Description
| Title | Bacteriological Warfare in Vietnam |
|---|---|
| Duration | 18 mins 14 secs |
| Collection | Educational and Television Films Ltd |
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Description
Vietnamese documentary investigating the use of chemical weapons by the US army. Contains footage of experiments on animals.Segments
?Bacteriological Warfare in vietnem
Starts: 0:00
(6:33)
Produced by the Cinematographic Services of the Democratic Republic of Vietnam and of the Provisional Revolutionary Government of the Republic of South Vietnam. International newspaper articles reporting on the use of chemical weapons in Vietnam. Anti-Plant Agents: shots of devastated forests. Deforestation through chemical and B52 bombing. Loss of flora and fauna and the effect on the environment. Ruin of farming and plantation areas. Case study of staple crops. Statistics of devastation of vegetation and food crops. Effects of chemical warfare on wild and domestic animals, birds and water creatures. Effects of agents on people, especially in the creation of genetic defects, in particular on pregnant women, causing chromosomic aberrations in white blood cells. Commentary says that clinical tests prove these aberrations are as a result of US use of anti-plant agents.
Bacteriological Warfare in Vietnam
Starts: 6:33
(11:41)
Gas: over 7000 tonnes of toxic gas used in South Vietnam. Protective clothes worn by US soldiers. UN denunciation of the use of Chemical weapons. Details given about hand grenades loaded with CS gas. Effects of CS gas. An experiment is undertaken in the open air on a cat to demonstrate the effects of CS gas. CS gas grenade test undertaken on monkeys in a population shelter: effects on the respiratory system and mucous membranes. Convulsive fits shown and the effects on internal organs. Various shots of US illustrations for other chemical and gas warfare equipment for use in underground bomb shelters. Footage of soldiers removing bodies from a shelter, presumed to have been killed by the use of this type of weaponry. Detailed descriptions of other weapons and the supporting arsenal of US equipment. (Contains further experiments on animals). History and policy of US use of chemical weapons in Indo-China region. Political and scientific condemnation of the use of chemical weapons. US warplanes dropping chemical weapons.
