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Very Early Polish OM-14 Gas Mask Collection Update
This mask is a very early 1950s OM-14 from Poland. This mask is very similar to the WW2 Russian SM-1. Mask is badly discolored and wrinkled. Comes complete with large filter, black rubber hose with rotary fittings, and a carrying bag. I believe the filter to be from a later date than the mask though. An interesting and very difficult to find mask.
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Lederschutzmaske GM17 WW1 German Gas Mask Collection Update
This is a Lederschutzmaske that I was able to get recently. The leather on the outside of the mask is looking old, but overall, the mask is still in decent condition. The rubberized backing remains intact and flexible. Even the support string for the filter assembly is still present, although broken in the middle from the tension. A very cool and unusual mask.
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History of Chemical Warfare
The use of poisons that could be considered chemical weapons (CW) dates to antiquity. During the Peloponnesian War (431-404 BC), for example, the Spartans used arsenic smoke. A millennium later at the siege of Constantinople (637 AD), the Byzantine Greeks employed “Greek Fire” – a mixture of petroleum, pitch sulfur and resins. The first modern use of CW, however, occurred during the First World War. At the second battle of Ypres in April 1915, the German army released hundreds of tons of chlorine gas. Thousands of Allied troops were killed or wounded in the gas cloud attacks, including nearly 7,000 Canadians (1,000 dead and 5,975 injured). The British war poet Wilfred Owen described the horror of seeing a fellow soldier guttering, choking, drowning, as if under a green sea of chlorine gas. Throughout the war, both the Allied and the Central Powers developed toxic chemical warfare agents and the means to deliver them. They also refined their tactical doctrines to take into account the new reality of chemical warfare. By 1918, the World War I battlefield was saturated with a variety of persistent and non-persistent chemicals, which caused casualties among troops and increased the danger and difficulty of military operations. By the end of the First World War, approximately 125,000 tons of toxic chemicals had been used, causing more than 1.3 million casualties, including more than 100,000 deaths. To this day, live rounds of World War I chemical munitions remain buried beneath the battlefields of Europe. While the consequences of the use of gas during the war – images of wounded and blinded men waiting in long lines to be given medical assistance – created in the general public a visceral loathing of chemical weapons, the development and use of CW continued throughout the twentieth century. Italian troops employed chemical weapons during their invasion of Ethiopia (1935-1936) while Japan used CW during its war with China (1937-1945). During the Second World War, both the Allied countries (including Canada) and Axis powers developed a significant inventory of chemical weapons; the lack of effective large-scale delivery systems played a part in the decision of both sides not to use them (another powerful constraint was the fear of retaliation). Egypt used chemical weapons in North Yemen (1963-1967) and both Iraq and Iran employed CW during the Gulf War (1983-1988). It wasnt until 29 April 1997, after long and difficult negotiations, that the International Chemical Weapons Convention entered into force. By banning these weapons, the Convention heralded the beginning of the work to destroy the stockpiles that had been amassed. April 29 is Remembrance Day to pay tribute to the victims of chemical warfare. The Organisation for the Prohibition of Chemical Weapons (OPCW)( http://www.opcw.org/ ) is the implementing body of the Chemical Weapons Convention. The OPCW is given the mandate to achieve the object and purpose of the Convention, to ensure the implementation of its provisions, including those for international verification of compliance with it, and to provide a forum for consultation and cooperation among States Parties. This clip is from the 1950s episode, the Unseen Weapon, from the The Big Picture documentary television program which ran on the American Broadcasting Company from 1953 to 1959. The program consisted of documentary films produced by the United States Army Signal Corps Army Pictorial Service.
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M40 Gas Mask with Quick Doff Hood and M3 Heavy Decontamination Hood
RetroRespiratorshttp://gdata.youtube.com/feeds/api/users/retrorespiratorsTechm40, m-40, gas, mask, masks, respirator, respirators, nbc, cbrn, quick, doff, m3, heavy, hood, modern, military, chemical, biological, nuclear, radiological, toxicological, collection, collectorM40 Gas Mask with Quick Doff Hood and M3 Heavy Decontamination Hood
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My Gas Mask Collection Thus Far…
A look at my collection of masks.
