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"THE UNSEEN WEAPON" (CBR)
"OBSOLETE" FILM. A DOCUMENTARY ON THE ARMY'S
CHEMICAL CORPS.
00:02:49 48.07
HIGH RANKING ARMY OFFICER GETS OUT OF HIS STAFF
CAR AT AIRPORT AND LOOKS AT HIS WRIST WATCH
00:03:03 62.07
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 95.07
PROFESSOR IS MET AT THE PLANE BY ARMY OFFICER WHO
ESCORTS HIM TO A WAITING STAFF CAR.
00:04:55 174.07
PROFESSOR EXAMINES GAS MASK DISPLAY AT THE
CHEMICAL CORP'S HEADQUARTERS.
00:06:22 261.07
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.
00:07:16 315.07
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
00:07:38 337.07
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)
00:07:55 354.07
AMERICAN CASUALTIES, 33% OF WHICH WERE GAS VICTIMS
LIE ON GROUND IN STRETCHERS, AWAITING EVACUATION
(WWI)
00:08:15 374.07
MONTAGE HUGE BLAST OF FIRE AS INCENDIARY BOMB
EXPLODES IN LONDON DURING THE NAZI BLITZ IN WWII
00:08:25 384.07
MEN & WOMEN PUT ON GAS MASKS, PROTECTIVE SUITS
THEN RUBBING GREASE ON THE EXPOSED HANDS & ARMS.
00:08:40 399.07
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.
00:08:56 415.07
GI TURNS ON SMOKE MACHINE WHICH BELLOWS OUT HEAVY
WHITE SMOKE OVER A LARGE AREA.
00:09:14 433.07
SICK GIS IN HOSPITAL BEDS SUFFERING FROM RESULTS
OF BIOLOGICAL AGENTS. COW IS HELD AS IT IS GIVEN
INJECTION.
00:09:28 447.07
CU FINGER OF SCIENTIST CHECKS DISEASED PLANTS
00:09:46 465.07
MUSHROOM CLOUD RISES FROM A-BOMB BLAST.
00:10:40 519.07
MONTAGE FACES OF ATTENTIVE MEN AND WOMEN SOVIET
PARLIAMENT MEMBERS AT MEETING IN MOSCOW.
00:10:53 532.07
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
00:11:11 550.07
EMPTY NEW YORK DOWNTOWN STREET & TIMES SQUARE
00:12:07 606.07
ANIMATED FILM SHOWS UNDERGROUND TRENCHES DO NOT
PROTECT AGAINST CBR AGENTS BECAUSE THEY ARE
HEAVIER THAN AIR.
00:12:33 632.07
TWO GIS IN A FOXHOLE SHOW RESULTS OF CBR ATTACK
ONE HAS TROUBLE BREATHING, THE OTHER RUBS HIS EYES
GESTURING HE CAN'T SEE.
00:13:16 675.07
MONTAGE STEEL MILLS AND INDUSTRIAL PLANTS WITH
PEOPLE OPERATING MACHINERY. THESE BECOME PRIZES
IN CBR WARFARE BECAUSE THEY ARE NOT DESTROYED.
00:14:04 723.07
THE ARMY CHEMICAL CENTER AT EDGEWOOD, MARYLAND
SCIENTIST IN LAB WORKS CHECKS AN ELECTRONIC
SCOPE.
00:14:55 774.07
FEMALE SCIENTIST USES PROTECTIVE MASK & RUBBER
GLOVE AS SHE HANDLES TEST TUBES.
00:15:15 794.07
SCIENTIST WORKS NEXT TO SIGN, "TOXIC AGENT
DETECTOR ALARM". THE ALARM SOUNDS LOUD AND CLEAR.
00:15:51 830.07
PROFESSOR IS HELPED ON WITH A NEW TYPE PROTECTIVE
MASK.
