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The ability of a biological warfare agent pathogen to spread and medical defense against it in the United States.

A training film based on medical defense against chemical warfare and biological warfare, in the United States during the Cold War. Animation depicts the ability of a biological agent to survive as an aerosol spray. An aerosol spray containing disease producing agents spreads in a building which is a part of harbor installations. Animation depicts spread of pathogens through pipelines. U.S. Medics carry biological warfare casualties into a hospital, where a sign out front reads, "Quarantine." Patients on hospital beds are treated in a group ward area with many hospital beds, orderlies, and nurses moving about.

Date: 1959
Duration: 1 min 46 sec
Sound: Yes
Color: Color
Clip Type: Edited
Language: English
Clip: 65675061082
The proficiency of a biological warfare agent like pathogen to transfer through an artificial route in the United States.

A training film on medical defense against biological warfare in the United States. The proficiency of a biological warfare agent like pathogen to transfer through a artificial route shows U.S. soldiers having food and water. Technicians carry out biological warfare test. Accidental incidents occur due to use of a blender and a centrifuge. A technician works with a powder containing yellow fever virus. Animation depicts transmission cycle of the yellow fever. Animation depicts a harbor area. The soldiers eating in a mess.

Date: 1959
Duration: 2 min 41 sec
Sound: Yes
Color: Color
Clip Type: Edited
Language: English
Clip: 65675061083
Selection of micro-organisms for possible use as biological warfare agents in the United States.

A training film based on biological warfare. U.S. soldiers get immunization shots in a hospital in the United States. Animation depicts vaccinations for diseases like small pox, yellow fever, tetanus and botulism and shows how immunity is overcome by a biological agent if the exposure is by an airborne route. Several drug bottles. A patient being treated in a hospital. He lays in a hospital bed and receives an innoculation shot. Shows how the biological agent is resistant to any drug to achieve greatest affect. An officer examines pathogen samples at his desk. A technician at an instrument works over a pathogen. Ability of pathogens and other viruses to grow in large quantities is tested in determination of its availability. The technician at various plant equipment used for bacteriological work. Shows how different laboratories and plants are converted into biological warfare production centers and how stabilization of biological agents can be done after mass production. Technicians at various instruments and plant equipment. The technicians preserve the biological agents.

Date: 1959
Duration: 5 min 8 sec
Sound: Yes
Color: Color
Clip Type: Edited
Language: English
Clip: 65675061084
Overview of small scale and large scale methods of disseminating biological warfare agents in the United States.

A training film dramatizes the methods of disseminating biological warfare agents in the United States. Small scale method of disseminating biological warfare agent to sabotage key personnel and key installations shows a skilled plumber contaminating the water supply of a military reservation with a pathogen. Various other methods can be used to contaminate food and ice cream. U.S. military personnel eating at tables. Unprocessed or uncooked food can also be contaminated. Infective material being put into a ventilation system by a man. A missile heads for a target depicting large scale airborne method of disseminating biological warfare agent. Men carrying a submarine designed for biological warfare at a beach. Rockets equipped with biological warheads being fired from a ship. Usage of aircraft shows an aircraft dropping a bomblet to achieve greater affect. The aircraft equipped with tanks flies low over a field. Animation depicts the selection of microorganism.

Date: 1959
Duration: 3 min 43 sec
Sound: Yes
Color: Color
Clip Type: Edited
Language: English
Clip: 65675061085
Historical references of chemical warfare in the U.S. show an ancient Greek war and the use of a smoke screen.

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.

Date: 1944
Duration: 1 min 48 sec
Sound: Yes
Color: Monochrome
Clip Type: Edited
Language: English
Clip: 65675061086
Chemical Warfare Service laboratories at Edgewood Arsenal, Columbia University and the Massachusetts Institute of Technology.

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.

Date: 1944
Duration: 2 min 5 sec
Sound: Yes
Color: Monochrome
Clip Type: Edited
Language: English
Clip: 65675061087