WWII Civilian Gas Masks: Terror on the Home Front

[@spacemissing]

Policy and required practice aside: The ultimate penalty for not carrying the thing with you would have been exposure to poison gas. Anyone with a gram of functional gray matter would have been fully compliant with all recommendations.

[@Mike-bh7sh]

Unless you considered that a mask would only (possibly) protect you from massive chemical attack for an hour or so. If the attack was accompanied by massive bombings as well then the destruction and penalization of the cities transportation, etc., would likely have seen you die once the cartridge allowed enough chemical through. Remember, as Gilles pointed out, the ARP masks only were 10% as effective as the others. Just as when, at the height of the cold war, many people did not build bunkers in their back yards because they realized that living a few more hours or days would probably be worse than being killed immediately.

[@bassett_green]

The designer gas mask bags reminds me of the fashion trends of N95 masks during the COVID-19 pandemic

[@yankeeclipper4326]

That is my favorite episode of Dr. Who

[@lordbarristertimsh8050]

It's interesting that picric acid would be mentioned in this video from a Canadian KZbinr because picric acid was one of the explosives involved in one of Canada's most infamous disasters, the SS Mont-Blanc explosion in Halifax, Nova Scotia. Also, picric acid was probably included in ARP gas-attack kit because picric acid is a good ointment for use on burns { like the burns from a blistering agent like mustard gas } for this reason some first aid kits actually included bandages impregnated with picric acid specifically for burn injuries.

[@typograf62]

And a great thanks to the German horses. My mother was issued a British gas mask, she lived in the Faroe Islands under British occupation (not that they complained much about being occupied). I think I have it in a box somewhere, looked like 7:28. Probably dust now.

[@BichaelStevens]

Reminds me of a Soviet first aid shelf I found in the basement of my workplace, it was almost empty, had a small bottle of "ant acid" which google says is Formic acid, label says it cost 15 kopeks. Next to it, a small bottle of 5% ethanol solution with expiry date of 2001.

[@lvl_antoni_lvl]

hello good video mate, I am an expert on the subject and I wanted to tell you that in the filter of these masks are made with active charcoal and asbestos fiber and resin, so for its age it makes it dangerous to use it in the long term, It will be fine if you leave it on display, just don't wear them, good luck

[@Tmilitaria]

Agreed, he also put one of his gas masks on a foam head, the chemicals in the foam heads can eat up the rubber. Thus it’s best to avoid doing so. Cheers, TM.

[@frankentronics]

Fascinating. I'm sure the filter on the gas mask you wore, at the start of this video, is not one of the filters that contains asbestos, right?

[@nicholashodges201]

You're generally ok as long as the filter isn't damaged. The asbestos is pretty deep inside under multiple layers of filter cloth or paper depending on the design. Probably safer than the mid century Soviet filters which used asbestos filter paper to contain the loose asbestos. Another "win" for the People's Engineering Department there

[@JAmilitaria]

The GCR in the vid is actually canadian the British version is black rubber with orange around the eye piece

[@dondouglass6415]

Once again... Absolutely fascinating... Huzzah!!!

[@cperuffo]

Please be careful with that picric acid! It gets frisky when it dries out.

[@pendo546]

hope you make more content about masks

[@600322]

He is very interesting: in swedish calling möp or military over interested person.

[@stevenblack7928]

[@Mountain-Man-3000]

Let's hope civilians never need to use these during a war...

[@Gas_Mask_Dude_360]

But they should have them.

[@LILFOOL.]

Asbestos asbestos asbestos

[@WarblesOnALot]

G'day, Mesothelioma Pleural and Parietal...; It's a worry Worthy of Consideration. All the Treatment is Supportive and then Palliative...; Nothing Curative is yet an Option. Just(ifiably ?) sayin'. Such is life, Have a good one... Stay safe. ;-p Ciao !

[@Tmilitaria]

No the GSR is not an updated version of the SBR, totally different. Suggest you should research first.

[@Tmilitaria]

No mate the Beige GCR isn’t British it’s Canadian.

[@DSlyde]

Wdym? He doesn't say otherwise. He says the GCR, i.e. the pattern, was used across the British Commonwealth, which includes Canada.

[@Tmilitaria]

@@DSlyde honestly never mind