German Rocket Car (1928)

German Rocket Car. Hanover, Germany. Rocketpowered car tests. The car actually has train wheels and is mounted on a railway track. Workers preparing car. CU man inserts rocket. They clear the area watch from a distance; car sits on track; then suddenly a great cloud of smoke is emitted and the car is propelled forward. Shots from different angles; including above and in slow motion. Rocket car towed back by another car. Shots of workers engineers; scientists; inventors inspecting preparing car again. A man in white coat lifting a striped cat into a metal case; now this is totally uncalled for animal testing. (We don t actually see the cat being put into the car, but that is the inference SL. ) Once again they all move away from car. This time the cloud of smoke keeps getting bigger the car explodes. Shots of the men looking through the wreckage of the car. No sign of the cat. Energy; technology; cruelty to animals. End title: Ufa Wochenschau w, spinning globe. FILM A V