WWII - 1940s, Peenemunde V-2 Tests
V-2 launching in Germany showing several premature explosions and misfires.
Ignition & German V-2 launching -- camera pans up with missile in flight.
04:00:30 V2 in launching position. Pan to power supply showing power cable from power supply to missile; cables running to Control building - steel frame structure mounted over half-track vehicle. CU Power supply connections to control vehicle, scientist talking on telephone. LS from control vehicle out to launching site showing activity around area.
04:00:59 MS German liquid oxygen tank mounted on trailer bed pulled by diesel-type truck. Several quick shots around area of V-2 showing firing preparations. Nazi officer & scientists. Rocket fired.
04:01:49 MS of rocket fired.
04:02:19 High-angle shot down into launching pit, V-2 in launching position, launched & missile goes out of control, whirls about in air.
04:02:36 Crater on edge of airfield dug by V-2; German scientists look thru hole & debris. German officers & scientists stand near demolished aircraft beside bomb crater.
04:03:01 CU man inspecting combustion chamber for rocket motor.
04:03:20 German officers, inside building looking at rocket motor mounted on test rack; walking out of test room, getting into bus. Includes Heinrich Himmler.
04:03:35 LS across launching site showing V-2 being launched; tilt up with missile in flight.
04:03:58 High-angle shot down into launching basin showing V-2 about to be launched, rocket topples, explodes & burns in the area. CU firefighters hosing down burning rocket parts. Civilians & Military watch. Smoking & damaged launching apparatus.
04:05:16 High-angle shot down at launching basin, V-2 launch; camera follows missile in flight.
04:05:48 MS V-2 launching, starts to go out of control
04:06:08 CU crater dug by V-2 w/ missile parts scattered thru area. German officers & scientists looking into crater, includes Wernher von Braun. Pan large crater.
04:06:54 MS across launching site showing V-2 in launch position, other apparatus in area. V-2 is launched. 04:07:21 Missile seen coming back to earth, trailing smoke, crashes in wooded area in bg w/ large explosion. 04:07:35 CU Crater where missile exploded. Several quick shots showing personnel throughout area & parts of rocket.
Nazi Scientists; Engineers; Research; Test Firings; Failures;
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WWII - 1940s, Peenemunde V-2 Tests V-2 launching in Germany showing several premature explosions and misfires. Ignition & German V-2 launching -- camera pans up with missile in flight. 04:00:30 V2 in launching position. Pan to power supply showing power cable from power supply to missile; cables running to Control building - steel frame structure mounted over half-track vehicle. CU Power supply connections to control vehicle, scientist talking on telephone. LS from control vehicle out to launching site showing activity around area. 04:00:59 MS German liquid oxygen tank mounted on trailer bed pulled by diesel-type truck. Several quick shots around area of V-2 showing firing preparations. Nazi officer & scientists. Rocket fired. 04:01:49 MS of rocket fired. 04:02:19 High-angle shot down into launching pit, V-2 in launching position, launched & missile goes out of control, whirls about in air. 04:02:36 Crater on edge of airfield dug by V-2; German scientists look thru hole & debris. German officers & scientists stand near demolished aircraft beside bomb crater. 04:03:01 CU man inspecting combustion chamber for rocket motor. 04:03:20 German officers, inside building looking at rocket motor mounted on test rack; walking out of test room, getting into bus. Includes Heinrich Himmler. 04:03:35 LS across launching site showing V-2 being launched; tilt up with missile in flight. 04:03:58 High-angle shot down into launching basin showing V-2 about to be launched, rocket topples, explodes & burns in the area. CU firefighters hosing down burning rocket parts. Civilians & Military watch. Smoking & damaged launching apparatus. 04:05:16 High-angle shot down at launching basin, V-2 launch; camera follows missile in flight. 04:05:48 MS V-2 launching, starts to go out of control 04:06:08 CU crater dug by V-2 w/ missile parts scattered thru area. German officers & scientists looking into crater, includes Wernher von Braun. Pan large crater. 04:06:54 MS across launching site showing V-2 in launch position, other apparatus in area. V-2 is launched. 04:07:21 Missile seen coming back to earth, trailing smoke, crashes in wooded area in bg w/ large explosion. 04:07:35 CU Crater where missile exploded. Several quick shots showing personnel throughout area & parts of rocket. Nazi Scientists; Engineers; Research; Test Firings; Failures; NOTE: In our experience German Nazi era material is considered in the public domain throughout the world. If users feel any further clearances are necessary they are to be their own responsibility.