A United States Army training film about defense against chemical warfare. Gas masks makes breathing difficult for American Army soldiers and animals training before deploying to France during World War I. Recruits undergo fifteen minute drill with the gas masks. An exhausted U.S. Army soldier relaxes and smokes a cigarette sitting near a tree. Troops run on a field wearing gas masks. They take off their masks and breathe in fresh air.
A United States Army training film about defense against chemical warfare in World War 1. Gas discipline reduces casualties and insures efficient operation of normal activities. A platoon commander inspects troops before they enter gas chambers during training. The troops wearing gas masks enter the gas chamber in a line. Soldiers remove their masks after the drill.
A United States Army training film about defense against chemical warfare. Organizations in a division training area during World War I perform drills while wearing gas masks. United States troops wearing gas masks fire artillery. Cavalry soldiers and horses with gas masks during mounted action. A division commander addresses assembled officers during a training inspection.
A United States Army training film about defense against chemical warfare. United States troops wearing gas masks undergo training with gas masks in the United States. They fire artillery. An officer wears a diaphragm gas mask which enables his command to be heard by the gun crew. A divisional chemical officer makes an inspection of the training for the division commander. He gives last minute advice to an assembled group of officers. Troops wearing gas masks undergo a drill on a field. U.S. troops are deployed to France and are seen marching toward front line positions during World War I. The Germans launch a cloud attack of poisonous gas. The troops lay down in the field with rifles in their hands. Soldiers rest covering themselves with a large sheet.
A United States Army training film about defense against chemical warfare. United States troops train in the United States during World War 1 and simulate falling prey to German enemy gas shells. An explosion on the ground with smoke surrounding the area. U.S. soldiers fire rifles. The enemy fires mustard gas shells. The troops advance on a field in formation. A soldier passes through gassed underbrush and is affected by the poisonous gas. A topographic map is marked with the words "GAS" where the gas is present.
United States soldiers on alert in Michelbach, Alsace, France during World War 1. The soldiers, at the ready, with weapons in hand are in well established trenches reinforced with woven slender tree limbs and sand bags. They are in a forest with what appears to be a footbridge in the background. Troops aim their weapons.
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