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U.S. Army Air Forces Fair at Wright Field in October, 1945

Views of the U.S. Army Air Forces fair hosted at Wright Field, near Dayton, Ohio, in October, 1945.The highlights of the event were exhibits of captured German and Japanese aircraft, rockets, and equipment. A German V-2 Rocket Motor on display. Soldiers observe the rocket. A German Junkers Ju 388 Störtebeker multi-role aircraft on display. A German Messerschmitt ME-262 Schwalbe fighter on display. A German pilot's victories recorded on the side of a plane. Two soldiers take a look at a Japanese Kamikaze bomb. One of them gets into the bomb seat. American officers and soldiers view the exhibits. 'Alles Kaputt' written on the side of a German Junkers Ju-290 bomber (one of the candidate aircraft, with further development, in Germany's Amerika Bomber project for a long-range bomber capable of striking the United States). Soldiers walk under the plane. 'Transient Aircraft' written on the control tower building in the background. (World War II period).

Date: 1945
Duration: 2 min 1 sec
Sound: No
Color: Color
Clip Type: Edited
Language: English
Clip: 65675020923
Images blur and out of focus due to unstable and rotating rocket 80 to 100 miles above earth surface in New Mexico.

View of earth taken from a V-2 rocket 80 to 100 miles above earth surface in New Mexico. Area around White Sands is seen. Desert and mountains are also seen. Curvature of earth visible. Images blur and out of focus due to unstable and rotating rocket.

Date: 1950, January 19
Duration: 4 min 55 sec
Sound: No
Color: Monochrome
Clip Type: Unedited
Language: None
Clip: 65675024332
Workers arriving at Peenemunde rocket program camp and working in warehouses

Rocket program warehouses in Peenemunde Germany. German electric train stops at the Peenemunde station. Large number of civilian men and women get off the train and walk towards the warehouse site. Sheet metal workers install various parts of V-2 rocket inside a warehouse.

Date: 1940, August
Duration: 3 min 30 sec
Sound: No
Color: Monochrome
Clip Type: Unedited
Language: None
Clip: 65675030688
A-4 missile at different stages of construction in Peenemunde, Germany

A-4 missile (V-2) in Peenemunde, Germany. Upper half of the missile lowered on lower half. Two tanks that will contain liquid oxygen and alcohol, respectively, are encapsulated in the missile. Technicians work on various parts of missile. Some technicians stand on ladder.

Date: 1943
Duration: 2 min 9 sec
Sound: No
Color: Monochrome
Clip Type: Unedited
Language: None
Clip: 65675031604
Technicians work on parts of missile and the internal parts of A-4 missile in Peenemunde, Germany

A-4 (V-2) missile in Peenemunde, Germany. Technicians assemble two sides of rocket fuselage, in horizontal position, encapsulating tanks for oxygen and alcohol. Two technicians work on lower section of missile, sitting upright, with fins attached. Alcohol inlet pipes and burner caps.

Date: 1943
Duration: 2 min 51 sec
Sound: No
Color: Monochrome
Clip Type: Unedited
Language: None
Clip: 65675031607
A-4 missile is rolled out of hangar and made ready. Static test firing of rocket engine. Intense fire and smoke

In accordance with secret orders for the Military Technical Institute at Peenemunde, development of the A-4 guided missile (V-2) was undertaken in 1942. Entrance to the large assembly hanger building. Large doors slide open showing German missile on a stand. A-4 is moved to firing position by a large crane. Two German scientists work on the steering section of A-4. Technicians work on the uncovered fuel section of A-4 missile. Live static firing of the missile rocket engine while it is constrained vertically in a stand. Intense fire and smoke. (World War II period).

Date: 1942, October 3
Duration: 4 min 1 sec
Sound: No
Color: Monochrome
Clip Type: Edited
Language: German
Clip: 65675031611