French military and government officials at a ceremony in Indochina on the ground of a Buddhist temple. The group gathered in an outdoor courtyard with a giant black cauldron or pot with steam coming from it. Shift to an indoor setting where a French official addresses the audience gathered from a lectern on a stage. Shift to an outdoor scene with a large group of monks entering the Wat Phnom Daun Penh temple by ascending the stairs in front. An arch bridge over a river. Cars on a road in Indochina. A steam locomotive pulling rail cars through a pass and racing toward camera position at high speed. An aqueduct in Indochina and a series of canals funneling water to rice fields, and a view of a farmer plowing on a wet field with the help of oxen. Views of the Pasteur Institute ("Institut Pasteur" over the doorway) in Indochina. Scientists in white lab coats working in the Institute with microscopes. Glass sample jars labeled "Cholera" being packed into boxes.
MAAG (Military Assistance and Advisory Group) Mission in Angkor Wat, Cambodia. United States Senator Bourke B Hickenlooper, Milton R. Young, and United States Ambassador to Cambodia, Carl W. Strom tour the ruins of Angkor Wat. They look at a broken statue. Officials take pictures with their cameras. Bas relief carvings on walls, statues at entrance of the temple. A statue of four headed Lord Shiva on dome of the temple. Banyan or Kapok tree in Angkor Wat.
MAAG (Military Assistance and Advisory Group) Mission in Thmar-Pich, Cambodia. Major Etchemendy, U.S. Army MAAG arrives in jeep at 2nd Artillery Battery in Thmar-Pich for inspection. U.S. officer and Royal Khmer officer watch as Cambodian soldiers operate 105 mm Howitzer. Battery of the Howitzer. Sign board over gateway post.
MAAG (Military Assistance and Advisory Group) Mission in Angkor Wat, Cambodia. Ancient temple with figures sculpted at the entrance wall in Angkor Wat. Bas relief sculptures adorn the walls of the Angkor Wat. A small lake in front of the temple. Car driven on road towards the temple. Sculpted heads on temple dome.
MAAG (Military Assistance and Advisory Group) Mission in Angkor Wat, Cambodia. Banyan tree branches growing on stone walls and ruins. Board reads 'Baray Occidental Irrigation Project Dam'. Water flows from the Baray Occidental dam. Ruins of large statues. Milestone reads 'Angkor Wath 1'.
MAAG (Military Assistance and Advisory Group) Mission in Angkor Wat, Cambodia. Cambodian women walk on road. They walk past a stone marker “Angkor-Wath”. Men and women with carts move along the road. Woman tosses rice in a circular basket. Cambodian girl pounds rice.