WERKERPROBUNG ME 163 (LIPPISCH - DITTMAR) [Main Title]

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  • Title: WERKERPROBUNG ME 163 (LIPPISCH - DITTMAR) [Main Title]
  • Film Number: GWY 1317
  • Other titles: WORKS TESTING OF THE ME 163 [Translation]
  • Summary: Some of the first trial take-offs of the Me 163A.
  • Description: The first Me 163A prototype is displayed in front of a hangar. Several take-offs are then shown - the Me 163A firing its rocket motor and dropping its bogey wheels as it climbs steeply away.
  • Alternative Title: WORKS TESTING OF THE ME 163 [Translation]
  • Colour: B&W
  • Digitised: No
  • Object_Number: GWY 1317
  • Sound: Silent
  • Access Conditions: IWM-GERMAN Attribution: IWM – GWY 1317
  • Featured Period: 1939-1945
  • Production Date: 1941-08
  • Production Country: Germany
  • Production Details: Erprobungsstelle der Luftwaffe, Peenemunde-West (Production sponsor)
  • Personalities, Units and Organisations:
  • Keywords: aircraft, German - combat: Messerschmitt Me 163A Komet & [R and D] (object name) operations, German air - routine (object name) Germany (geography) Instruction (concept)
  • Physical Characteristics: Colour format: B&W Sound format: Silent Soundtrack language: None Title language: German Subtitle language: None
  • Technical Details: Format: 35mm Number of items/reels/tapes: 1 Footage: 455 ft; Running time: 5 mins
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