V-2 rocket move on loading freight car during 'Operation Sandy' in Las Cruces, New Mexico. Men move around tracks. A loading freight car near them. Men fix V-2 rocket on the car. A loading freight car carries a V-2 rocket. It follows an army vehicle. It moves on road passing through town of Las Cruces. A sign board of 'Coca-Cola' appears. The car arrives at a place. A box car nears a truck. A crane lifts a V-2 rocket. The rocket is placed on a truck over the mounting racks. Men fasten the holds of the racks to secure the rocket.
A German V-2 rocket is launched and tested at the White Sands Proving Ground, New Mexico. Preparations for firing shows a couple of workers standing on a platform near the base of the V-2 missile. They make the final preparations. A view from inside a control block house shows V-2 in the firing position. Workmen on ladders work on the warhead section of the V-2.
A German V-2 rocket at the White Sands Proving Ground, New Mexico. Men stand at the base of the V-2 rocket. The rocket is held in firing position by movable parts of a trailer used to carry the V-2 to the launching site. Men work on final preparations of the V-2. Equipment is lowered.
Medium shot of a German A-4 ballistic missile (aka V-2 rocket) as it is tested in Peenemunde, Germany during World War 2. A-4 missile also known as V-2 rocket on a launch pad. Missile being launched. Missile moves upwards vertically after the launch. Missile lifts off leaving behind a fiery flare.
An early helicopter being tested at facility of the P-V Engineering Forum (later the Piasecki Co.) in Roxborough, Pennsylvania. Pilot attempting tethered flight in a one-place stripped prototype of the P-V2 helicopter Men stand by side of the helicopter as the pilot sits in the framework cockpit. They maintain hold on the landing gear of the helicopter as the pilot experiments with the controls and familiarizes himself with the helicopter's response. A long tethering rope snakes out along the ground near the helicopter. The pilot succeeds in hovering the craft a foot or two above the ground.
Test firing of German V-2 (A-4) ballistic missile at Peenemunde, Germany during World War II. A-4 missile also known as V-2 rocket on a launch pad. Missile being launched as smoke rises. Missile lifts off. Fire and smoke seen. A-4 Missile in flight as it emits a fiery flare. Missile descends leaving behind a smoky trail.
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