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How biological warfare experiments with bubonic plague were tested off Lewis. A鈥� phl脿igh dhubh fo dheuchainn son armachd b矛th-e貌lasach far Le貌dhais.
Seventy years ago in 1952, British scientists moored a floating laboratory off Tolsta on the Isle of Lewis to animal test the efficiency of viruses, including bubonic plague, as biological weapons.
Bubonic plague once killed half the population of Europe, so the government was appalled when a fishing boat with a crew of 18 sailed through a cloud of virus. The programme reveals how the experiments were hushed up and the fishermen never told of their exposure to the plague.
Deich bliadhna fichead air ais (1952) bha air acair far chladaichean Tholstaidh ann an Le貌dhas, b脿ta coltach ri laboratoraidh le luchd saidheans Breatannach a鈥� d猫anamh dheuchainnean air beathaichean feuch d猫 cho 猫ifeachdach 鈥榮 a bhiodh bh矛oraisean, a鈥檖hl脿igh dhubh nam measg, mar armachd b矛th-eolasach. Aig aon 脿m mharbhar d脿rna leth sluaigh na Roinn E貌rpa leis a鈥� phl脿igh dhubh, chan iongnadh e gun robh an riaghaltas air an uabhasachadh gun do she貌l b脿ta le ochd duine deug de chriutha tro sg貌th de bh矛oras. Tha am pr貌gram ag innse mar a chumar na deuchainnean fo chle貌ca agus mar nach do dh鈥檌nnsear riamh do na h-iasgairean gun deach iad tro sg貌th luma l脿n pl脿igh.
In Gaelic with English subtitles
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