Genevieve de Galard returns to France. She was a French nurse stationed in Hanoi and flew in casualty evacuation flights. She was named as the "Angel of Dien Bien Phu". Evacuated casualties from the battle of Dien Bien Phu carried to a van in Hanoi. Views of Galard, who refused freedom to stay with the wounded Communist captives. Galard flies to Paris and is welcomed by her mother. Large crowd gathers for welcoming her. She addresses the press.
Vietnamese people in Vietnam. Palm trees on a shoreline. Water lily on a river bed. Picture of a young Nguyen Sinh Cung (Ho Chi Minh). people. Numerous letters and cards addressed to Ho chi Minh, from all over the country and the world. One contains drawing of a palm tree with: Bac Ho Kinh yeu (Beloved Uncle Ho) written on the sheet of paper.
Ho Chi Minh in Vietnam. Water flowing in a small stream. A group of Vietnamese children come running to Ho Chi Minh. He claps in rhythm as children dance in a circle. He looks at a book with them. Ho Chi Minh sits, holding a little girl, at a riverside. ho chi Minh makes a fish trap basket, fishes in a stream with a long pole, and catches a fish. He sits at a table and serves food to his Viet Minh companions. They sit at a campfire, and later, around a table listening to a large powerful radio. Ho Chi Minh sits contemplatively on the porch of a rustic shelter and enjoys the surrounding jungle scenery.
Viet Minh assaulting French positions at Dien Bien Phu, in Vietnam. Artillery pounds French positions. Viet Minh forces run along top of ridge carrying the Viet Minh flag. French troops are taken prisoner and leave trenches with hands raised. Long line of French troops marching in surrender. Viet Minh riding on a tank with their flag displayed. Viet Minh field artillery.
French Air Force operating B-26 bombers in Indochina. Mechanics work on left engine of a B-26. Crew chief helps pilot strap himself into cockpit. Flight of 3 B-26s make formation takeoff. Pilot of one aircraft seen in cockpit at control. He smokes a cigarette. Flash and smoke from dropped bombs. The flight of three returns to base and lands. They taxi to parking places.
French gunner looks out from one of a long line of Douglas A-26 bombers flown by French Air Force in Indochina, as they taxi for takeoff. Very low altitude views from A-26 showing a church and other substantial building. A pilot at the controls in cockpit. Aircraft taxi on an airstrip. 'BC-579' written on an aircraft. An aerial view of the land. One aircraft drops bombs. The bombers in flight. Three bombers in formation flight. Flight of three French fighter aircraft.