1.)French A.N.P. T31 Luchaire
2.)French A.N.P. T31 celluloid lenses
3.)French A.N.P. T31 artillery model earlier
4.)French A.N.P. T31 artillery model later
5.)American La France Akron-Tissot
6.)American late M1A1
7.)American M2-10-6
8.)American M2-10A1-6
9.)American M25
10.)American Mk V
11.)American M17A1 with LPLs
12.)American MSA Ulta-Twin
13.)Russian PMG
14.)Russian SHM41M
15.)Russian DP-6 youth
16.)Russian SCHR2 Headwound
17.)Hungarian M76
18.)American early M1A2
19.)American C.E.M. with celluloid lenses
20.)American C.E.M. with glass lenses
21.)American 1950s MSA riot mask
22.)American Burrell KTM type mask
23.)American S.B.R. “Training Mask”
24.)British Mk III
25.)American Kops-Tissot
26.)American Navy MII Diaphragm
27.)French Ajax F.2 Adult
28.)French Ajax F.2 Child
29.)French F.M.3c Black(copy of Czech)
30.)Czech F.M.3c Grey with celluloid lenses
31.)American Navy Mk I Optical (one laying down)
32.)American Navy Mk I Optical
33.)American Navy Mk III with early head harness
34.)American Navy Mk III
35.)American Navy Mk IV
36.)American M9A1
37.)Israeli Model No. 4 Child
38.)Israeli Model No. 4 Adult
39.)German M65
40.)South Korean K1
41.)South Korean S3
42.)Czech F.M.3a Grey with glass lenses
43.)Czech M10M
In The Mail:
1.)British FM12
2.)American M25 with sun shield
3.)Polish GSP-M
4.)Japanese Model 99
5.)Japanese Year 17 Model A air raid mask
6.)Polish OM-14 1950s early model
7.)American Navy Mark I Mouth Canister
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About Fallout 1963 Vintage Atomic Film
Discusses the physics, effects and defense against nuclear fallout. Describes the phenomena of natural radiation and the dangers of fallout. Explains the value of time, distance and mass in weakening the effect of residual radiation. Examines the effects of radiation on the body, food and water. Underscores adequate shelter and prescribed decontamination measures.
Film purports to explain to the viewer how to safely handle one of the aftereffects of an atomic bomb blast: fallout. Ludicrous and full of lies.
stock shots:
x-ray machine; hospital; animation of nuclear blast;
gamma rays; nuclear explosion in desert; animation of weather balloons; fallout shelters; hand washing;
sign: Fallout Shelter; suburban development; manuals to build a home fallout shelter; Geiger counter;
Shows man brushing off fallout dust.
symptoms of radiation sickness; woman with radiation sickness;
Voiceovers:
How to open food packages that are covered in fallout dust:
“If water for washing is in short supply, canned goods that may have been exposed to fallout may be handled safely with a piece of paper towel.”
“There is another widespread legend, the fear that fallout spells death to all life on earth. The plain fact is that even if a great number of nuclear weapons were exploded, the resulting fallout would cover only a small area of the world’s total land mass.”
“The real concern is this . . . how do we protect ourselves?”
“If there is a nuclear attack and you survive the initial explosion, you will have at least a half hour to get to a public or home fallout shelter.”
“If you’re among those compelled to travel throughout a fallout area on essential errands, there are certain rules to follow. Protect your body with boots and rubbers, gloves headgear and outer clothing that can be removed before you enter the shelter.”
“Recovery from radiation sickness is nothing new. Patients
who are treated by x-rays routinely experience this sickness and get over it.”
“You can get over radiation sickness, just as you get over many others [sicknesses].”
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1954 Willys Military Jeep
This one is complete with a General for the show! A post WW2 model, a Jeep like this would have seen service possibly in Korea.
Note the biological weapons mask. As a Military Police vehicle, it’s unlikely the General rode in it!
