Rocket Center Peenemünde (1937-1945)

Peenemünde proving ground. W. von Braun standing with German officers.

Failed launch of V-2 rocket.

Rocket falls.

Rocket launch.

Map.

Rocket center from an airplane.

Designers discuss drawings.

Eisenhower standing.

General Eisenhower with military men at the table.

American airplane flying.

Cameraman filming from the airplane.

Troops jumping out of the airplane.

Wernher von Braun with a plaster cast on his arm exits the airplane.

American soldiers taking out German rocket specialists and rockets.

A train passes by.

Destroyed factory in Peenemünde.

German military at the plant.

V-2 on the launch pad, pre-launch preparation.

Rocket launch.

Territory of the rocket center

They are transporting a V-2 rocket.

The rocket is on the launch pad.

The rocket is launched.

The rocket falls, there is an explosion and a fire.

Production of V-2 rockets at the underground factory in Nordhausen.

Prisoners of the Dora concentration camp.

A V-2 rocket is transported through the territory of the rocket center.

Testing a German V-2 rocket.

Explosion at the launch site.

Peenemünde testing ground.

Employees examine blueprints. D. Eisenhower is standing.

Eisenhower is at headquarters with the military.

An American plane is flying.

A cameraman is filming from the plane.

A landing party jumps out of the plane.

American soldiers are taking out German rocket specialists and rockets.

A train is passing by.

A destroyed plant in Peenemünde.

Wernher von Braun with a plaster cast on his arm gets out of the plane.

Braun and the American military discuss models and blueprints.

Employees of the rocket center.

Launching a rocket at a testing ground in the USA. Rocket explosion at the launch site.

V-1 rocket.

V-1 rocket launch.

Cruise missile in flight.

British air defense firing.

Peenemünde training ground.

Launch of cruise missiles at the Peenemünde test site.

An airplane takes off from an airfield (night).

A pilot in the cockpit.

British Air Force planes in the air.

Bombing of Peenemünde.

Fire, buildings burning, people running.

Firefighters extinguish the fire.

Photo: The ruins of Peenemünde.

A photograph taken from an airplane.

The sign "Peenemünde".

Driving through the territory of the rocket center.

Foreign workers digging the earth.

British pilots at the airfield.

An airplane at the airfield.

Filming Peenemünde from an airplane.

Specialists install a V-2 rocket.

Rocket launch.