WWII - 1940s, Germany: Aircraft - Dornier Do-217 Bomber Construction

WWII - 1940s, Germany: Aircraft - DO-217 Bomber Construction, Take Off & In Flight Titles. 01:00:28 MS Several civilian workers assembling ribs of DO-217 German Bomber fuselage; CU of worker in fuselage rib structures. Workers fill in space between ribs, then cover sections of fuselage w/ aluminum sheets. 01:02:10 CU of the DB-603 or DB-605 engine used in DO-217 aircraft; several views of engine standing inside hangars on a platform. 01;02:38 CU starboard side of half finished DO-217 w/ flaps & other sections still unfinished. CU of unfinished front, large glass filled nose & engine mounted in starboard wing. CU starboard uncovered engine nacelle; large air cooling ducts underneath each nacelle & part of wing. CU Large unfinished glass nose dissolves to finished aircraft nose & four blade propeller on starboard engine. 01:03:32 MCU & CU Finished DO-217 BK 1R towed out of hangar to runway This aircraft is a twin engine, monoplane, has short upper tapered wings w/ round tips on a long thin fuselage w/ large thick nose; twin fins & rudders set outboard of stabilizer. Good front & side views of aircraft on tarmac. 01:04:39 High Angle / HA LS as it taxiis onto open field, turns & takes off. Closer shot of take off. 01:05:59 DO-217-P in flight from top rear turret of another aircraft. 01:07:14 End. WW2 German Aviation; NOTE: Production began in late 1940 & retired in 1945 for this twin-engine, shoulder wing monoplane used as a high altitude bomber or reconnaissance plane powered by either DB-603 or DB-605 engines. 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.