ARP Schools - How to use a gas mask

The teacher Mr Ken from Knightswood Primary School in Glasgow shows his primary class how to fit their gas masks properly. Filmed between April and June 1940, the film shows how pupils should respond calmly to a gas attack. The captions between the clips describe the correct procedure to follow in the event of an air raid.

Black and white, Silent

Length of clip: 11:46
Length of original film: 11:46

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Questions:

Why is the film so long?
Why are the children practicing putting on gas masks?
Does a gas mask look comfortable?
Where do we normally see emergency procedure demonstrations today?
Do you think being a child in WWII would have been exciting or scary?
Why did the children need to wipe the moisture out of their masks after use?

Activities:

English / Science / History: Write a precise descriptive narration to accompany this educational film gas mask demonstration.

Art and Design / History: Make your own gas mask box (see web link for PDF instructions).

Technology: Find out how gas masks work and how they protect the wearer from inhaling gas.

History: Organise a gas attack drill as part of your WWII day. This could be combined with other activities shown in related ARP clips in this collection.

English: Write a senses poem about being involved in an air raid on a British city.

Record details

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Record ID:	007-000-000-015-C
Resource Rights Holder:	National Library of Scotland
Related Records:	Cally House Tenement Warden (clip) ARP A Reminder for Peacetime A Bomb Fell
Project Ref:	0031
Date:	1940
Genre:	Documentary, drama doc, educational
Subject:	History, Standard Grade History, Intermediate History, Community Involvement, Social History, Citizenship, English, Science, Technology, Education, WWII, Art and Design (Curriculum for Excellence)
Who:	Stanley L. Russell (director)
Where:	Knightswoord, Glasgow (school)
Event:	World War II (Home Front)
References:	http://www.woodlands-junior.kent.sch.uk/Homework/war/gasmasks.htm

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