Rocket flight

Air Ministry AI 2 (G) Report No 1836. Covers the history and development of rocket powered flight and German developments to 1945. Includes: early experiments with rocket propulsion (rocket powered vehicles, boats and sledges). Postal and military rockets. Early liquid fuel rockets, Goddard (USA) and Winkler (Germany). The Berlin rocket establishment. Rocket assisted take off (RATO) unit tests on Heinkel He-111 and He-116 aircraft at Rostock, Germany. Walther assisted take off unit. Tests on Blohm & Voss 138 flying boat December 1940. Messerschmitt Me-321 transport glider with assisted take off units and three Me-110 glider tugs. First operational guided missile the Henschel Hs-293. He-111 launching the Hs-293. He-177 launching the Hs-294. Messerschmidt Me-163 Komet rocket interceptor. Preparation for fuelling Me-163 with C-Stoff (alcohol/hydrazine) and T-Stoff (hydrogen peroxide). Test firing of the A4 (V2) [Vergeltungswaffe 2 = Retaliation Weapon 2] long range rocket at Peenemuende. Ruhrstahl/Kramer X-4 guided air to air rocket. X-4 mounted on a Focke Wulf Fw-190 and in flight. Hs-298 air to air missile. Messerschmidt Enzian guided Anti-Aircraft (A/A) missile. Henschel Hs-117 Schmetterling A/A missile. EMW Wasserfall supersonic A/A missile and control system. Rheinmetall-Borsig Rheintochtor guided A/A projectile. Experiments with rocket assisted anti-shipping bombs, Pc-1000 Rs and Sb-800 Rs (bouncing bomb). Rheinmetall-Borsig Rheinbote four stage surface to surface rocket. The film concludes with a prediction of outer space travel.