ROCKET FLIGHT Reel 11 · Part 2

Description

On the history of the development of rocket propulsion. Reel 1, aviation pioneers Lilienthal, Jatho, the Wrights, Ellehammer, Bleriot, Voisin, Grade, and Etrich make early flights. Various types of WWI and post-WWI planes, including Fokker D-7, Handley-Page, Gotha, and Junkers, are shown. Flashbacks are shown of a 1908 and a 1935 air show. An animated diagram shows the distance from earth to moon. The rocket principle in nature is demonstrated as a plant pod is disturbed and jets itself free. Reel 2, early rocket scientists write and work on their inventions. Shows Ganswindt, Ziolkowsky and Oberth and various pamphlets written by inventors. A space ship scene from a fantasy motion picture is shown. Reel 3, stunt men use rockets on ice skates, motorcycles, and speed boats. Rockets are used to signal aircraft and to shoot a life line to a ship in distress. Close-ups are shown of drawings and diagrams of proposed rockets. Reel 4, shows drawings and diagrams of a proposed rocket aircraft. Various rocket cars, sleds, and planes are tested. Reel 5, powder-driven rockets are tested. Reel 6, still pictures show rocket flights and diagrams of Schmiedl's mail rocket. Richard Tiling and others launch rockets. Zucker and Robertis launch their mail rockets. Reel 7, shows early experiments with liquid fuel rockets, including those of Goddard at Auburn, Mass., in 1926, and of Nebel and von Braun. Includes views of rocket cars of Valier and of Pietsch and Heylandt. Reel 8, still pictures show Winkler's and Nebel's rockets and their testing. Reel 9, still pictures show diagrams and scale models of rockets, rocket motors, and rocket launchings. Reel 10, shows Sanger and his rocket aircraft, the interior of his workshop after an explosion, and diagrams of his rocket motor. Reel 11, shows diagrams and plans of rocket trajectories, Sanger's model rocket fighter plane, and inventions of Rolf Engle, Nebel, andBeck. Reel 12, shows plans and diagrams of rockets of Ziolkowsky Melot, Zander, and Loebell; pamphlets and letters from rocket societies; and models and rocket motors of various inventors.

Collection

National Archives Collection of Foreign Records Seized

Series

Motion Picture Films From G-2 Army Military Intelligence Division