- Title: VM-1108
- Summary: THE BIG PICTURE:
- Description:00:02:01 - "THE UNSEEN WEAPON" (CBR) "OBSOLETE" FILM. A DOCUMENTARY ON THE ARMY'S CHEMICAL CORPS. 00:02:49 - HIGH RANKING ARMY OFFICER GETS OUT OF HIS STAFF CAR AT AIRPORT AND LOOKS AT HIS WRIST WATCH 00:03:03 - CU IN DEEP THOUGHT, PROFESSOR OF BIO-CHEMISTRY SITS IN PLANE CONTEMPLATING HIS ASSIGNMENT TO THE ARMY'S CHEMICAL CORP IN WASHINGTON, D.C. 00:03:36 - PROFESSOR IS MET AT THE PLANE BY ARMY OFFICER WHO ESCORTS HIM TO A WAITING STAFF CAR. 00:04:55 - PROFESSOR EXAMINES GAS MASK DISPLAY AT THE CHEMICAL CORP'S HEADQUARTERS. 00:06:22 - THE PROFESSOR & OTHER SCIENTISTS SIT IN MEETING WITH COMMANDER OF THE CHEMICAL CORP WHO EXPLAINS THE CORP'S MISSION CONCERNING CHEMICAL, BIOLOGICAL & RADIOLOGICAL (CBP) WARFARE. 00:07:16 - MONTAGE OLD PAINTINGS DEPICT ANCIENT ARMIES ATTACKING A FORTRESS CITY USING PRIMITIVE FLAME THROWERS & SULPHUR SMOKE CARRIED DOWNWIND TO THE ENEMY. USE OF SMOKE SCREENS IS ALSO DEPICTED 00:07:38 - GERMAN ARTILLERY CREW, WEARING GAS MASKS, LOAD A CHLORINE SHELL IN CANNON. BRITISH TROOPS IN TRENCH, CRINGE AS THEY GET WISP OF CHEMICAL SMOKE IN THEIR FACES. (WWI) 00:07:55 - AMERICAN CASUALTIES, 33% OF WHICH WERE GAS VICTIMS LIE ON GROUND IN STRETCHERS, AWAITING EVACUATION (WWI) 00:08:15 - MONTAGE HUGE BLAST OF FIRE AS INCENDIARY BOMB EXPLODES IN LONDON DURING THE NAZI BLITZ IN WWII 00:08:25 - MEN & WOMEN PUT ON GAS MASKS, PROTECTIVE SUITS THEN RUBBING GREASE ON THE EXPOSED HANDS & ARMS. 00:08:40 - GI FIRES HIS FLAME THROWER AT ENEMY POSITION. FLAME THROWER ON TANK FIRES LONG STREAM OF FIRE. ELS PLANE DROPS NAPALM BOMB ON MOUNTAIN TOP ENEMY POSITION IN KOREA. 00:08:56 - GI TURNS ON SMOKE MACHINE WHICH BELLOWS OUT HEAVY WHITE SMOKE OVER A LARGE AREA. 00:09:14 - SICK GIS IN HOSPITAL BEDS SUFFERING FROM RESULTS OF BIOLOGICAL AGENTS. COW IS HELD AS IT IS GIVEN INJECTION. 00:09:28 - CU FINGER OF SCIENTIST CHECKS DISEASED PLANTS 00:09:46 - MUSHROOM CLOUD RISES FROM A-BOMB BLAST. 00:10:40 - MONTAGE FACES OF ATTENTIVE MEN AND WOMEN SOVIET PARLIAMENT MEMBERS AT MEETING IN MOSCOW. 00:10:53 - CU AIR RAID ALARM SOUNDS IN NEW YORK CITY. AERIAL TIMES SQUARE STREETS EMPTYING OUT. PEOPLE CALMLY GO TO AIR RAID SHELTERS DOWN SUBWAY. AIR RAID DRILL 00:11:11 - EMPTY NEW YORK DOWNTOWN STREET & TIMES SQUARE 00:12:07 - ANIMATED FILM SHOWS UNDERGROUND TRENCHES DO NOT PROTECT AGAINST CBR AGENTS BECAUSE THEY ARE HEAVIER THAN AIR. 00:12:33 - TWO GIS IN A FOXHOLE SHOW RESULTS OF CBR ATTACK ONE HAS TROUBLE BREATHING, THE OTHER RUBS HIS EYES GESTURING HE CAN'T SEE. 00:13:16 - MONTAGE STEEL MILLS AND INDUSTRIAL PLANTS WITH PEOPLE OPERATING MACHINERY. THESE BECOME PRIZES IN CBR WARFARE BECAUSE THEY ARE NOT DESTROYED. 00:14:04 - THE ARMY CHEMICAL CENTER AT EDGEWOOD, MARYLAND SCIENTIST IN LAB WORKS CHECKS AN ELECTRONIC SCOPE. 00:14:55 - FEMALE SCIENTIST USES PROTECTIVE MASK & RUBBER GLOVE AS SHE HANDLES TEST TUBES. 00:15:15 - SCIENTIST WORKS NEXT TO SIGN, "TOXIC AGENT DETECTOR ALARM". THE ALARM SOUNDS LOUD AND CLEAR. 