Filmed from the U.S. destroyer escort, USS Frederick C. Davis (DE-136) in Anzio harbor, Italy during World War 2. A British Spitfire fighter flies almost directly overhead. A U.S. Patrol Torpedo (PT) boat is seen moving in the water. It passes near a Higgins Boat carrying several occupants. An American P-51 fighter plane flies past, in the background, at less than a thousand feet above the water. Next, two PT boats are seen near the Higgins Boat. Scene shifts to a PT boat creating a notable wake as it turns to port, past the camera, at high speed. It then turns to starboard and moves away at high speed.
A film in the U.S. based on historical references of chemical warfare. U.S. soldiers march on a road near a battlefield during World War I. American soldiers setup and fire a World War 1 mortar. Smoke rises from explosions on the battlefield. Series of drawings follows: A drawing depicts an ancient Greek war in which poison gas was used. A drawing depicts usage of 'smoke screen' as a weapon in 1701 by King Charles XII of Sweden which effectively shrouded his forces moving across the Duna River against Russia. A drawing depicts laboratory tests being made by a person in the ancient times.
A film based on chemical warfare tests in the United States. Shows usage of poison gas on the Allies by the Germans in France during World War I. Casualties of chemical warfare being evacuated. The U.S. Capitol Building and the Washington Monument in Washington DC. Brief aerial view of White House. Establishment of U.S. Army Chemical Warfare Service on July 1st , 1920 shows a sign which reads 'Office of the CHIEF Chemical Warfare Service'. Chief of the Chemical Warfare Service Major General William N. Porter at his desk. Various processes carried out by the Chemical Warfare Service. The Edgewood Arsenal Laboratories in Baltimore. Samples of gas are analyzed by technicians. Chemical warfare laboratories at Columbia University and the Massachusetts Institute of Technology.
A film based on chemical warfare arsenals and depots in the United States during World War II. Headquarters of the Edgewood Chemical Warfare Arsenal in Maryland. Technicians at work in a plant. Plants for the production of mustard gas in the Edgewood Arsenal. The Pine Bluff Arsenal in Arkansas. The Rocky Mountain Chemical Warfare Arsenal in Denver, Colorado. Incendiary bombs being manufactured by workers. The Deseret Chemical Warfare Depot located in Utah. 70,000 mustard gas barrels in a munitions dump. Eastern Chemical Warfare Depot located at the Edgewood Arsenal. Bombs being hoisted. Gulf Chemical Warfare Depot shows crated bombs being loaded on flat cars.
A film based on chemical warfare arsenals in the United States and various Chemical Companies of the U.S. Army during World War II. U.S. Army officers walk out of a building at the Edgewood Arsenal in Maryland. Training for U.S. Army officers and enlisted men in the Chemical Warfare Service schools at the Edgewood Arsenal. An explosion as a part of a test. An instructor puts on a gas mask. Officers attend classes. U.S. Army officers enter a chemical warfare board and stand around an officer seated holding a chemical warfare equipment to be sent for future developments. A flame thrower is tested by men. Men work in a Training Aid Station at the Edgewood Arsenal. Personnel supervise making of film strips at the Training Aid Station. U.S. Army Chemical Battalion soldiers march along a road. Gun crews fire mortars. Chemical Air Operations Companies assigned to the U.S. Army Air Force work at an air base. A Smoke Generator Company and a Chemical Field Processing Company. Use of smoke screens in World War II by the U.S.
Chemical warfare training for newly activated units of U.S. Army at Camp Sibert, Alabama during World War II.
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