A gas obstacle course at the Chemical Warfare School in the Edgewood Arsenal in Maryland, United States. A signboard reads 'Station No.4, Reconnaissance for samples of vesicants'. Trainees on a woody terrain where the enemy has shelled with an unidentified gas. A trainee collecting a shell holder and testing it for contamination. The trainee then takes a soil sample in a bottle for analysis and wraps it with a wax paper to prevent leakage and burns. The trainee squad moving through a contaminated area. An explosion of mustard gas in the area. Soil, plants and trees are contaminated. The squad wearing impregnated coats moving through the contaminated area. View of shoes of the trainees covered with particles of mustard. The squad beside a wire fence entangle. The squad moving through trees to the next station in the course. (World War II period).
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.
The Army-Navy 'E' Award ceremony at the Edgewood Chemical Warfare Arsenal in Maryland, United States during World War II. A car led by motorcycle escorts driven on a path lined by soldiers holding guns. An officer standing on the side of the path saluting. A motorcade follows the car. The officers on the side of the path saluting. Civilian workers of a war plant walking on the path between the soldiers. View of the Post Recreation Hall and soldiers lining the path to the hall. A car arrives and high ranking army and navy officers emerge from the car. Several civilians and officers gathered in the area in front of the hall. Officials and dignitaries going up the steps onto a stage inside the hall during the Army-Navy 'E' Award ceremony at which companies would be conferred awards for excellence in production of war equipment. Several views of the crowd seated. The army and navy officers, officials and dignitaries seated on the stage. Master of Ceremonies Colonel H. M. Black Chief of the Arsenal Operations Department, Edgewood Arsenal, stands in front of a microphone and announces the award by Undersecretary of War Robert P. Patterson. Colonel Black reads out from a note from the Under Secretary. The note says that the army and navy is conferring upon the workers of the Edgewood Arsenal War Plant the Army-Navy 'E' Award for their contribution in the production of war equipment. Major General Milton A. Reckord Commanding General Third Service Command standing behind a podium and speaking into microphones. The Major General praises the workers of the war plant who won the award. The army and navy personnel, officials and dignitaries seated behind the Major General.
The Army-Navy 'E' Award ceremony at the Edgewood Arsenal in Maryland, United States. Civilian Superintendent of Mechanical Shops in the Production Division of the Edgewood Arsenal H. C. Fischer speaking on behalf of the workers at the Army-Navy 'E' Award ceremony. The Superintendent says that he is honored to accept the award. Army and navy officers, officials and dignitaries seated on the stage. An army officer says a concluding prayer. The army and navy officers, the officials and the dignitaries stand on the stage during the prayer. The civilians and the workers attending the ceremony leaving the hall.
A U.S. Navy Lockheed P-3C Orion aircraft lands on U.S. Naval Air Station Patuxent River in Maryland, United States during a long range navigational test. The earth in red horizon as the sun comes up. Commander Donald H. Lilienthal at the controls relaxes with a cigarette. The copilot in position.A heavy cloud layer. An opening in the clouds and ground seen. A crew man hands the pilot a cup of coffee. A runway underneath the aircraft as it touches the ground. A building at U.S. Naval Air Station Patuxent River. A firehouse and a control tower. The aircraft taxis to a parking area. People walk over to the parking area to welcome the crew.
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