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Decontamination Procedures (1942)

1942 · Short film · 11 min

  • War

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Made during WWII in 1942, this training film "Decontamination Procedures" shows how troops can decontaminate vehicles and other equipment that have been exposed to Mustard gas or Lewisite, by spraying the affected vehicle with a chemical agent. Lewisite is an organoarsenic compound. It was once manufactured in the U.S., Japan, and Germany for use as a chemical weapon, acting as a vesicant (blister agent) and lung irritant. The sulfur mustards, or sulphur mustards, commonly known as mustard gas,…

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