- Title: VM-1334B
- Summary: NO! TO SILENT DEATH: CHEMICAL WARFARE - PROPAGANDA FILM WHICH EXCLUSIVELY BLAMES THE UNITED STATES FOR THE PRODUCTION AND USE OF CHEMICAL WEAPONS. TRAINING OF AMERICAN FORCES IN EUROPE TO FIGHT CHEMICAL WAR, STORAGE OF CHEMICAL WEAPONS IN EUROPE, USE OF DEFOLIANTS IN VIETNAM, ETC.
- Description:00:32:40 - QUOTE BY KARL MARX IN RUSSIAN - "A CULTURE IF TO DEVELOP SPONTANEOUSLY IF IT IS NOT GUIDED CONTENTIOUSLY LEAVES BEHIND ITSELF A BARREN DESERT LAND". 00:32:43 - MLS ZOOM AWAY GOOD VIEW EIFEL TOWER IN PARIS WITH ELEVATED SUBWAY TRAIN RUNNING IN FRONT OF IT/. foreign landmark.. 00:32:47 - BUSY AUTO AND DOUBLE-DECKER BUS TRAFFIC IN PARIS AS SEEN THROUGH DEPARTMENT STORE WINDOW WITH MANNEQUINS. CU YOUNG COUPLE HOLDING HANDS. GOOD SHOT AUTO TRAFFIC GOING AND COMING UNDER ARC DE TRIOMPHE. landmark 00:32:53 - HUGE RALLY OF YOUNG PEOPLE CARRYING SIGNS, BANNERS. CU GROTESQUE PAINTING (?) FACE OF BABY CRYING (?) LS TWO JET FIGHTERS IN FLIGHT FIRING MISSILES. GREAT BALL OF FIRE RISING FROM GROUND TARGET. LS JET DROPPING BOMBS. MEN, WOMEN AND CHILDREN RUNNING FOR COVER. VOICE OVER TELLS ABOUT THE TRAGEDY IN LEBANON AND THE UNITED STATES AGGRESSION IN GRENADA. . HUGE EXPLOSIONS. 00:33:22 - NS ZOOM IN YOUNG MEN WITH HEAD BOWED AS HE GRIEVES LOSS OF LOVED ONE, POUNDS HIS FIST ON GROUND. MS SOLDIERS CARRYING DEAD BODY BY HIS LIMBS TOWARDS CAMERA. SOLDIER IN Y. S UNIFORM MANNING MACHINE GUN ON JEEP AS IT SPEEDS AROUND CORNER. DOZENS OF BODIES OF DEAD LINED FACE DOWN ON GROUND IN NEAT ROWS. graphic 00:33:58 - ZOOM IN HEADLINE COVER STORY IN TIME MAGAZINE, "GAS", WITH PICTURE OF U. S. SOLDIERS. VARIOUS PHOTOS U. S. SOLDIERS AT AIRFIELD WEARING GAS MASKS AND CHEMICAL OUTFITS, CARRY WEAPONS. CU TWO MEN IN GROTESQUE CHEMICAL COVER- ALLS COVERING HEADS AND ALL.,GERMAN NEWSPAPER HEADLINE, "DEADLY CLOUDS OVER EUROPE". PHOTO OF U. S. SOLDIER (?) WITH GAS MASK AND RIFLE STANDING IN FRONT OF CEMETERY 00:34:15 - VAN DOOR OPENS, TWO MEN COMPLETELY COVERED FROM HEAD TO FOOT IN CLEAR PLASTIC OUTFITS, CARRYING SENSOR DEVICES, TOWARDS CAMERA. LOK LIKE SPACE MEN. VARIOUS VIEWS MEN IN CHEMICAL OUTFITS DOING VARIETY TASKS. MCU MAN IN GROTESQUE CHEMICAL HEAD COVER GUIDING PLANE AT AIRFIELD, SALUTES AS PLANE TAKES OFF. VOICE OVER GIVES SEVERAL EXAMPLES OF WHAT A VARIETY OF WEAPONS COST, AND THE -UNDER FUNDING OF RESEARCH FOR CURES ON A VARIETY OF DISEASES. "450 MILLION DOLLARS FOR MALARIA RESEARCH EACH YEAR, OR 1/3 THE COST OD A SINGLE NUCLEAR SUBMARINE". ETC. OTHER EXAMPLES INCLUDE COST OF TEACHING WORLD'S MASSES HOW TO READ AND WRITE. 