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Infectious Hazards Of Bacteriological Techniques (1959)

1959 · Short film · 18 min

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This film shows how infectious bacteriological agents were handled at Ft. Detrick, Maryland in 1959. As Camp Detrick, it was designated a permanent installation for peacetime biological research and development shortly after World War II, a status confirmed in 1956, when the post became Fort Detrick. Its mandate was to continue its previous mission of biomedical research and its role as the world's leading research campus for biological agents requiring specialty containment. Poison warfare, in…

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