00:16:00 839.07
PAN OF VARIOUS TYPES OF PROTECTIVE MASKS,
INCLUDING SMALL PROTECTIVE ENCLOSURE FOR INFANTS.
00:16:11 850.07
PEOPLE LAY IN HOSPITAL BEDS WEARING PROTECTIVE
MASKS.
00:16:45 884.07
CU FEMALE SCIENTIST PUTS DROPS OF ACID, WITH A
HYPODERMIC NEEDLE, ONTO TREATED AND UNTREATED
CLOTHING SHOWING THE DIFFERENCE
00:17:40 939.07
SCIENTIST PLACES A MOUSE INTO GLASS ENCLOSURE WITH
A CAT. THE CAT QUICKLY STARTS TO PLAY WITH THE
MOUSE WHO TRIES TO ESCAPE.
00:18:05 964.07
CAT STARTS ACTING FRIGHTENED & JUMPS ALL OVER THE
CAGE WHEN A CHEMICAL AGENT IS ADDED. CAT JUMPS
HIGH INTO THE AIR AND DOES CARTWHEELS.
00:18:34 993.07
CU SCIENTIST PLACES GLASS SLIDES WITH BLOOD
SAMPLES UNDER A MICROSCOPE.
00:19:21 1040.07
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 1053.07
MAIN ENTRANCE TO FORT DETRICK, IN MARYLAND WHERE
BIOLOGICAL WARFARE EXPERIMENTS ARE DONE.
00:19:40 1059.07
SCIENTISTS WORK IN LABS WITH TEST TUBES &
SOPHISTICATED EQUIPMENT.
00:21:06 1145.07
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 1218.07
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 1252.07
NURSE WEARING SURGICAL MASK INJECTS EGGS WITH A
CHEMICAL.
00:23:13 1272.07
FORT MCCLELLAN, IN ANNISTON, ALABAMA HOME OF THE
CHEMICAL CORP TRAINING COMMAND. (PAN)
00:23:42 1301.07
CIVILIANS & MILITARY OF ALL SERVICES, INCLUDING
OFFICERS OF FRIENDLY NATIONS, SIT IN CLASSROOM
ORIENTATION (PAN).
00:24:14 1333.07
CU INSTRUMENTS FOR THE HANDLING OF NUCLEAR
MATERIALS ARE SEEN. RADIATION DETECTION DEVICES
ARE DEMONSTRATED.
00:24:45 1364.07
NON-COM OFFICERS USE RADIATION DEVICES IN FIELD
EXERCISE, MARKING DANGEROUS AREAS WITH TAGS
00:25:00 1379.07
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 1392.07
ROCKETS ARE FIRED, PLANES DROP BOMBS CAUSING FIERY
EXPLOSIONS & CHEMICALS ARE SPRAYED BY PLANE AT THE
DUGWAY PROVING GROUNDS, UTAH.
00:26:49 1488.07
AN OFFICER POINTS OUT TO VISITOR THE NUCLEAR WASTE
SITE IN DISTANT HILLS AT DUGWAY.
00:27:25 1524.07
CU QUARTERMASTER SHOWS VISITING PROFESSOR, THE HOT
CELL, WHICH IS USED TO PRESERVE FOOD.
00:27:52 1551.07
THE GROUP EATS MEAT FROM THEIR PLATES WHICH WAS
KEPT FOR MANY MONTHS WITHOUT REFRIGERATION.
00:29:06 1625.07
DOOR CLOSES BEHIND PROFESSOR AS HE ENTERS ROOM
WITH SIGN "CONFERENCE IN SESSION-TOP SECRET".
00:29:29 1648.07
NARRATOR HOLDS THE CAT IN THE EXPERIMENT & ITS
BABY KITTEN BORN SINCE THE EXPERIMENT. THE
MESSAGE BEING THAT NO HARM WAS DONE TO CAT.
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Year: 1959  Color: Black & White
Genre: MILITARY

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Keywords: military


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