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.
Tenth anniversary of Independence Day in North Vietnam. A display of artillery. Vietnamese troops march with rifles and fixed bayonets. Vietnamese women march wearing black outfits. Vietnamese leader Ho Chi Minh and other dignitaries watch the ongoing parade from a review stand. Vietnamese men and women wave their hands. Children stand with balloons. They release the balloons in the sky. Women clap hands. Vietnamese women dance wearing traditional costumes. Various other festivities including fireworks.
North Vietnam holds general elections. Ho Chi Minh casts his ballot followed by other North Vietnamese leaders. Ho Chi Minh and other elected officials sit around table. Some stand and speak to Ho Chi Minh about their ideas for the government. Elsewhere, citizens parade in the streets, carrying banners, some of which decry American Imperialism. North Vietnam begins universal conscription for North Vietnamese Army (NVA). Mothers seeing their sons off as they depart in uniform after being recruited in military draft. One gives her son a favorite snack wrapped in a napkin.
Ho Chi Minh reaches out to all North Vietnam. He accepts flower bouquets from Vietnamese children. The children clap their hands. Vietnamese women wave hands. Ho Chi Minh speaks to a group of young women. He gives a speech at a meeting. The crowd stands and claps. Ho Chi Minh speaks to a large crowd of Vietnamese people.
Development in North Vietnam. Vietnamese women work in fields. They collect hay bundles. Vietnamese workers plow field with tractors. Vietnamese leader Ho Chi Minh visits a factory. He gives a brief speech from a stage in an open ground. Interiors of a factory. Large cranes at a construction site.
Vietnamese men and women attend classes in North Vietnam. An instructor takes a class. He reads from a backboard in the front. Vietnamese women cycle on a street. Vietnamese students in a class. Young Vietnamese look through microscopes in a laboratory. Framed pictures of North Vietnamese leaders. A picture of Ho Chi Minh. A young girl waters plants. A cherry blossom plant.
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