Video: 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." Link