00:35:21 - AMERICAN TANK RUMBLES TOWARDS CAMERA, VOICE OVER "SO, WHAT ARE THE AMERICANS DOING IN EUROPE 7,000 KILOMETERS AWAY FROM HOME". (propaganda 00:36:27 - TO 00 36 33 ** NOTE: INTERVIEW - DO NOT USE *** 00:36:34 - VARIOUS DRAWINGS OF ANCIENT TIMES INCLUDING WHAT LOOKS LIKE TOWER OF BABEL (?) KNIGHTS IN ARMOR BATTLING WITH SWORDS AND LANCES. ANCIENT DEPICTIONS OF HORRORS OF WAR, INCLUDING CHILD BEING SLAUGHTERED. 00:37:09 - PHOTO WWI TROOPS ADVANCING ON BATTLEFIELD WEARING GAS MASKS. WWI SHOTS OF GAS ATTACK ON BATTLEFIELD. "GAS WAS FIRST USED BY GERMAN FORCES ON APRIL 22, 1915".. MORE WWI BATTLE SCENES. GRAPHIC SHOT SHELL EXPLODING AMID ADVANCING SOLDIERS.. 00:37:50 - STATUE ON FOUNTAIN OF JESUS HANGING FROM HIS FEET AS SOLDIERS STORM BUILDING IN B/G. CU SHOT JESUS. CU SOLDIER IN GAS MASK RINGING LARGE GELL. 00:38:09 - CU PHOTO OF YOUNG MOUSTACHED GERMAN SOLDIER. LANCE CORPORAL SCHICKLGRUBER, THE FUTURE FUHRER, ADOLPH HITLER, WHO WAS GASSED IN WWI. 00:38:28 - PEOPLE IN EUROPE RALLY FOR BAN OF CHEMICAL WEAPONS (1925). MS VARIOUS SHOTS POLITICIANS GATHER AT GENEVA TO BAN THE USE OF CHEMICAL WEAPONS. ( GENEVA PROTOCOL) "HOWEVER CERTAIN COUNTRIES FOR VARIOUS REASONS, REFUSED TO SIGN IT". "AMONG THEM WAS THE UNITED STATES OF AMERICA, NOTING THAT ITS TERRITORY WAS INVULNERABLE" 00:38:52 - CU PAPIER MACHE' FACE OF MAN WITH HAND OVER HIS WIDE OPEN MOUTH. VARIOUS VIEWS USSOLINI AND ITALIAN PEOPLE PARADING WITH HANDS RAISED IN FASCIST SALUTE. MS EL DUCE' MAKING COMICAL GESTURE. ITALY FAILED TO SIGN THE PROTOCOL. VARIOUS SHOTS OF ITALIAN TROOPS IN ABYSSINIA (ETHOPIA) WHERE THEY USED CHEMICAL WEAPONS. ABOVE VIEW ABYSSINIAN RAG TAG ARMY MARCHING AND ON HORSEBACK. HUGE EXPLOSIONS, VARIOUS VIEWS CASUALTIES BY CIVILIANS AS RESULT OF POISON GAS, CU PHOTO OF GROTESQUE FACE OF BLACK MAN AFTER BEING GASSED. "IT WAS NOTICED THAT MUSTARD GAS HAD A PROFOUND AFFECT ON PEOPLE WITH DARK SKIN. 00:39:21 - VARIOUS SHOTS ANIMATED GROTESQUE PAPIER MACHE' FIGURES IN FAMED ITALIAN PARADE. MS PARADERS DANCING AROUND FLOAT WITH ANIMATED FIGURES INCLUDING FASCIST SYMBOLS. MS HITLER WITH MUSSOLINI. ITALIAN SOLDIER PLACING GAS MASK ON RECALCITRANT CHILD. CU MASK BEING PLACED ON CHILDS FACE. AS HITLER PREPARED FOR CHEMICAL WARFARE. MS GERMAN SCIENTISTS IN LAB WEARING GAS MASKS. CU BOILING BEAKER OF CHEMICAL . MCU LAB TECHNICIAN WITH MASK AND LAB COAT CLOSES DOOR ON CAMERA. 