00:15:51 - PROFESSOR IS HELPED ON WITH A NEW TYPE PROTECTIVE MASK. 00:16:00 - PAN OF VARIOUS TYPES OF PROTECTIVE MASKS, INCLUDING SMALL PROTECTIVE ENCLOSURE FOR INFANTS. 00:16:11 - PEOPLE LAY IN HOSPITAL BEDS WEARING PROTECTIVE MASKS. 00:16:45 - CU FEMALE SCIENTIST PUTS DROPS OF ACID, WITH A HYPODERMIC NEEDLE, ONTO TREATED AND UNTREATED CLOTHING SHOWING THE DIFFERENCE 00:17:40 - SCIENTIST PLACES A MOUSE INTO GLASS ENCLOSURE WITH A CAT. THE CAT QUICKLY STARTS TO PLAY WITH THE MOUSE WHO TRIES TO ESCAPE. 00:18:05 - CAT STARTS ACTING FRIGHTENED & JUMPS ALL OVER THE CAGE WHEN A CHEMICAL AGENT IS ADDED. CAT JUMPS HIGH INTO THE AIR AND DOES CARTWHEELS. 00:18:34 - CU SCIENTIST PLACES GLASS SLIDES WITH BLOOD SAMPLES UNDER A MICROSCOPE. 00:19:21 - GI IN GAS MASK PLACES NEW RESPIRATORY MASK OVER FACE OF A "VICTIM" LYING ON THE GROUND. THE STUDY OF NERVE GAS GAS EFFECTS HAVE LED TO MORE EFFECTIVE FORM OF ARTIFICIAL RESPIRATION. 00:19:34 - MAIN ENTRANCE TO FORT DETRICK, IN MARYLAND WHERE BIOLOGICAL WARFARE EXPERIMENTS ARE DONE. 00:19:40 - SCIENTISTS WORK IN LABS WITH TEST TUBES & SOPHISTICATED EQUIPMENT. 00:21:06 - VOLUNTEERS IN AIR TIGHT SPHERE PUT ON GAS MASKS AS BIOLOGICAL EXPERIMENT IS PERFORMED ON THEM. HUMAN GUINEA PIGS. SCIENTISTS WATCH FROM A CONTROL ROOM. 00:22:19 - VOLUNTEERS SHOW NO HARMFUL EFFECTS AS THEY ENJOY MUSIC IN A REC ROOM AFTER EXPERIMENT WHICH RESULTED IN DISCOVERIES FOR MEDICAL USE. 00:22:53 - NURSE WEARING SURGICAL MASK INJECTS EGGS WITH A CHEMICAL. 00:23:13 - FORT MCCLELLAN, IN ANNISTON, ALABAMA HOME OF THE CHEMICAL CORP TRAINING COMMAND. (PAN) 00:23:42 - CIVILIANS & MILITARY OF ALL SERVICES, INCLUDING OFFICERS OF FRIENDLY NATIONS, SIT IN CLASSROOM ORIENTATION (PAN). 00:24:14 - CU INSTRUMENTS FOR THE HANDLING OF NUCLEAR MATERIALS ARE SEEN. RADIATION DETECTION DEVICES ARE DEMONSTRATED. 00:24:45 - NON-COM OFFICERS USE RADIATION DEVICES IN FIELD EXERCISE, MARKING DANGEROUS AREAS WITH TAGS 00:25:00 - AERIAL VIEW OF AN A-BOMB BLAST RAISING A HUGE HEAVY CLOUD OF DUST. GIS IN THE FIELD HIT THE DECK FACE DOWN. GI WALKS THROUGH THE AREA WITH A GEIGER COUNTER TAKING READINGS. 00:25:13 - ROCKETS ARE FIRED, PLANES DROP BOMBS CAUSING FIERY EXPLOSIONS & CHEMICALS ARE SPRAYED BY PLANE AT THE DUGWAY PROVING GROUNDS, UTAH. 00:26:49 - AN OFFICER POINTS OUT TO VISITOR THE NUCLEAR WASTE SITE IN DISTANT HILLS AT DUGWAY. 00:27:25 - CU QUARTERMASTER SHOWS VISITING PROFESSOR, THE HOT CELL, WHICH IS USED TO PRESERVE FOOD. 00:27:52 - THE GROUP EATS MEAT FROM THEIR PLATES WHICH WAS KEPT FOR MANY MONTHS WITHOUT REFRIGERATION. 00:29:06 - DOOR CLOSES BEHIND PROFESSOR AS HE ENTERS ROOM WITH SIGN "CONFERENCE IN SESSION-TOP SECRET". 00:29:29 - NARRATOR HOLDS THE CAT IN THE EXPERIMENT & ITS BABY KITTEN BORN SINCE THE EXPERIMENT. THE MESSAGE BEING THAT NO HARM WAS DONE TO CAT.
- Collection: Historic Films
- Producer:Historic Films
- Transmission Date:01/01/1959
- Rights:On request
- Decade: 1950s
- File Name: VM-1108