Chemical warfare activities of the AEF (American Expeditionary Force) in France during World War I. Members of the American Expeditionary Force converse with each other. A United States soldier wears a gas mask. Other soldiers and officers demonstrate wearing of gas masks.
Chemical warfare activities of the AEF (American Expeditionary Force) during World War I. Members of the 318th Infantry Regiment, 80th Division, American Expeditionary Force in France. A soldier stands with a gas bag and a cylinder strapped on his back. Poisonous gas let out from artillery placed on the ground.
Chemical warfare activities of the AEF (American Expeditionary Force) during World War I. Troops of the 318th Infantry Regiment, 80th Division, American Expeditionary Force in France. Protective equipment is kept in a position of readiness at all times. A U.S. soldier rests under a tree. 318th Infantry Regiment troops advance across an open ground. Gas masks give protection from phosgene gas. One of the U.S. soldiers gets affected by the poisonous gas and faints.
Chemical warfare activities of the AEF (American Expeditionary Force) during World War I. Troops of the 318th Infantry Regiment, 80th Division, American Expeditionary Force in France. An American soldier stands holding a gas grenade and examines it. Clip shows U.S. Army forces practicing with various gas delivery weapons. 318th Infantry soldiers throw gas grenades. Scenes of various hand and rifle grenades exploding, including smoke, thermite, and phosphorus. Smoke rises from the explosions on the ground.
Chemical warfare activities of the AEF (American Expeditionary Force) during World War I. Troops of the 318th Infantry Regiment, 80th Division, American Expeditionary Force in France. Livens gas projectors are placed around trenches. 318th Infantry troops let out a poisonous gas. Smoke rises from the explosions on the ground. The troops fire rifles from a camouflaged areas in the bushes. A thick smoke with the poisonous gas over the fields.
American soldiers and supplies being moved towards the front in France during World War 1I. A unit of French Renault FT tanks drives through the U.S troops, who move aside to allow them passage. The tanks proceed, along a dirt road, towards the front. (Note: After World War 1, the Renault FT tank was often called the FT-17.) (World War I; World War 1; WWI; WW1)