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1916 Gas attack on French troops
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0:37Now PlayingDate: 2nd March 1916
Location: France
Source: Reuters Historical News Collection: GAUMONT GRAPHIC NEWSREEL (REUTERS)
SLATE INFORMATION: During a Gas Attack
FRANCE:
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Video Roll Title: Gas attack: 58ft Issue sheet title: DURING A GAS ATTACK
Gas Masks: Gas attack - French preparations Gas Masks
France
Title: French gunners despite asphyxiating fumes continue to fire shells into the enemy lines.
(7ft)
SV. pan French soldiers in gun position putting on gas-masks.
(28ft)
SV. French soldiers wearing gas-masks firing gun.
(39ft)
SCU. pan Soldiers in gas-masks.
(65ft)
During a gas attack. French Gunners despite asphyxiating fumes continue to fire shells into the enemy lives
France, Military - Active, Munitions and Armaments
gas masks, gas attack, munitions, chemical warfare, WWI, World War I, Great War, First World War
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