no they weren't around then. Paper bags were used, most often brown paper.
Mitchell is depicting a short story about a man and what he is seeing in, what seems like, a world plagued by bloodshed, due to arms race that has resulted in a Cold War. This man is walking into a warehouse full of fifteen million plastic bags, which are obviously body bags. Everyone that is in existence in this war is afraid to stand out or stand up against the injustices that are commencing. It's almost as if everyone is having to conform to the "man without a voice" standard, and are dying due to that action
Lucite was discovered by DuPont chemists in 1931. Lucite is plastic that is sourced from petrochemicals and is widely used in the world of beaded jewellery. In World War 1 Lucite was in heavy demand to be used to make windshields as Lucite is crystal clear and is a very strong plastic.
Chlorine gas was used as a weapon during World War I. Salt is Sodium chloride.
Plastic can refer to many different compounds, so it is difficult to pinpoint when the first plastic was invented and how to classify the first plastic toy. Probably the earliest plastic toys were plastic toy soldiers. These were introduced in the late 1940's.
world war II. daylight savings was made in this war to help reduce fuel used for lighting.
No plastics came after the war Bakelite and Cellulose were the common materials Lucite was used for canopies is a type of plastic
Mitchell is depicting a short story about a man and what he is seeing in, what seems like, a world plagued by bloodshed, due to arms race that has resulted in a Cold War. This man is walking into a warehouse full of fifteen million plastic bags, which are obviously body bags. Everyone that is in existence in this war is afraid to stand out or stand up against the injustices that are commencing. It's almost as if everyone is having to conform to the "man without a voice" standard, and are dying due to that action
Radar, like that used to monitor weather was developed at the start of the war, and is still used today. Penicillin was invented as was the atomic bomb and plastic.
World war 2
For training purposes
Nylon was used as a replacement for silk (which came from Japan and China) and was used in the war effort- parachutes, cannon powder bags, etc. Since it was in short supply, it was rationed to civilians.
I'll take a stab at this: During World War II, (fact) discarded women's stockings were used to make powder charge bags for artillery cannon.
1950-1952
yes
to make toy soldiers
Because the war was dangerous to fish, fish were replaced with plastic battery operated models. The fish spent the duration of the war in various vacation spots.
Food was packaged in cans and freeze dried bags. The military also used rationing to help drive up availability of food for the military.