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HOW TO DISPOSE OF MAGNESIUM FIRE BOMBS WWII ERA CIVIL DEFENSE TRAINING FILM XD11084

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Join this channel to get access to perks: Want to learn more about Periscope Film and get access to exclusive swag? Join us on Patreon. Visit Visit our website The Chemical Warfare Service of the United States Army and National Fire Protection Association created this film (circa WWII) for the purpose of informing United States citizens about and how to dispose of a common lightweight magnesium incendiary bomb if dropped on a household during an air raid. It features several demonstrations of live incendiary bombs being confronted in a household, along with infographics describing how the fire bombs work. The film was produced and directed by Sherman Price and narrated by James Lehmann. (0:06) Title and credits sequence. (0:19) Man holding aerial lightweight magnesium incendiary bomb. (0:30) Incendiary bomb bursting through roof of home and exploding in living room, setting furniture on fire. (0:42) Blaze of burning buildings while large streams of water are sprayed from firehoses. (0:51) Precursing montage of fighting incendiary fire. (1:06) Infographic of incendiary bomb mechanism and commentary on how it works. (1:56) Infographic and explanation of thermit reaction. (2:41) Post-thermite burn of magnesium on floor. (2:56) Men pouring sand on floor and shoveling over bomb. (3:43) Man shoveling bomb into bucket (4:20) Extinguishing embers with water spray (4:28) Two men using broom handle to carry bucket outside. (4:40) Thermite burn of bomb. (4:49) Using water—due to its concentration of oxygen—to speed up burn of magnesium so the bomb burns itself out—expends all combustion material. (4:59) Solid stream of water interacting with magnesium causing a violent reaction. (5:06) Infographic and explanation of solid water stream interaction with molten magnesium. (5:16) Coarse spray of water interaction with magnesium controlling it and speeding up burn of magnesium, reducing spread of fire. (5:32) Infographic and explanation of coarse water spray interaction with magnesium. (5:49) Garden hose with adjustable nozzle. (6:02) Footage of burning aftermath of air raid (likely World War II). (6:14) Incendiary bomb explodes in living room setting furniture on fire. (6:23) Woman turning soda acid extinguisher upside-down and spraying. (6:33) Fire on curtains and surrounding furniture. (6:36) Woman procedurally using solid stream to extinguish surrounding fire, then breaking stream into a coarse spray to be used directly on bomb. (7:08) Extinguishing embers. (7:13) Use of foam extinguisher on incendiary bomb. (7:36) Magnesium struggling to burn beneath foam. (8:04) Display of various fire extinguishers. (8:17) Incendiary bomb falling through roof and combusting. (8:24) Man takes cover behind chair to avoid initial charge of incendiary bomb. (8:32) Incendiary bomb spits sparks on furniture and ignites it. (8:40) Man sprays solid stream of water at fire spread from bomb from pump tank, extinguishing furniture fire. (8:54) Man sprays coarse spray on bomb while pumping tank. (9:07) Incendiary bomb overcome by water spray and fizzles out. (9:22) Incendiary bomb falls through roof and explodes in living room, setting alite furniture. (9:28) Use of extension hose on pump tank, repeating aforementioned procedure of spraying bomb with more voiced detail of why procedure is used. (9:50) Flames spread up drapes and couch, then are extinguished. (10:14) Man sprays water on incendiary bomb with close-up of slowing of burn. (10:35) Filling pump tank while in use. (10:43) Filling pail in tub. (10:50 Fire on chair and cushion being extinguished. (11:03) Smoldering fire shoveled off floor showing damage to carpet and wood floor. (11:13) Infographic showing penetration measurements of roofing materials. (11:45) People removing textiles, newspaper, and dollhouse from attic. (12:09) Incendiary bomb burning hold through ceiling. (12:17) Man installing building paper, sand, and chicken wire as protective measures to attic floor. (12:49) Inspection tag of water tank. (13:06) Man throwing wet blanket on shower of sparks. (13:17) Review of previous demonstrations, various shots of spraying and disposing of bomb. We encourage viewers to add comments and, especially, to provide additional information about our videos by adding a comment! See something interesting? Tell people what it is and what they can see by writing something for example: “01:00:12:00 -- President Roosevelt is seen meeting with Winston Churchill at the Quebec Conference.“ This film is part of the Periscope Film LLC archive, one of the largest historic military, transportation, and aviation stock footage collections in the USA. Entirely film backed, this material is available for licensing in 24p HD, 2k and 4k. For more information visit

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