A gas obstacle course at the Chemical Warfare School in the Edgewood Arsenal in Maryland, United States. A signboard reads 'Station No.6, Pursuit of enemy thru gas'. Trainees approaching a wire fence entangle in a woody terrain. The trainees moving on the ground through a cloud of smoke beneath the wire fence. An instructor throws a grenade beside the wire fence. The trainees emerging from under the wire fence. Clouds of smoke spread in the area and surround the wire fence. The trainees crawling under the wire fence, protects them from simulated enemy machine gun attack and also helps them to undergo a difficult situation. The trainees emerge from the wire fence and advance through the woody terrain. They climb over a series of wooden walls among trees. The trainees advance. A group of trainees sitting in an abandoned German trench. An officer sprays chlorine gas from a cylinder. The trainees get up in the trench, wear their masks and climb out of the trench. They get under a wire fence and crawl beneath the wire fence entangle. The trainees get out of the entangle and advance among the trees. They approach another wall. The trainees climbing over the wall to the other side and reach the end of the course. (World War II period).
A gas obstacle course at the Chemical Warfare School in the Edgewood Arsenal in Maryland, United States. Trainees undergoing a medical check up at a first aid station after going through different stations during the gas obstacle course. Medical attendants carrying a trainee on a stretcher. Another trainee being checked at the station. The trainee being carried on a stretcher. The trainees are waiting in a line and are issued chemical intelligence forms. They sit on the ground and complete the forms. The trainees receiving instructions from an instructor. The trainees remove their impregnated clothing and take bath under an improvised shower. The trainees get dressed in clothes brought from a decontamination counter. Views of officers spraying gas from cylinders during the course and the trainees moving through clouds of smoke among the trees.
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.
Laboratory test of Weevils fed with toxic compounds, Weevils examined at Edgewood Arsenal in United States. Man smokes cigar and inspects the plants. Plant toxicity test to note the effect of poison on plant. Man examines a poisoned Weevil. He notes down the results. Test tubes on table. Man tests the compounds and Weevils in the test tubes. A cotton farm.
Chairman of the War Production Board Donald Nelson and party visit the Ford and Chrysler plants in Detroit, Michigan. The visitors get out of a car at the Chrysler Tank Arsenal. They are greeted by a manager. Interior of the plant. The party inspects the plant. Tanks on the assembly line. A tank is lifted. The group comes out of the plant. Tanks on proving grounds. The visitors stand by and watch. Back of a man's shirt reads 'Tank Arsenal Inspection Road Test'. Tanks being put through challenging tests in mud and obstacles on proving grounds. (World War II period)
President Franklin Delano Roosevelt inspects an arsenal in Watervliet, New York. He arrives in a 1938 Packard open car with Mrs. Eleanor Roosevelt and Secretary of War, Harry H. Woodring. A car with Secret Service agents follows. The U.S. Army Colonel in charge greets them upon arrival. Arsenal employees lined up on either side to greet the Presidential party, which drives slowly between buildings at the arsenal as Secret Service agents run alongside the car. Secret Service agents move enthusiastic Arsenal employees back as the President's car emerges from an Arsenal building. The Presidential party remains in the car as they inspect railway guns, a navy broadside gun and 155 mm guns at the Watervliet Arsenal. An Army Captain describes details of the guns to them. The Presidential party also visits the Revolutionary War historic sites, including the Block House, on the site of Fort Neilson and the headquarters of General Benedict Arnold of American Continental Army.. View of signs identifying these sites, and a view of the the blockhouse.
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