructure of USS Midway. The rocket had been captured in Germany and re-manufactured at White Sands Missile Range. Rocket in firing position on the flight deck. Rocket ignition and it takes off into the air, tilted almost immediately upon launch. Rocket progress is tracked in the air and is seen as it falls into the ocean at a distance.

Date: 1947, September 6
Duration: 1 min 28 sec
Sound: No
Color: Color
Clip Type: Unedited
Language: None
Clip: 65675035264
German A-4/V-2 missile fired from woods at Heidelager test range in Poland during World War II

German test launch of a A-4/V-2 missile, from a wooded site, at the Heidelager testing range near Blizna, Poland. The Missile moves upwards, emitting fire and smoke from its tail, and then heads downrange, with the fire in its tail visible throughout the entire clip.

Date: 1944
Duration: 52 sec
Sound: No
Color: Monochrome
Clip Type: Unedited
Language: None
Clip: 65675037463