Vietnamese people carrying objects on poles walk slowly along a pathway leading to a substantial house in walled compound with hills in background. A painted portrait of 19th Century Vietnamese nationalist, Phan Dinh Phung. Three Vietnamese men plowing rice paddy, manually with bamboo pole over shoulders of two who pull plow. Group of men pose for photograph wearing small ladder-like wooden collars over their heads. View of French Prison walls, and watch towers. Francois Pierre Rodier, French Governor-General of Cochinchina from 1902-1906. (World War II period).
1920 photograph of Nguyen Ai Quoc, Vietnamese Nationalist, with two comrades. A letter from him to comrades in 1924, written in China. Images of French and English newspaper articles about Nguyen Ai Quoc, referring to him as an Annamite. A 1931 handwritten dossier compiled on Nguyen Ai Quoc. Picture of him with associates.
French soldier fires rifle through bars of window in a building. French troops enter destroyed and burning Vietnamese village. They set fire to thatched roofs of huts. A French soldier walks through rubble past body of a Vietnamese. French soldier herds several Vietnamese prisoners from a building. One prisoner has cuts and burns on his face. French soldiers talk with a small Vietnamese boy. A Vietnamese woman and small boy help and aged woman away from scenes of battle. They fearfully bow in obeisance to the cinematographer as they walk past. French soldiers in a jeep pass burning thatched huts. French troops set up a machine gun and kill a Vietnamese who rolls out from shrubs in front of a hut. A French gunner on a tank. Entire village ablaze being consumed by flames.
French Commander, General De Castries in Vietnam. General De Castries salutes. He reviews troops along with another officer. A military band plays. General De Castries converses with other officers.
The traditional Chinese dragon dance in North Vietnam. Vietnamese children run excitedly to witness the event. Young Vietnamese boy stands outside a tent holding baggage. Men perform the traditional dragon dance. Flag of North Vietnam flies over village. Huge Vietnamese crowd watches the show. Open mouth of the dragon. People move on street around thatched roof houses. The dragon is brought outside on ground. Vietnamese girls smiling.
A picture of the Vietnamese nationalist, Bao Nguoi Cung Kho. Newspaper for French Colonials living abroad, contains artlcle about him.
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