- Title: PA-10
- Summary: WHAT TO DO IN A GAS ATTACK: CIVIL DEFENSE FILM DESIGNED TO ACQUAINT THE PUBLIC WITH THE RULES FOR SELF HELP IN A GAS ATTACK. DEALS WITH SHELTER, TREATMENT IF EXPOSED, DISINFECTION, AND AIMS AT PREVENTION OF PANIC IF GAS SHOULD BE USED AGAINST CIVILIANS IN WAR. How to use household items such as bicarbonate of soda and bleaching solutions may be used to prevent casualties.
- Description:01:35:00 - CU STORY IN PHILADELPHIA ENQUIRER NEWSPAPER: "THREAT TO USE GAS BACKED BY BRITISH", ZOOM IN STORY: "GAS IN CHINA". CU PAN HEADLINES ABOVE PHOTOS OF DEAD, INJURED CHINESE. "JAPANESE USED GAS BOMBS TO HALT CHINESE". 11/24/41.. ZOOM IN STORY: "CHURCHILL WARNS OF GAS REPRISALS". 01:35:26 - CU WORD "GAS IN LARGE FLASHING LETTERS. CU AIR RAID SIREN WARNING OF APPROACH OF ENEMY BOMBERS. CU HAND RATTLE BEING SOUNDED BY HAND WITH RUBBER GLOVE, PAN BEING POUNDED BY HAMMER TO MAKE LOUD NOISES. VOICE OVER SAYS THESE SOUNDS HEARD IN YOUR NEIGHBORHOOD WARN OF GAS ATTACK. 01:36:04 - FIGHTER PLANE SWOOPS LOW TO LAY SMOKE SCREEN ON FIELD. THIS IS ALSO ONE WAY TO SPRAY GAS. THE OTHER IS GAS BOMB. LS BOMBER PLANE DROPPING BOMBS. SEVERAL AERIAL VIEWS BOMBS DROPPING, AS SEEN FROM PLANE'S BOMB BAYS. LS PLANES LAYING SMOKE SCREEN OVER FIELD. L TO R. 01:36:29 - CROSS SECTION DRAWING OF HOME SHOWS HOW TO BUILD IDEAL SHELTER FROM GAS ATTACK. DESCRIBED BY VOICE OVER. 01:36:43 - MS ABOVE VIEW RESIDENTIAL HOME SURROUNDED BY HEAVY WHITE SMOKE HOVERING OVER GROUND, SIMULATING HOW GAS WILL ACT. VOICE OVER TELLS HOW TO PROTECT AGAINST IT. MCU WOMAN SHUTS WINDOW AND EXHAUST FAN IN KITCHEN. MS MAN CLOSES FIREPLACE ANVIL. MAN, WOMAN GO UPSTAIRS TO BEDROOMS TO ESCAPE HEAVIER THAN AIR GAS. VOICE OVER EXPLAINS. 01:37:31 - CU MAN'S HAND WITH HALF SMOKED CIGARETTE BETWEEN FINGERS. OTHER HAND TURNS PAGES ON BOOK HE IS READING. CU HAND FLIPS ASHES INTO ASH TRAY, TAPS HIS FINGERS ON DESK AS HE WAITS FOR "ALL CLEAR" SIGNAL. VOICE OVER SUGGESTS YOU WAIT UPSTAIRS UNTIL AIR RAID WARDEN TELLS YOU TO LEAVE, 01:37:45 - CU LIQUID PUDDLE LEFT BY WAR GAS ON BASEMENT FLOOR WILL EVAPORATE, LEAVING INVISIBLE BUT POISONOUS VAPORS. IT REMAINS A LONG TIME. 01:37:53 - DECONTAMINATION TEAMS IN PROTECTIVE RUBBER SUITS WITH FACE MASKS USE PUSH BROOMS WITH CHEMICALS TO SCRUB, NEUTRALIZE, LIQUID GAS ON FLOOR. CU MAN IN PROTECTIVE CLOTHING, SPECIAL GAS MASK AS HE SCRUBS AWAY. MS TEAM MEMBER USES WATER HOSE TO WASH AWAY THE GAS, grotesque, safety 01:38:33 - CU THREE CORNER SIGN: "GAS, MUSTARD, DANGER, DATE 9/3". 01:38:40 - DECONTAMINATION TEAM MEMBER IN PROTECTIVE SUIT TAKES HAND FULL DRY POWERED CHEMICAL FROM PAIL. SPREADS IT IN GRASSY FIELD TO NEUTRALIZE LIQUID GAS. OTHER TEAM MEMBERS DIG UP DIRT WITH SHOVELS, POUR IT OVER THE CHEMICAL TO COVER IT. CU MAN TURNING OVER EARTH WITH SHOVEL. 01:39:00 - MLS LOW FLYING PLANES DROP CLOUD OF WAR GAS OVER ARMY TANKS IN FIELD. CU VAPOR OF WAR GAS IN LAB GLASS BEAKER GRADUALLY EVAPORATES. 01:39:18 - MS AIR RAID WARDEN, WITH WHITE HELMET, ARM BAND BEARING CIVILIAN DEFENSE LOGO, CUPS HANDS MOUTH, YELLS, WAVES, GIVING THE OK TO LEAVE THE HOUSE. 