00:40:30 - AERIAL VIEW LONG LINE OF STACKS IN INDUSTRIAL AREA. VARIOUS VIEWS GERMAN SOLDIERS USING FLAME THROWERS AT NIGHT. VARIOUS PHOTOS NUDE WOMEN BEING DEHUMANIZED BY NAZIS. 00:41:12 - CHEMIST IN LAB SUIT OPENS HEAVY DOOR IN STORAGE UNIT, REMOVES LARGE CANS OF CHEMICAL AGENTS WITH SKULL AND CROSS BONE DRAWN ON LABEL. ONLY FEAR OF RETALIATION STOPPED HITLER FROM USING GAS. "NEVERTHELESS HE DID MAKE USE OF GASSES. CU WOMAN TAKING OFF HER CLOTHING TO TAKE SHOWER (IN GAS CHAMBER). CU GERMAN SOLDIER, BACK TO CAMERA, PULLS SWITCH TO TURN ON GAS, CAUSING LOUD WARNING SOUND, PAN TO SEALED METAL DOOR. LS BLACK SMOKE EMITTING FROM SMOKE STACK. VARIOUS MODERNISTIC HELLISH DRAWINGS OF PEOPLE SUFFERING. 00:42:10 - VARIOUS PHOTOS RUSSIAN SOLDIERS COMING HOME AFTER WAR. SOLDIER KISSING BABY, TWO SOVIET SOLDIERS KISSING ON LIPS (LOOK LIKE LOVERS). 00:42:16 - PHOTO TWO MP'S STAND GUARD OVER HERMANN GOERING AS HE TESTIFIES AT NUREMBERG. VARIOUS OTHER PHOTOS OF TRIAL 00:42:37 - CU SCREAMING U. S. SOLDIERS AS THEY CHARGE OVER HILL TOWARDS CAMERA. DURING MANEUVERS IN CALIFORNIA. 00:42:51 - PHOTO SECRETARY OF DEFENSE WEINBURGER PRESENTS COPY OF HIS BOOK, "SOVIET MILITARY POWER" TO PRESIDENT REAGAN. CU HAND FLIPS OVER PAGES IN BOOK. CU BOOK COVER. CU FACE SHOTS BLACK U. S. SOLDIERS AS THEY MARCH BY. FACE SHOT U. S. SOLDIERS TELLING FROM TO OF TANK CU "ONE YELLS "WE WILL DEFEAT YOU". LS U. S. FIGHTER PLANE TAKING OFF FROM EUROPEAN AIR BASE. CU ALARM SOUNDING, GIS PUTTING ON GAS MASKS. 00:44:08 - CU SECRETARY JASPAR WEINBURGER SPEAKS. "WE HAVE NO INTENTIONS OF USING CHEMICAL WEAPONS FIRST. BUT......". 00:44:19 - AERIAL VIEW HELICOPTER USING DEFOLIANT IN VIETNAM (AGENT ORANGE (?) PAN JUNGLE IN VIETNAM AFTER USE IF DEFOLIANT. "...AGENT ORANGE DESTROYED ABOUT 45% OF ALL THE FOREST, BUT WILL TAKE ABOUT 150 TEARS TO RESTORE". (VOICE OVER 00:44:41 - VIETNAM WOMEN IN RICE PADDIES USING INGENIOUS ANCIENT METHODS OF HARVESTING RICE. VIETNAM MAN CARRIES HEAVY BUNDLES AS HE BALANCES HIMSELF ON MOUND LEADING TO PADDIES.. CU VARIOUS VIEWS VIETNAMESE AFFECTED BY CHEMICAL WARFARE. CU TILT UP TWO YUNG GIRLS WITH DISFIGURED FEET AND FACES. 