A United States Army training film about defense against chemical warfare during World War I. The "Collective Protector" enables a general and the staff to work on their maps and orders without gas masks at the Division Headquarters. Two soldiers outside the headquarters wearing gas masks. They guard a low entrance doorway and enclosed tunnel with a heavy, flexible door designed to keep out gas. A soldier lifts the flap of the door and enters. Officers converse with each other while looking at a map on a wall. Soldier stands by rotating a handle on a device continuously. It has a long wide pipe connected to it, perhaps managing fresh air intake or air exchange. U.S. soldiers wearing gas masks load ammunition onto trucks. "Enemy" aircraft flies overhead throwing a cloud of poisonous gas that quickly envelops the area. A soldier wearing a gas mask fires his rifle into the air at the aircraft, through the heavy smoke screen. Gas sentries neutralize the gas around a dump. They dig in the ground with pick axes and mattocks, and then spread a white powder over the area. They then cover the area with a thin layer of the dirt they had dug up.
A United States Army training film about defense against chemical warfare in World War I. Dramatization of a division chemical officer going over chemical warfare situation with the chemical officer from a new division. The officers seated inside a tent exchange notes. Gas casualties are taken out of ambulances. Disciplined soldiers return to rest areas at the Division Headquarters. A soldier removes his mask and goes to sleep.
From a United States Army training film titled 'Snappy Shots of Chemical Warfare' showing scenes of Chemical Warfare Service training. A portable toxic cylinder is placed on the ground. Smoke is let out from portable cylinders. Smoke surrounds the area.
A United States Army chemical warfare service training exercise underway. A United States soldier fires a McBride gas gun. Smoke candles burn in a field with smoke surrounding the area.
A United States Army training film about chemical warfare service training. United States soldiers throw gas hand grenades (containing non-poisonous smoke) during a training exercise. Smoke rises in the grenade target area.
A United States Army training film about the chemical warfare service. White phosphorous hand grenades and rifle grenades used by soldiers during a training operation. United States soldiers throw white phosphorous hand grenades. Smoke rises in the surrounding area with explosions.
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