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[WWII - 1942 (?), Germany: Wasserfall, F-25, Rheintochter, Taifun, Enzian Surface-To-Air Missiles & X-4 Air-To-Air Rocket]
Intertitle: The Wasserfall or Waterfall Surface-To-Air. Drawing of the Wasserfall guided missile / rocket bomb (anti-aircraft V-2)
01:00:30 Rocket upright beside control tower, fired & followed (bouncy telephoto shot).
01:00:56 Closer shot beside control tower w/ clock superimposed in lower right, fired & rising out of frame. Repeat w/ tracking of cables hanging.
01:01:23 MLS w/ rocket, control towers & surroundings; ignition, rising & turning, falling into forest w/ large explosion w/ much smoke but no flames.
01:01:45 Intertitle: Feuerlilie (F-25) Or Fire Lily Surface-to-Air. Drawing of F-25 rocket.
01:02:03 F-25 fired, entering bottom of frame & exiting top, camera attempts to follow.
01:02:32 Telephoto shot of top of launch tower, F-25 fired & tracked.
01:02:44 Intertitle: Rheintochter or Daughter Of The Rhine Surface-To-Air.
01:02:51 Drawing of rocket bomb lying on launcher pointed L. to R.
01:03:04 Extreme LS Actual Rheintochter rocket fired into sky R to L. Repeat different angle / view.
01:03:29 Intertitle: Taifun Surface-To-Air. Drawing of soldier standing by Taifun-type rocket bomb, aka Typhoon unguided rocket system, to compare size.
01:03:45 MS German soldier next to control building prepares Taifun bomb / anti-aircraft missile for takeoff, pouring fuel into base section, placing plate & gasket (?) and mounting nose cone w/ wires. Posing.
01:05:01 MLS Launcher assembled on coastal sand & Taifun placed on launcher as civilians & Nazi military watch. Closer view on launcher. NOTE: firing not shown.
01:05:42 Intertitle: Enzian or Gentian Surface-To-Air Drawing of the Enzian-type rocket bomb on launcher. 01;06:00 MS & MCU views of Enzian rocket on launcher.
01:06:36 MLS rocket on launcher beside control tower w/ clock in lower right of frame. Several fired.
01:07:02 Firing but exploding on launcher w/ multiple explosions.
01:07:14 Intertitle: X-4 Air-To-Air CU drawing of X-4 type rocket bomb. Drawing of X-4 mounted beneath aircraft. Cutaway drawing showing each part of the X-4 bomb.
01:08:08 Engineering drawing naming parts of X-4 propulsion system. Drawing of propulsion portion (?).
01:08:48 Drawing of entire Ruhrstahl Ru 344 X-4 or Ruhrstahl-Kramer RK 344 rocket.
01:08:59 Aerial over Peenemunde (?) site in Germany.
01:08:38 Aerial still photograph of airfield & support buildings.
01:10:03 The End.
WW2 German Military Rocket Bomb Development Tests; 1940s; Science; Inventions; Technology; Missiles;
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