00:45:09 - MEDICAL TEAM HANDLES DISTORTED INFANT SIAMESE TWIN CADAVERS ATTACHED END TO END WITH DISTORTED BODIES. graphic CU HORRIBLY DISTORTED NEWBORN. CU FEMALE AMERICAN CHEMICAL WARFARE EXPERT SAYS SHE SEES "NO DIFFERENCE WITH CHEMICAL WEAPONS WITH GRENADES THAT CUT PEOPLE IN HALF". oddity 00:46:05 - CU VIETNAM INFANT WITH TWO HEADS. CU PRETTY FACES/ CU ZOOM IN MOTHER BREAST FEEDING CHILD. oddity 00:46:24 - AERIAL VIEW PLANES LAYING DOWN STREAM OF AGENT ORANGE. 00:46:41 - MS SKINNY TITLE BOY WITH EMACIATED BODY, WOBBLES AS HE WALKS TOWARDS CAMERA. CU FACE SHOT OF DISTORTED BOY. oddity 00:46:59 - VARIOUS SHOTS OF AMERICANS WHO CLAIM THAT AGENT ORANGE CRIPPLED THEM AND RESULTED IN THE BIRTH OF FREAKS. 00:47:19 - VARIOUS VIEWS AMERICAN SOLDIERS ON CHEMICAL WARFARE MANEUVERS IN EUROPE. 00:47:36 - FELLOW SOLDIER HELPS COMRADE WEARING GAS MASK AS HE GOES INTO CONVULSION IN FIELD. VOICE OVER QUOTES FROM AMERICAN MAGAZINE "NATION" POISON GASSES ARE ESPECIALLY EFFECTIVE AGAINST THE CIVILIAN POPULATION". 00:49:09 - WAREHOUSE IN GERMANY "FISCHBACH DEPOT" FILLED WITH THOUSANDS OF DRUMS OF CHEMICAL WEAPONS, MAP WITH DUMP SITE. SHELVES FILLED WITH ARTILLERY SHELLS. 00:49:47 - CU SENATOR PRYOR SPEAKS "WE HAVE ENOUGH NERVE GAS TO KILL EVERY MAN, WOMAN AND CHILD ON THE FACE OF THE GLOBE AT LEAST 50 TIMES...".. CU ZOOM IN BARREL "VX GAS". CU PRYOR "HOW MUCH IS ENOUGH...", PAN MILES OF BARRELS OF GAS.. AT DEPOT. CU WAVING U/ S/ FLAG. AERIAL ZOOM AWAY WHITE HOUSE, AND CITYSCAPE WASHINGTON, D. C. 00:50:24 - CU PRESIDENT RICHARD NIXON SPEAKING. CU SIGN "U. S. ARMY BINARY MUNITIONS PAN TO LARGE WAREHOUSE CHEMICAL SHELL FACTORY. 00:51:18 - REAGAN AT DESK IN OVAL OFFICE, SIGNING DOCUMENT FOR PROGRAM FOR THE CHEMICAL RE-ARMAMENT OF EUROPE. CU CROSS-SECTION DRAWING OF NEW BOMB "BIG EYE". WHICH WILL COVER MUCH MORE AREA WITH POISON SUBSTANCES. 00:51:59 - VARIOUS VIEWS FIGHTERS AND BOMBERS IN FLIGHT AND TAKING OFF FROM CARRIER. 00:52:43 - LS A-BOMB GOING OFF DURING TEST. 00:53:03 - VARIOUS VIEWS AMERICAN SOLDIERS BEING TRAINED TO TAKE ORDERS LIKE ROBOTS AS VOICE OVER CLAIMS. GIS IN DRILLS. VARIOUS VIEWS GIDS BEING INJECTED WITH MIND BENDING DRUGS. GI IS HELPED TO STAY ON FEET BY ANOTHER GI. FACE SHOT MAN STUFFED WITH MIND BENDING DRUGS, WITH WORDS "DON'T COUNT ON ME" SUPER=IMPOSED ON FILM. MARCHING U. S. SOLDIERS, TOWARDS CAMERA, IS FOLLOWED BY NAZI SOLDIERS DOING SAME AS VOICE OVER SAYS, "WASN'T;T THIS WHAT HITLER DREAMED OF'" "AND ONE OTHER THING UNRESOLVED BY HITLER - THE RACIAL PROBLEM". PHOTOS OF ORIENTAL, BLACK AND OTHER RACES.. soviet propaganda. 