# CAPTURED GERMAN V-2 ROCKET FOOTAGE - Henrich Himmler 20584

This fascinating captured German silent film — originally released by the Ordnance Department of the U.S. Army — shows launches and launch failures of the German V-2 rocket, also known as the A-4. Some of the scenes include a successful launch of the A-4 (1:00), control cables leading to armored launch car / mobile blockhouse (1:30), V-2 on pad (1:50), fuel and oxygen trailers (2:00), another launch (2:39), close up of launch (3:10), disastrous launch due to guidance failure (3:47), then an HE-111K is seen after the rocket crashed nearby resulting in a huge crater. Heinrich Himmler is seen visiting the V-2 launch site at the 5:10 mark, another successful launch is seen at the 5:30 mark, followed by a launch failure at 6:30 due to a guidance failure. The crater the rocket made is seen at the 6:50 mark. A group of Nazi officers survey the wreckage at 7:30. Wernher von Braun can be seen in the center of the image, dressed in a suit. Another launch failure is seen at 8:00, with the rocket going out of control and crashing spectacularly very close to the launch facility. At 9:13, a missile is seen failing on the launch pad due to lack of thrust, toppling over and exploding. The warhead remained intact, according to the film's inter title. The wrecked rocket is shown in some detail before the film comes to an abrupt end. The V-2 (German: Vergeltungswaffe 2, "Retribution Weapon 2"), technical name Aggregat-4 (A-4), was the world's first long-range guided ballistic missile. The…

- Kind: Film
- Genres: Industrial and advertising
- Archive: [Internet Archive](https://archive.org/details/20584GermanV2RocketTestsMos)
- Licence or status: none stated by the archive
- Who can watch: Teens profiles and older (the archive gives no rating; placed by Invisible Network from its collection and subjects)

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