U.S. OSS (Office of Strategic Services) headed by Colonel William Joseph Donovon asks the public to send pictures taken abroad to Colonel L. E. Norris in the United States during World War II. Employees sorting still photographs sent by the public. Various pictures showing foreign harbors and coastlines. Colonel L.E. Norris of the OSS examines the photographs at his desk. The employees examine filmstrips and photographs at a desk.
A World War II training film titled 'First Aid for Gas Casualties' based on U.S. soldiers being treated for exposure to various gases during a war. Soldiers marching on a road, advancing across country, moving through dugouts and heavily wooded sections in the United States. Use of various gases in chemical warfare shows an aircraft releasing mustard gas, detonation of a phosgene bomb, use of hand grenade for tear gas and white phosphorous explosions. A casualty is treated at a hospital. A group of soldiers is attacked by mustard gas released over them by an aircraft. The soldiers run and put on masks. They rub protective ointment over unprotected parts of body.
A chemical warfare training film depicts United States soldiers being treated for exposure to various gases during World War II. Soldiers arrive at nearby battalion aid station in the United States after facing a mustard gas attack. Medics help the soldiers to remove contaminated uniform. A protective ointment is rubbed over the body of a soldier who is wearing a mask. A soldier washes his face. Another soldier is drying himself. Sodium bicarbonate solution is used as a mouth and eye rinse. An exiting soldier is checked out for his serial number, organization, type and extent of injury. A soldier on a litter is removed. All contaminated clothing is segregated and burned. A lewisite burst in a jungle. Lewisite remains on foliage in the jungle through which a soldier passes. The soldier removes his uniform after coming in contact with lewisite. The lewisite victim is bathed in hydrogen peroxide. A soldier is checked out to the rear after cleansing.
A chemical warfare training film based on U.S. soldiers being treated for exposure to various gases during World War II. Soldiers marching in a forest in the United States encounter a tear gas attack (dramatized for training). The soldiers put on their gas masks. They continue to march. A soldier without a gas mask faces problems as his eyes burn. He uses a solution of sodium bicarbonate to rinse his eyes at the nearest battalion aid station.
A chemical warfare training film based on U.S. soldiers being treated for exposure to various gases during World War II. Smoke rising from a DM (Adamsite) candle on a training batllefield in the United States. Soldiers walk through the smoke-covered battlefield. A soldier falls down (dramatization) after coming in contact with DM candle smoke. The casualty is evacuated from the field by a medic. At an encampment next to a forest, the soldier gargles with a solution of sodium bicarbonate at an aid station to prevent throat infection. The same soldier breathes through a bottle containing chlorine. He lies down on the ground after receiving treatment. Three solutions chlorine, phosgene and chloropicrin in test tubes. A soldier shows how these three gases can be released in a field.
A training film based on U.S. soldiers being treated for exposure to phosgene gas during World War II. Soldiers start to move after resting for a while on a field in the United States. A soldier forgets his gas mask. A group of soldiers marches. The soldier who forgot his mask becomes stricken with symptoms gradually. He falls down and is assisted by a medic. The soldier is placed on a litter and is evacuated to a nearby aid station. The soldier's clothing is loosened to facilitate breathing and he is given hot drinks. He is removed on a litter and checked out as a litter case.
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