Rare color footage from Peenemünde and Heidelager showing multiple A4/V2 launches. Sound has been added for effect. This file can be streamed by left-clicking on the link below.
Left click here to "stream" this file using Windows Media Player (to download: right click, "save as").
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1 minute, 58 seconds - 3124 KB
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ACTUAL COLOR FOOTAGE FROM CAPTURED GERMAN ARCHIVES WITH AUDIO - Each MPG clip includes the roar of the V2 engine as it blasts skyward. (1250 KB) Use your Windows Media Player to watch these videos-
Color MPG Clip One    Color MPG Clip Two    Color MPG Clip Three

Click here to download a 38 second mpg video clip with audio. This is V2 launch footage from Operation Backfire. (Beware, it is 3000 KB) Use your windows media player to play this video.

Click here to download a 32 second mpg video clip with audio. This is V2 launch footage and firing control. This clip is very cool! (Beware, it is 2500 KB) Use your windows media player to play this video.

Click here to download a 19 second mpg video clip with sound. Wernher von Braun is speaking about the V2. Use your windows media player to play this video - must be version 6.4

Click here to download a 12 second mpg video clip silent. This is V2 launch footage.  Use your windows media player to play this video - must be version 6.4

Click here to download a 34 second video clip silent of V2 launches in Germany during WWII. Use your windows media player to play this video - must be version 6.4

Click here to download a large format mpg, 4 sec silent clip of V2 launch at Peenemünde.

Click here to view color image of a ragged-camo V2 firing.
Click here to view B&W launch at Peenemünde.
Click here to view another B&W launch at Peenemünde.
Click here to view short V2 animation.

Real Audio Clip 1 - (240 KB) Sound of the A4 engine running up and then liftoff.

Real Audio Clip 2 - (125 KB) Wernher von Braun talks of his boyhood.

Real Audio Clip 3 - (196 KB) Wernher von Braun talks about Adolf Hitler.
 

Click here to download the Real Audio clip of a V2 launch. This was taken from a rare 1960's phonograph record. It is a narrated clip that describes the V2 operations and firing procedure at White Sands. You can hear the activity in the blockhouse as the countdown commences. You will need Real Player installed.

001 - 1959 interview, Wernher von Braun and Willy Ley discuss the early days of rocketry in Germany and the Verein für Raumschiffahrt, and Army involvement at Kummersdorf, 21:12 minutes, 6414 KB

002 - 1959 interview, Wernher von Braun and Willy Ley discuss the move to Peenemünde, the success of the A-4 and the problems in production, 23:11 minutes, 6790 KB

003 - 1959 interview, Wernher von Braun and Willy Ley discuss White Sands and postwar rocketry, 23:06 minutes, 6769 KB