00:54:30 - ***NOTE: WE CANNOT LICENSE STILLS***FACE SHOT BOY WITH COWBOY HAT, TILT DOWN TO GUN AND HOLSTER STRAPPED AT HIS WAIST, UNCONSCIOUS OR DEAD BLACK MAN LYING ON SIDEWALK. PHOTO OF LYNCH MOB; VARIOUS PHOTOS BLACKS BEING ABUSED DURING RACIAL PROTESTS. 00:54:49 - MCU TILT UP FROM FEET TO HEAD BLACK MAN HANGING FROM NECK FROM TREE. lynching, racial discrimination, black history.***NOTE: WE CANNOT LICENSE STILLS*** 00:55:24 - SCIENTIST EXAMINES BLACK TRIBESMEN, PLACES PAINT MARK ON CHEST OF ONE AS HE STUDIES EFFECTS OF GAS ON BLACK MEN. 00:55:34 - MCU YOUNG CHILDREN AND THEIR PARENTS WEARING ROBES OF THE KU KLUX KLAN. KKK. CU GRAND MARSHAL AND MALE MEMBER OF CLAN.. CU UNIDENTIFIED LEADER OF CLAN POSES, TILT UP TO BURNING CROSS BEHIND HIM. 00:55:56 - GI ANGRILY DIRECTING VIETNAM MOTHER WITH CHILD IN ARM OUT OF HER UNDERGROUND BUNKER. MCU DEAD VIETNAMESE LYING ON GROUND. SKINNY VIETNAMESE SURRENDERING TO GI WITH RIFLE READY. CU DEAD BODY SPRAWLED OUT ON GROUND. MS GROUP OF MEN WOMEN AND CHILDREN LIE DEAD SIDE BY SIDE. MS DAZED VIET WOMAN WALKS ON ROAD WITH DEAD CHILD IN ARMS. graphic. 00:56:27 - CU OLD MAGAZINE COVERS OF NAZIS, HITLER, GOEBELS. EAST GERMAN COMMUNIST LEADER SPEAKS. TALKS OF POSING BAN ON ALL MASS ANNIHILATION WEAPONS. 00:57:39 - RONALD REAGAN MAKING TEAR DOWN THAT WALL SPEECH.(?) CU REAGAN CLIMBING INTO HIS STRETCH-LIMO. GERMAN VEHICLE SPRAYING PROTESTORS WITH WATER CANNON. VARIOUS VIEWS CROWDS IN STREETS PROTESTING WEAPONS OF MASS DESTRUCTION. HUGE "STOP" SIGN WITH CARDBOARD HAND PROTRUDING WITH WORDS "STOP WWIII" WRITTEN ON IT. 00:58:34 - VARIOUS VIEWS ACTIVITIES AT UNITED NATIONS BUILDING IN NEW YORK, MLS SOVIET ANDREY GROMYKO WALKS TO PODIUM, MAKES SPEECH. CROWD DELEGATES GATHER AROUND GROMYKO AFTER SPEECH. MORE ANTI-WAR RALLIES. ZOOM IN HEADLINE STORIES IN "PRAVDA" OFFICIAL SOVIET NEWSPAPER. 01:00:06 - VARIOUS VIEWS MORE STREET RALLIES WITH BANNERS, YOUNG PEOPLE, RELIGIOUS, POLITICAL GROUPS OF ALL NATIONS. 01:00:34 - MCU CANDLELIGHT RALLY AT NIGHT WITH DEMONSTRATOR WEARING GAS MASK. CU MARCHER IN WHITE ROBE WITH FACE PAINTED WHITE BLACK CIRCLES AROUND EYES DEPICTING DEATH,
- Collection: Historic Films
- Producer:Historic Films
- Transmission Date:01/01/1940
- Rights:On request
- Decade: 1940s
- File Name: VM-1334B