Smoke Cloud to Screen the Movements of Troops
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Smoke Cloud to Screen the Movements of Troops
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Article Title and/or Image Caption (Dublin Core)
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Smoke Cloud to Screen the Movements of Troops
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Caption 1: Making a smoke screen to hide troop movements "somewhere" in France.
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Caption 2: An officer holding in his hand a smoke cartridge emitting a cloud of smoke.
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A HEAVY cloud of smoke suddenly
made its appearance over the camp
of the enemy, completely hiding him from
the view of the opposing forces. The sec-
tion back of this screen was marked by
considerable activity. Big guns were be- -
ing shifted here and there; troops were
hastily moving to new positions; rein-
forcements were arriving by the thousands
—and when small rifts appeared in the
smoke cloud the enemy was revealed in a
stronger position, ready for attack.
Thus is cloud-forming gas employed
in warfare. The gas is contained in a
tube, and, when released, makes a dense
cloud that effectually screens all objects
for several yards around. Even the
observer in the airplane finds himself
baffled when he tries to see what is taking
place on the other side of this curtain.
Although the smoke cloud has been de-
seribed particularly as a means of con-
cealing from the enemy the movements of
troops seeking new vantage points, it can
also be used effectively in reconnoitering.
It is possible for soldiers under cover of a
cloud to approach within a short distance
of the enemy and escape detection.
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Contributor (Dublin Core)
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Int. Film Serv. (photos)
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Language (Dublin Core)
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eng
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Date Issued (Dublin Core)
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1918-07
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pages (Bibliographic Ontology)
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63
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Rights (Dublin Core)
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Public Domain (Google digitized)
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Archived by (Dublin Core)
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Filippo Valle
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Alberto Bordignon (Supervisor)
Popular Science Monthly, v. 93, n. 1, 1918
