Scenes through the fertile countryside of French Indo-China on a trip to Hanoi during World War II. A train arrives at a station. People at the station. Buildings and a market place. Street vendors and rickshaw pullers. Military personnel move out of a building. Lao-Kai ( border station between French Indo-China and China). Soldiers with conical hats. Drums on the ground. A procession passes through the streets.
The war crimes trial in Tokyo, Japan after World War II. Japanese Prime Minister Hideki Tojo answers the questions during the trial. U.S. Major General P.J. Mueller, Chief of Staff and party seated in the court room. Tojo being cross examined about sending of troops into French Indochina. Tojo states that the Indo China problem was discussed in a message from President Roosevelt to the Emperor. In answer as to when troops were sent there, he says around 20 September 1940 and this was done after arrangements had been made with the Vichy Government of France.
Emperor Bao Dai visits the fighting front along the Black river in Vietnam, French Indo China. He decorates a soldier. An airplane parked on the field. Airplanes from the United States bomb Red positions, amid reports that Red China plans to invade Indo China.
French Army forces fight the Reds in French Indo-China, Vietnam. Soldiers fire artillery. The Communist forces advance towards the defense lines held by forces of France. Smoke arises due to firing. Injured French and Vietnamese.
French Forces fight the Communist forces in Vietnam, French Indo-China. Aircraft in flight. French soldiers descend on land through parachutes. A soldier watches them. Other soldiers erect bunkers on the land. Some of them stand along the barbed wire entanglements. An aircraft in flight. Bombarding on the field causes the smoke to rise. Soldiers look at the rifles and other ammunitions. Smoke from fire in the background as forces from Communist Vietnam and France battle.
French troops prepare for defense in Vietnam. French paratroopers trained in American planes and methods, train for future action in Indo-China. Low- flying American-made planes drop napalm bombs, score a major victory over the communists near Hanoi. Soldiers help the civilians after the bombarding and destruction in Saigon. Destroyed vehicles on street.
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