V-2 Rocket Launching — Part 3 | The Archive Project

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Summary: Record of two launchings of German V-2 at White Sands Proving Grounds, New Mexico. LS truck and trailer haul V-2 to launching site. LS gantry crane. LS elevating V-2. LS V-2 and gantry crane. CU instrument panel. MS Liquid oxygen container. PS of activity, military and civilian personnel. MS Linde Air Products oxygen generator. Civilian and military near V-2. CU two men using hand pump. CS pipe fittings on V-2. PS of V-2 and surrounding area. LS v-2 rocket rising into the sky. MCS insulating fuel section of V-2 rocket. CU chart of fuels. CU animation. MCU officer stands near power plant of V-2. CU same. CU exhaust of V-2. MS officer points out sections of V-2. CU instrument. Instruments rotating. Several shots of V-2 instruments. Assembling V-2, S hauling V-2 from hangar. V-2 in launching position. CU EM gives direction for elevation of V-2. LS V-2 and gantry crane. V-2 launching and camera follows flight. Radar installation. Good

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Records of U.S. Air Force Commands, Activities, and Organizations

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Moving Images Relating to Military Aviation Activities

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Date

1946

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3:35

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