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Trainees in a contaminated area during a gas obstacle course at Chemical Warfare School in the Edgewood Arsenal in Maryland.
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).
Trainees reach the end of a gas obstacle course at the Chemical Warfare School in the Edgewood Arsenal in Maryland.
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).
Trainees undergo a medical check up and take shower at the Chemical Warfare School in the Edgewood Arsenal in Maryland.
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.
Inaugural air mail service in 1918; a R-4 helicopter in 1943 carries mail to an airport for air delivery in Washington DC, United States.
The 25th Anniversary of the Air Mail Service in the United States. Past events from year 1918 show the inauguration of air mail in the United States. A man holds an envelope to be delivered by air. President Woodrow Wilson talks to a pilot. Scene changes to 1943 in front of the U.S. Capitol building in Washington DC, on the occasion of the 25th Anniversary of the Air Mail Service. A U.S. Army Sikorsky R-4 helicopter lands outside the U.S. Capitol in Washington DC. The pilot speaks to the helicopter designer, Igor Sikorsky, and receive a special package of mail. The helicopter is seen landing in Arlington Virginia at recently opened Washington National Airport, to deliver the package to a waiting aircraft. Crowd of people gathered outside at Washington National Airport terminal building to watch the helicopter landing. Mail being loaded aboard an air mail aircraft. The helicopter takes off.
Launching of USS Wisconsin (BB-64). Philadelphia Navy Yard, December 7, 1943. Governor and Mrs. Goodland of Wisconsin.
Rear Admiral, M.F. Draemel, Commandant of the Philadelphia Navy Yard, introduces Assistant Secretary of the Navy, Ralph, A. Bard, who speaks to large group of Navy Yard personnel and visitors and spectators. The occasion is the launching of the second USS Wisconsin (BB-64) on December 7, 1943. Governor of Wisconsin, Walter S. Goodland and his wife are present. Mrs. Goodland is the official sponsor.
United States destroyers, heavy cruiser, and light cruiser bombard Tarawa Island in Pacific Theater
U.S. Navy World War II battleship, destroyers, heavy cruiser and light cruiser bombard the Island of Tarawa in Pacific Theater, in November 1943. Smoke rises from the beach. A 16" gun on board USS Maryland (BB-46) bombards Tarawa. Shells burst in air and island obscured by smoke. Depth charges explode in water as light cruiser continues to bombard the island. Ship at timecode 2:34 and 3:10 is a heavy cruiser of the Portland or Northhampton class, based on catapults with sea planes located at mid ship. Based on ship assignments and locations at that time, this would make it either the USS Chester (CA-27), the USS Portland (CA-33), or the USS Indianapolis (CA-35).
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