gas warfare

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Lewis gun's crew ready in the front line during an actual gas attack

Lewis gun's crew ready in the front line during an actual gas attack

This photograph was taken at ground level from a bend in a trench. The trench itself is shallow and quite wide. It is also free from wet mud at the moment. The top of a line of trees further down the hill can b... More

Gas alarm in the front line, Flanders

Gas alarm in the front line, Flanders

This trench, which is not very wide or deep, has been roofed over to provide a cover for the bell which is the gas alarm. The soldier who is ringing the bell is wearing a heavy coat and gloves. There is snow on... More

Gas alarm in the front line, Flanders

Gas alarm in the front line, Flanders

A soldier ringing a gas alarm bell. Someone has written on the bell 'DUCK YE NUT', possibly a warning to soldiers to lower their heads. The bell hangs from a makeshift wooden frame in the trench. The soldier is... More

Lewis gun's crew ready in the front line during an actual gas attack

Lewis gun's crew ready in the front line during an actual gas attack

Three uniformed men standing behind a Lewis gun, France. This image shows three uniformed men standing in a trench. According to the original caption, this photograph was taken during an actual gas attack. All ... More

Portuguese at a Gas School, Flanders

Portuguese at a Gas School, Flanders

Portuguese soldiers queuing to enter a gas shed. There is a shed to the left of the photograph which has been positioned at the bottom of a small hill. This hill is covered in rough grass and there is a bush gr... More

"Gas." Australian troops with respirators on posed for the camera in the advance trench, Garter Point, 4th Division

"Gas." Australian troops with respirators on posed for the camera in t...

Collection of National Media Museum (Frank Hurley/Australian War Records Section ( http://www.nationalmediamuseum.org.uk/photography/ ) )..We're happy for you to share this digital image within the spirit of Th... More

Learn to adjust your respirator correct and quick. Don't breathe while doing it, and this won't happen to you / W. G. Thayer.

Learn to adjust your respirator correct and quick. Don't breathe while...

Poster showing a soldier on the battlefield, collapsing and clutching his throat as a result of poison gas.

I gas asfissianti. Gas asphyxiants. Asphyxiating gas A. Bertiglia

I gas asfissianti. Gas asphyxiants. Asphyxiating gas A. Bertiglia

Postcard shows a comic scene of children at a toilet building; those in the doorway wear uniforms of Turkey, Germany, and Austria, while those holding their noses wear uniforms of France, Britain, and other cou... More

Gassed! -- another victory for Kultur

Gassed! -- another victory for Kultur

Poster shows two soldiers in hospital suffering the effects of poison gas; a distraught Red Cross nurse and older man look on. Poster drawn by Raemaekers for The Century Magazine and is part of Barron Collier S... More

Battery of American gas mortars ; Tube, foundation, gas container and propelling charge ; Bursted gas container.

Battery of American gas mortars ; Tube, foundation, gas container and ...

Public domain photograph related to Germany in World War One, military conflict, free to use, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description

Lend the way they fight--Buy bonds to your utmost Our men need drugs and bandages--Our men need first aid kits / / W.G.S.

Lend the way they fight--Buy bonds to your utmost Our men need drugs a...

Poster showing scenes of gas warfare and first aid. F. 209 E. Poster has been cut to irregular shape.

Poster - Beware poison gas? - Public domain lithograph

Poster - Beware poison gas? - Public domain lithograph

Poster is text only. Public domain photograph - United States during World War One, free to use, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description

The gas attack during World War I

The gas attack during World War I

Six U.S. soldiers, with five of them wearing gas masks and the other one holding his throat. Probably used for training purposes. American National Red Cross Collection (Library of Congress). No. RC-8603. Unpro... More

A line of soldiers posed, facing front, standing next to earthenwork fortifications, wearing gas masks over their faces, other soldiers sit on the ground nearby

A line of soldiers posed, facing front, standing next to earthenwork f...

