Produced, Written and Directed by
JOHN RUBIN

Edited by
JIM OHM

Co-Produced by
JAMES DONALD

Narrator
LIEV SCHREIBER

Creative and Research Consultant
RICHARD M. LEWIS

Director of Photography
IAN KERR

Original Score
CHRISTOPHER MANGUM

Archival Research
RICH REMSBERG

Assistant Editor
YARI WOLINSKY

Stills Animation
HOWARD P. STERN

Storyboard Artist
STEVEN THOMAS FORD

Additional Camera
REUBEN AARONSON

MIKE FOX

GARY HENOCH

ERWIN LANDAU

JASON LONGO

Sound Recordists
RICK FATKE

JOHN OSBORNE

ROB POLHEMUS

KEITH RODGERSON

BOB SILVERTHORNE

Camera Assistants
MICHAEL CORUZZI

TIM SWEENEY

Gaffers
JACK MCPHEE

ERIC NELSON

Key Grip
ERIC BOYLE

Swing Grip/Electric
PATRICK CAFFEY

PATRICK MITCHELL

CHUCK ELDRIDGE

CLINTON MCMAHON

Art Directors
JON PROFANT

KATHA SEIDMAN

Property Master
CAMERON KEIBER

Set Decorators
CAILIN O’CONNOR

SHANNON HATCH

Art Department
ART CORPS

Costumers
ANDREW POLESZAK

WESTERN COSTUMES

Wardrobe Assistants
REBECCA HYLTON

MARY LAUVE

Hair & Make-Up
BRENDA COFFEY

VICKI MORGENSTERN

Location Managers
LLOYD ELLIS

KAREN STARK

Production Assistant
NICHOLAS ZEIN

Animal Wrangler
CHADD DUNN

KEVIN KINZER

GENTLE JUNGLE

LIFE’S SAFARI, LLC

Extras Casting
MICAH HATCH — BOSTON CASTING

JORING KING

Extras
WAYNE CORDES

ROBERT GERRITS

ALBERT M. CHAN

HYUNSOO MOON

JOHN AMATO

DON FOLEY

BOB TELLA

THOMAS TYNELL

A.G. WILDE

On-Line Editor
JONATHAN SCHWARTZ

Colorist
DAVID MARKUN

Recording Facility
MARGARITA MIX

Sound Mixer
GREG MCCLEARY

Sound Designers/Editors
GEOF THURBER

RAUL ROSA

Research Assistants
AYUMI SATO TAKAHIRA

CAMMIE LEE

SYLVIA TOMIYAMA

HAO YAN

Transcriptions
MULBERRY STUDIOS

Advisors
DANIEL BARENBLATT

DR. MARTIN FURMANSKI

ED REGIS

J.P. PERRY ROBINSON

DR. RAYMOND ZILINSKAS

Archival Materials Courtesy of
ABC News Videosource
Dr. Robert Baldwin
CBS News Archives
Corbis
Footage Farm
Getty Images
Imperial War Museum
Dr. Joseph Jemski
Ken Jones
Reid Kirby
Merlin Neff
Dr. Matthew Meselson
Minnesota Historical Society
National Archives and Records Administration
National Archives — Central Plains Region
NBC News Archives
Northern Light Productions
Bill Patrick
Phototake
San Francisco Public Library
University of Wisconsin-Madison Archives
US Army
US Army Chemical Corps Museum
Vigo County Historical Society
WGBH

Locations
BELMONT, MA TOWN CALL

CARY HALL, LEXINGTON, MA

Special Thanks
Col. Art Anderson
Attic Angel Community
Dr. Brian Balmer
Norm Covert
Dave Chuber
Dr. Frank Damazo
Chuck Dasey, Public Affairs Officer, U.S. Army Medical Research and Material Command
Mike Foster
Dr. Jeanne Guillemin
Lloyd Long
Richard Preston
Angie Rubin
Dr. Gordon Ruthel
John Taylor
Jan van Aken
Hao Yan

Steadicam Operator Erwin Landau

Post Production
VANESSA EZERSKY

GLENN FUKUSHIMA

GREG SHEA

Series Designer
ALLISON KENNEDY

On-Line Editor
SPENCER GENTRY

Sound Mix
JOHN JENKINS

Series Theme
CHARLES KUSKIN

Production Manager
NANCY SHERMAN

Legal
JAY FIALKOV

JANICE FLOOD

MAUREEN JORDAN

SCOTT KARDEL

Project Administration
KELSEY DORWART

SUSANA FERNANDES

PAMELA GAUDIANO

Marketing and Communications
LAURA BOWMAN

JEN HOLMES

PATRICK RAMIREZ

Project Manager
LAUREN PRESTILEO

Associate Producer, New Media
MOLLY JACOBS

Senior Editor
PAUL TAYLOR

Series Producer
SUSAN BELLOWS

Series Manager
JAMES E. DUNFORD

Coordinating Producer
SUSAN MOTTAU

Senior Producer
SHARON GRIMBERG

Executive Producer
MARK SAMELS

On-camera interview subjects
BRIAN BALMER, AUTHOR

NORM COVERT, CAMP DETRICK HISTORIAN

MIKE FOSTER, CAPTAIN, CHEMICAL WARFARE SERVICE

MARTIN FURMANSKI, M.D., PATHOLOGIST

JEANNE GUILLEMIN, SOCIOLOGIST, SECURITY STUDIES PROGRAM, M.I.T.

LLOYD LONG, OPERATION WHITECOAT VOLUNTEER

MATTEW MESELSON, BIOLOGIST

OSGOODTHORPE, D.A. STATE INVESTIGATOR

BILL PATRICK, MICROBIOLOGIST

RICHARD PRESTON, AUTHOR

Creative and Research Consultant
RICHARD M. LEWIS

A John Rubin Productions, Inc. Film for American Experience