01:39:34 - LS BOMBER PLANE FLYING OVERHEAD IN GAS ATTACK, TILT DOWN TO MAN RUNNING TO HOUSE. REMOVES JACKET, BEGINS TO STRIP OUTER CLOTHING AS HE RINGS FRONT DOOR BELL. CU CLOCK TICKING OFF TIME. HOME OWNER OPENS DOOR, THEN CLOSES IT UNTIL MAN COMPLETELY STRIPS OFF CONTAMINATED OUTER CLOTHING. oddity, safety 01:39:55 - CU MAN PILES OUTER CLOTHING, SHOES ON DOORSTEP, ENTERS HOUSE IN UNDER CLOTHING. 01:40:19 - CU ARM OF MAN CONTAINING LIQUID GAS BEING BLOTTED OFF AND WASHED WITH CLOTH TO NEUTRALIZE IT. CU HAND THROWS CONTAMINATED MATERIAL IN PAIL WITH COVER. CU HANDS HOLD UP BOTTLE OF HOUSEHOLD BLEACHING SOLUTION (SODIUM HYPOCHLORITE) TO CAMERA, POURS IT ONTO CLOTH, RUBS IT ON ARM TO NEUTRALIZES LIQUID GAS REMAINING ON SKIN, RINSES HANDS WITH IT. 01:41:28 - CU HAND TAKES CAN OF BAKING SODA, 2% SOLUTION. OUT OF MEDICINE CABINET, TO WASH OUT EYES. MS HAND TAKES TABLE SPOON OF BAKING SODA FROM CAN, POURS IT INTO PITCHER OF WATER.. 01:41:50 - MAN FILLS ENEMA BAG WITH BAKING SODA SOLUTION TO IRRIGATE EYES. CU SOLUTION BEING POURED INTO MAN'S EYES FROM ENEMA BAG TUBE, ALTERNATING FROM EYE TO EYE. CU HAND POURS CLEANSING LIQUID INTO MAN'S EYE WITH TEA KETTLE (IN ABSENCE OF ENEMA BAG). 01:42:19 - CU FINGERS HOLD EYE OPEN AS CLEANSING LIQUID IS POURED INTO IT. CU MAN IRRIGATES HIS OWN EYES WITH LIQUID, USING TUBE FROM ENEMA BAG. 01:42:36 - MCU MAN TAKING SHOWER SOAPS HIMSELF VIGOROUSLY TO REMOVE AND NEUTRALIZE GAS AS THEN WASHES IT OFF UNDER SHOWER HEAD. MCU IN ABSENCE OF SHOWER, MAN STANDS IN TUB, SOAPS HIMSELF THOROUGHLY, THEN FILLS, POURS PITCHERS OF WATER OVER HIS ENTIRE BODY. 01:43:19 - CU MAN LAYS BACK, IRRIGATES INSIDE NOSE WITH BACKING WATER SOLUTION, CU GARGLES WITH SAME SOLUTION. safety, cleanliness, hygiene, 01:43:42 - CU NECK UP VIEW WOMAN TAKING SHOWER. CU WATER FROM SHOWER GOING INTO EYES. 01:44:00 - MS BUSINESS MAN SEATED AT DESK BEGINS TO COUGH, WIPES HIS BROW AS HE STARTS TO PERSPIRE, THEN LIGHTS UP A CIGARETTE TAKES A DRAG, MAKES FUNNY FACE AS HE LOOKS AT CIGARETTE WHICH DOESN'T TASTE RIGHT. (ALL SYMPTOMS OF GAS EXPOSURE). 01:44:27 - MAN GETS AWAY FROM DESK, SITS ON COUCH, LOOSENS HIS TIE, COLLAR BUTTON, LIES DOWN ON COUCH. SUMMONS SECRETARY TO GO FOR HELP. medicine, symptoms, emergency, disease 01:44:41 - MS WOMAN EXAMINES SORE ON LEG. VOICE OVER TELLS WHAT TO DO. 01:44:53 - CU MAN'S SHOES AND CLOTHING LYING ON FRONT DOOR STEP. MS MAN IN RUBBER PROTECTIVE SUIT, MASK, PICKS UP CLOTHING, PLACES THEM IN PAIL WITH COVER, TAKES THEM AWAY TO DECONTAMINATE. 01:45:18 - VARIOUS VIEWS BOMBER PLANES DROPPING BOMBS, POV BOMBER, BOMBS EXPLODING. PAN BOMBED OUT CITY BUILDINGS 01:45:31 - LS NIGHT TIME VIEW FIRES IN LONDON DURING GERMAN AIR RAIDS. BRITISH AIR RAID WARDENS CARRYING INJURED, DEAD, OUT OF RUBBLE, CHINESE 01:45:44 - VARIOUS VIEWS CHINESE PEOPLE RUNNING IN PANIC AND FEAR THROUGH CITY STREETS DURING JAPANESE AIR RAID, 01:45:53 - MS ARMY TANKS ROLLING OFF ASSEMBLY LINE. CU WORKER DUMPS LARGE TRAY OF BULLETS INTO BIN AT ASSEMBLY LINE AS VOICE OVER TELLS ABOUT "KNOWING WHAT TO DO "WHEN FEAR AND PANIC COMES". GOES OVER STEPS OF WHAT TO DO WHEN GAS ATTACK COMES? 01:47:40 - VARIOUS WWII WAR SCENES SOLDIERS ON FRONT, SHIPS AT SEA.
- Collection: Historic Films
- Producer:Historic Films
- Transmission Date:01/01/1943
- Rights:On request
- Decade: 1940s
- File Name: PA-10