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Wide shot shows an A-4 missile being launched during a test in Peenemunde, Germany.

Wide shot of German ballistic missile A-4 being launched during tests in Peenemunde, Germany. A4 missile (also termed V-2 rocket) on a launch pad near a launch tower. View from ground at same level as rocket. Smoke and fire rises from the tail section as the A-4 Missile lifts off (World War II period).

Date: 1942
Duration: 32 sec
Sound: No
Color: Monochrome
Clip Type: Unedited
Language: None
Clip: 65675077997
Close view of German A4 missile being readied by German engineers, and test firing of missile in Peenemunde, Germany.

German ballistic missile A-4 being launched during tests in Peenemunde, Germany. German rocket engineers and workers near A4 missile that is being prepared for launch. A-4 missile on a launch pad near a launch tower. Smoke rises from the tail section. Smoke rises as A-4 missile (also called V-2) lifts off emitting a fiery flare. Missile in flight as it emits a flare. A-4 missile descends leaving behind a vapor trail. (World War II period).

Date: 1942
Duration: 1 min 52 sec
Sound: No
Color: Monochrome
Clip Type: Edited
Language: None
Clip: 65675078001
Wide view of rocket launch test area surrounded by trees in Peenemunde, Germany. Liftoff and flight of A4 missile from site.

German A4 missile (V-2 rocket) being launched during tests in Peenemunde, Germany during World War II. Wide view of launch area from up high, showing launch pad, blast embankment, and buildings all surrouned by a circle of trees. An A4 missile at a launch pad. Smoke rises as the missile lifts off. It lifts off emitting fire. The missile in flight.

Date: 1942
Duration: 15 sec
Sound: No
Color: Monochrome
Clip Type: Unedited
Language: None
Clip: 65675078009
United States soldiers process V-Mail, deliver V-Mail to soldiers based overseas during WW2

United States soldiers receive bags of V-mail letters, the primary method of correspondence with soldiers stationed abroad during World War 2. Soldiers unloads bags of V-Mail letters onto sorting table. V-Mail letters placed in cutting machine to be sliced open. Man hands over V-Mail to staff in separation table for processing and targeting operation. Staff folds away a rejected V-Mail. Staff inspects V-Mail, only to fold it away as reject. Accepted V-Mails stamped with numbers according to destination. Staff carry bundle of V-Mail to take to recording operation. Man puts down bundles of V-Mail for recording staff. Woman operators use Recordak machines to photograph every V-Mail letter. Recordak machine photographs V-Mail letters. Female operator puts a paper saying “END” into Recordak machine. Female operator pulls camera reel from Recordak machine. A motion picture film developer inspecting a machine that develops and dries the 16mm film. Pile of 16mm film reels being put into boxes. Men working in front of huge pile of V-mail letter bags. A long-range flying boat, a Boeing 314 Clipper, taking off from water. Delivery soldier salutes to United States Army Captain Roy Lewis before handing over a bag containing V-Mail 16mm film reels. Army Captain pours boxes containing V-Mail film reels onto his desk. Captain opens box and pulls out a film reel. Employee in printing room uses an enlarging machine to print V-Mail. Machine prints V-Mail. Female employee spins rolls of newly printed V-Mail on rewind table. Female employee slices a roll of V-Mail into letters. Male employee uses machine to fold V-mail letters. Employee uses machine to pack V-Mail into envelopes. Machine seals envelopes. Male employee retrieves a stack of V-Mail ready for delivery. Military postman distributes V-Mail to waiting soldiers. Soldier's hand holds a V-Mail letter.

Date: 1944
Duration: 4 min 6 sec
Sound: Yes
Color: Monochrome
Clip Type: Edited
Language: English
Clip: 65675078494
NATO Exercise Operation Strikeback. U.S. Navy anti-submarine warfare. P-2V Neptune aircraft; .S-2 Tracker aircraft; Dirigibles

Various U.S. Navy anti-submarine warfare (ASW) operations. Long range ASW, P-2V Neptune aircraft in flight. Submarine surfacing. ASW aircraft carrier USS Antietam (CVS-36) launching and landing aircraft on its angled flight deck. Navy dirigible in flight. Two S-2 tracker ASW aircraft are catapulted from the USS Tarawa (CVS-40). They join up in formation. ASW helicopter hovers low over water. Sonar device, on parachute, dropped into water from aircraft.

Date: 1957
Duration: 2 min 14 sec
Sound: No
Color: Color
Clip Type: Unedited
Language: None
Clip: 65675054411
Artillery crews fire anti-aircraft guns at V-1 rockets directed at Antwerp, V-1 rocket explodes (WW2)

A German V-1 rocket in flight heading towards Antwerp. United States anti-aircraft guns fire at incoming V-1 rockets Belgium during World War II. Gunners load more shells into the howitzer. Smoke rises from anti-aircraft gun fire. Dark puffs of smoke and explosion from anti-V-1 rocket defense is scattered over the sky. A V-1 rocket explodes mid-air after being shot by anti-aircraft gun. Diagram shows the effectiveness of anti-aircraft guns in preventing V-1 rockets from hitting their targets. A soldier neatly arranges empty spent anti-aircraft shells on the ground.

Date: 1945, February
Duration: 1 min 9 sec
Sound: Yes
Color: Monochrome
Clip Type: Edited
Language: English
Clip: 65675080043