Forms part of: Visual materials from the Herbert Corey Papers (Library of Congress).

At the front E.L.S during World War I

At the front E.L.S during World War I

Photograph shows soldiers wearing gas masks, advancing through a cloud of gas; one soldier who is not wearing a mask grasps his throat as he falls to the ground; it is unclear if he is responding to the gas or ... More

Repairing telephone lines during gas attack at the front, France

Repairing telephone lines during gas attack at the front, France

J240884 U.S. Copyright Office. No. 19205. Public domain photograph of stereoscopic card, free to use, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description

Newtown Air-raid Decontamination Squad

Newtown Air-raid Decontamination Squad

Teitl Cymraeg/Welsh title: Sgwad dadlygru y Drenewydd yn ymarfer ar gyfer cyrch awyr..Ffotograffydd/Photographer: Geoff Charles (1909-2002).Nodyn/Note:Newtown Decontamination squad at their full dress rehersal ... More

Captain William W. Kitchen instructing a chaplain school class in gas warfare and the use of gas masks. U.S. Army chaplain school. Fort Benjamin Harrison, Indiana

Captain William W. Kitchen instructing a chaplain school class in gas ...

Title and other information from caption card. Transfer; United States. Office of War Information. Overseas Picture Division. Washington Division; 1944. More information about the FSA/OWI Collection is availabl... More

Captain William W. Kitchen instructing a U.S. Army chaplain school class in gas warfare and the use of gas masks. Fort Benjamin Harrison, Indiana

Captain William W. Kitchen instructing a U.S. Army chaplain school cla...

Title and other information from caption card. Transfer; United States. Office of War Information. Overseas Picture Division. Washington Division; 1944. More information about the FSA/OWI Collection is availabl... More

Captain William W. Kitchen instructing a chaplain school class in gas warfare and the use of gas masks. U.S. Army chaplain school. Fort Benjamin Harrison, Indiana

Captain William W. Kitchen instructing a chaplain school class in gas ...

Picryl description: Public domain image of military training, armed forces fort, camp, exercise activity, free to use, no copyright restrictions.

Captain William W. Kitchen instructing a U.S. Army chaplain school class in gas warfare and the use of gas masks. Fort Benjamin Harrison, Indiana

Captain William W. Kitchen instructing a U.S. Army chaplain school cla...

Picryl description: Public domain image of military training, armed forces fort, camp, exercise activity, free to use, no copyright restrictions.

Captain William W. Kitchen instructing chaplain school class in gas warfare and the use of gas masks. U.S. Army chaplain school, Fort Benjamin Harrison, Indiana

Captain William W. Kitchen instructing chaplain school class in gas wa...

Picryl description: Public domain image of military training, armed forces fort, camp, exercise activity, free to use, no copyright restrictions.

Captain William W. Kitchen instructing chaplain school class in gas warfare and the use of gas masks. U.S. Army chaplain school, Fort Benjamin Harrison, Indiana

Captain William W. Kitchen instructing chaplain school class in gas wa...

Title and other information from caption card. Transfer; United States. Office of War Information. Overseas Picture Division. Washington Division; 1944. More information about the FSA/OWI Collection is availabl... More

Captain William W. Kitchen instructing a Chaplain School class in gas warfare and the use of gas masks. U.S. Army chaplain school, Fort Benjamin Harrison, Indiana

Captain William W. Kitchen instructing a Chaplain School class in gas ...

Title and other information from caption card. Transfer; United States. Office of War Information. Overseas Picture Division. Washington Division; 1944. More information about the FSA/OWI Collection is availabl... More

Captain William W. Kitchen instructing a Chaplain School class in gas warfare and the use of gas masks. U.S. Army chaplain school, Fort Benjamin Harrison, Indiana

Captain William W. Kitchen instructing a Chaplain School class in gas ...

Picryl description: Public domain image of military training, armed forces fort, camp, exercise activity, free to use, no copyright restrictions.

