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WWII - 1940s, Peenemunde, Supporting Equipment & Fueling

Reel Number: 250063-04

Color: Black and White

Sound: SIL

Year / Date: 1940s

Country: Germany

Location: Peenemunde

TC Begins: 04:29:26

TC Ends: 04:42:49

Duration: 00:13:23

WWII - 1940s, Peenemunde, Supporting Equipment & Fueling Two trucks, one w/ armor plating onto level ground, LS stopping w/ grass or ?? beyond. Another truck arrives between marked road edges & pulls up alongside to A-4/V2 lying horizontal on trailer, military & technicians standing around. 04:30:44 High angle of truck pulling A-4/V-2 rocket w/ black body along same road, parked & men move rocket pad into place. Missile raised hydraulically onto stand. GOOD. 04:32:33 Truck beside control wagon pulls away. Pan vehicles & men on launch area . 04:33:04 High angle, truck pulling launch base along same road to leveled site; men seen running about, pulling electrical cables as Nazi officers watch. Trucks & vehicles arrive. Launch trailer removed. 04:35:27 Rocket in vertical position for launch w/ support alongside, tail fins spread & fixed . MCU Scientist or technician standing by base w/ steam or condensation from rocket as its fueled, tilt up to top. MCU of truck w/ fuel lines to gantry & men on steel structure. GOOD. 04:36:33 Ground & much steam or condensation. LS of rocket being fueled. 04:36:50 Civilians & others watch men wheel pressurized tanks on large wagon & attach hoses. View up tower w/ tracking device on top. 04:37:20 CU tracked vehicle backing up, attached to trailer w/ horizontal rocket & pulled past. GOOD. 04:37:56 LS Tracked vehicle pulling rocket along curved road thru forest; soldiers riding on vehicle. MS passing close by & away, crossing railroad track & along paved road. 04:39:19 CU tracks. Soldiers out of vehicle & remove helmets; high angle raising rocket onto launch pad. 04:39:46 MS raising rocket seen from front; CU of mechanism & hydraulics. 04:40:29 Men fitting nose covering over guidance equipment; removing fueling hose & tilt down rocket. 04:40:58 LS of structure w/o rocket. 04:41:04 Rocket, three scientists at base. One may be Werhner von Braun. Assembly gantry rolled away. 04:41:29 LS men working at base of rocket & from ladders on top. MCU logo of woman sitting on curved moon w/ rocket behind. GOOD. 04:42:32 LS of Rocket w/ gantry & ladders, men around base. 1940s Nazi Rocket Research; WW2 Military Technology; 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.

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