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Army Chemical Center Edgewood Maryland 1950s
This clip shows some of the activities of the Armys Edgewood Chemical Biological Center’s (ECBC) in Edgewood, Maryland. The Center was established in 1917, during World War One. Since that time, the Center has expanded its mission to include biological materials and emerges today as the nation’s premier authority on chemical and biological defense. In 1917, the Bureau of Mines established the War Gas Investigations at American University in Washington, D.C. President Woodrow Wilson issued a proclamation that designated Gunpowder Neck, MD, as the site for the first chemical shell filling plant in the United States. The Bureau of Mines produced the first 25,000 gas masks for U.S. Army soldiers during World War I. In 1920, All chemical warfare functions were centralized at the Edgewood Arsenal, including the CWS chemical school, research division, and gas mask production factory. For more information on the history of the Center and its current activities, go to http://www.edgewood.army.mil . This clip is from the 1950s episode, the Unseen Weapon, from the The Big Picture documentary television program which ran on the American Broadcasting Company from 1953 to 1959. The program consisted of documentary films produced by the United States Army Signal Corps Army Pictorial Service
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Aerosmith – The Movie (disturbing images, result of depleted uranium, white phospherous, etc)
Bombing for democracy? Or bombing for money?
In an act of stark cruelty, the US dominated Sanctions Committee refuses to permit Iraq to import the clean-up equipment that they desperately need to decontaminate their country of the Depleted Uranium ammunition that the US fired at them. Approximately 315 tons of DU dust was left by the use of this ammunition.The Sanctions Committee also refuses to allow the mass importation of anti-cancer treatments, which contain trace amounts of radio-isotopes, on the grounds that these constitute ‘…nuclear materials..’
Both the Pentagon and the British Ministry of Defence officially deny that there is any significant danger from exposure to DU ammunition.
“Aerosol DU (Depleted Uranium) exposures to soldiers on the battlefield could be significant with potential radiological and toxicological effects. [...] Under combat conditions, the most exposed individuals are probably ground troops that re-enter a battlefield following the exchange of armour-piercing munitions. [...] We are simply highlighting the potential for levels of DU exposure to military personnel during combat that would be unacceptable during peacetime operations. [...DU is..]… a low level alpha radiation emitter which is linked to cancer when exposures are internal, [and] chemical toxicity causing kidney damage. [...] Short term effects of high doses can result in death, while long term effects of low doses have been linked to cancer. [...] Our conclusion regarding the health and environmental acceptability of DU penetrators ume both controlled use and the presence of excellent health physics management practices. Combat conditions will lead to the uncontrolled release of DU. [...] The conditions of the battlefield, and the long term health risks to natives and combat veterans may become issues in the acceptability of the continued use of DU kinetic penetrators for military applications.”
- Excerpts from the July 1990 Science and Applications International Corporation report: ‘ Kinetic Energy Penetrator Environment and Health Considerations’, as included in Appenix D – US Army Armaments, Munitions and Chemical Command report: ‘Kinetic Energy Penetrator Long Term Strategy Study, July 1990′
“There has been and continues to be a concern regarding the impact of DU on the environment. Therefore, if no-one makes a case for the effectiveness of DU on the battlefield, DU rounds may become politically unacceptable and thus be deleted from the arsenal. I believe we should keep this sensitive issue in mind when action reports are written.”
- Lt. Col. M.V. Ziehmn, Los Alamos National Laboratory memorandum, March 1st 1991
DU ammunition is now possessed by more than 12 countries, and was used during the NATO led bombing of the former Yugoslavia. Western forces stationed in the region have recently been advised not to drink the local water or eat locally produced food. Yet the British MoD continues to deny any potential risks, stating: “We have not seen any peer-reviewed epidemiological research data to support these claims [that DU is dangerous.] [...] There are no plans to remove DU-based ammunition from service.” (Source: Two letters to me from Simon Wren, Overseas Secretariat, Ministry of Defence, Whitehall, London – 20th May 1999, and 22nd March 2000)
Guitarist Joe Perry and bassist Tom Hamilton, originally in a band together called the Jam Band, met up with singer Steven Tyler, drummer Joey Kramer, and guitarist Ray Tabano, and formed Aerosmith. By 1971, Tabano was replaced by Brad Whitford, and the band began developing a following in Boston.
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Child with almost total deformity of the face; no recognisable features at all, and what appears to be one eye situated in the middle of the forehead.
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