Repairing field telephone lines during a gas attack at the front

Repairing field telephone lines during a gas attack at the front

Stereograph title from item. Series title and number from accompanying guide book (call number: D521.H32). Keystone catalog no. 19255. Copyright by The Keystone View Company. Purchase; Jeffrey Kraus; 2009; (DLC... More

Soldiers about to enter tear-gas trench, Camp Dix, N.J

Soldiers about to enter tear-gas trench, Camp Dix, N.J

Stereograph title from item. Series title and number from accompanying guide book (call number: D521.H32). Keystone catalog no. V19322. Copyright by The Keystone View Company. Purchase; Jeffrey Kraus; 2009; (DL... More

Soldiers about to enter tear-gas trench, Camp Dix, N.J

Soldiers about to enter tear-gas trench, Camp Dix, N.J

Stereograph title from item. Series title and number from accompanying guide book (call number: D521.H32). Keystone catalog no. V19322. Copyright by The Keystone View Company. Purchase; Jeffrey Kraus; 2009; (DL... More

Repairing field telephone lines during a gas attack at the front

Repairing field telephone lines during a gas attack at the front

Stereograph title from item. Series title and number from accompanying guide book (call number: D521.H32). Keystone catalog no. 19255. Copyright by The Keystone View Company. Purchase; Jeffrey Kraus; 2009; (DLC... More

U.S. Naval Base, Pearl Harbor, Temporary Decontamination Center, Corner of Avenue D & Seventh Street, Pearl City, Honolulu County, HI

U.S. Naval Base, Pearl Harbor, Temporary Decontamination Center, Corne...

Significance: It was built as part of the great expansion of facilities at Pearl Harbor during WWII, built in response to the December 7, 1941 attack. This building could be considered, like the other types of ... More

U.S. Naval Base, Pearl Harbor, Temporary Decontamination Center, Corner of Avenue D & Seventh Street, Pearl City, Honolulu County, HI

U.S. Naval Base, Pearl Harbor, Temporary Decontamination Center, Corne...

Significance: It was built as part of the great expansion of facilities at Pearl Harbor during WWII, built in response to the December 7, 1941 attack. This building could be considered, like the other types of ... More

Fort Rodman Military Reservation, Gas Chamber, East side of main access road, New Bedford, Bristol County, MA

Fort Rodman Military Reservation, Gas Chamber, East side of main acces...

Significance: The Gas Chamber Building retains its integrity of location, design, setting, materials, and workmanship. It was built specifically for training troops in gas mask use during World War II, a major... More

Fort Rodman Military Reservation, Gas Chamber, East side of main access road, New Bedford, Bristol County, MA

Fort Rodman Military Reservation, Gas Chamber, East side of main acces...

Significance: The Gas Chamber Building retains its integrity of location, design, setting, materials, and workmanship. It was built specifically for training troops in gas mask use during World War II, a major... More

Fort Rodman Military Reservation, Gas Chamber, East side of main access road, New Bedford, Bristol County, MA

Fort Rodman Military Reservation, Gas Chamber, East side of main acces...

Significance: The Gas Chamber Building retains its integrity of location, design, setting, materials, and workmanship. It was built specifically for training troops in gas mask use during World War II, a major... More

Fort Rodman Military Reservation, Gas Chamber, East side of main access road, New Bedford, Bristol County, MA

Fort Rodman Military Reservation, Gas Chamber, East side of main acces...

Significance: The Gas Chamber Building retains its integrity of location, design, setting, materials, and workmanship. It was built specifically for training troops in gas mask use during World War II, a major... More

Fort Rodman Military Reservation, Gas Chamber, East side of main access road, New Bedford, Bristol County, MA

Fort Rodman Military Reservation, Gas Chamber, East side of main acces...

Significance: The Gas Chamber Building retains its integrity of location, design, setting, materials, and workmanship. It was built specifically for training troops in gas mask use during World War II, a major... More