FLAME THROWN OUT OF GAS EJECTOR (ledger title) [Main Title]

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  • Title: FLAME THROWN OUT OF GAS EJECTOR (ledger title) [Main Title]
  • Film Number: IWM 424
  • Other titles:
  • Summary: I. Training exercises of a British assault on German trenches, covered by smoke shells. The equipment, tactics and terrain are consistent with the Flanders offensive, Western Front, 1917. II. A lorry-mounted 13-pounder anti-aircraft gun fires out to sea. The crew wear gas masks. The firing finishes and the gun drives off. Possibly Western Front, 1916-1918. III. A British demonstration of gas warfare on the Western Front, showing methods of releasing gas, techniques of placing gas cylinders in trenches, anti-gas drill and the correct way to wear the large box respirator, 1916. Includes a close-up of a bottle marked 'Chloropicrin', a vomiting agent and lachrymator (tear gas). IV. A British soldier in a flame-proof suit demonstrates a portable flame-thrower, probably 1917.
  • Description:
  • Access Conditions: IWM Attribution: © IWM (IWM 424)
  • Featured Period: 1914-1918
  • Production Date: 1917
  • Production Country: GB
  • Production Details:
  • Personalities, Units and Organisations: British Army (regiment/service)
  • Keywords: training, British military - combat: [+] (object name) combat, British - artillery bombardment (object name) equipment, British military - personal: gasmask (small box respirator) (object name) weapons, British - gun [AA]: 13-pounder (object name) weapons, British - CBW: gas (object name) training, British military - weapons: gas (object name) training, British military - specialist: anti-gas (object name) society, British military - precautionary (object name) equipment, British military - personal: gasmask (large box respirator) (object name) training, British military - weapons: flamethrower (object name) weapons, British - CBW: flamethrower (object name) 01/3(4-15).7 (event) 01/3(4-15) (event) 01/3(4-15).5 (event) 01/3(4-15).7 (?) (event) Belgium (geography) France (geography) Instruction (concept) Chemical Warfare (theme)
  • Physical Characteristics: Colour format: B&W Sound format: Silent Soundtrack language: None Title language: None Subtitle language: None
  • Technical Details: Format: 35mm Number of items/reels/tapes: 1 Footage: 1123 ft; Running time: 19 mins
  • HD Media:Yes
  • Notes: Technical: this film appears to have been originally two reels, now joined as one. Remarks: the 'Flanders' material is quite good
  • Link to IWM Collections page:

    IWM 424

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