Smoke Shell Manufacturing (1940-1949)

Unused / unissued material. - Location and dates unknown / unclear. A soldier in a gas mask crawls under barbed wire. Workers wearing gas mask work filling shells presumably with toxic chemicals. After filling, the shells are washed and cleaned. A large stockpile of shells is checked by an officer. Shots of large storage area outside where barrels of chemical agent are stored. Various shots of American tankers spraying a cloud of smoke. FILM ID: A VIDEO FROM BRITISH PATHÉ. EXPLORE OUR ONLINE CHANNEL, BRITISH PATHÉ TV. IT’S FULL OF GREAT DOCUMENTARIES, FASCINATING INTERVIEWS, AND CLASSIC MOVIES. FOR LICENSING ENQUIRIES VISIT British Pathé also represents the Reuters historical collection, which includes more than 136,000 items from the news agencies Gaumont Graphic (1910-1932), Empire News Bulletin (1926-1930), British Paramount (1931-1957), and Gaumont British (1934-1959), as well as Visnews content from 1957 to the end of 1984. All foot