French B-26 bombers in Indochina. Aircraft lined up with running engines. They take off and fly in formation. Aerial views of terrain. Views from cockpit. Buildings, mountains and forest. The aircraft fly over the clouds. An aerial view of a river and a field.
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.
Anti-communist propaganda piece in the 1950s: A Communist parade in Paris,France. Communist demonstrators chant slogans like 'Stop the War in Indo-China', Down with warfare',' Unite with Russia for world peace'. People carry signs and banners reading 'France', 'US Go Home' and many more. A mock attack by a boy on another boy dressed up as an American Miltary Police. A union of French women with banners reading phony title for a communist front organization. Big replica of Stalin's party line novel. Main body of procession includes parade by Communist-led trade unions. A parade of French military might in an other part of Paris. Thousands of French soldiers armed with rifles march on a tree-lined street. People gather in great numbers to witness the parade. A parade of French trucks,artillery and tanks.
Anti-communist propaganda: Narrator speaks popping out of his car in the Communist slums of Paris, France. Clothes hang on the balcony of a house. A woman stands on a fire escape balcony. Back alleys of the Communist slums. Men and women do their daily chores. Four kids, arm-in-arm, walk in an alley. A boy sits near a box of firewood. Children play ball near fence plastered with Communist slogans. 'US Go Home' written on a wall. A wall with several anti-Communist posters pasted on it. One poster shows Stalin's cartoon holding a peace sign in one hand and a club in another. Another poster depicts an armor plated dove with its beak symbolizing a gun. A poster shows Stalin's cartoon dancing above the satellite states and his dagger pointing at the heart of France.
Rail yard in Paris,France. A locomotive approaches the yard . A French worker, Jacques Dupont, operates a locomotive turntable. Another rail worker fills water in the locomotive' s engine. Engineer checks wheels of the locomotive. Dupont and other workers work at the engine. From an anti-communist propaganda piece.
A French woman mops stairs. A group of French women including Marie Dupont, works in a protective goggle manufacturing factory in Paris. A horse carriage in busy city markets. A blind accordion player plays music in street. Men and women shop at open market. Marie buys vegetables and looks inside a meat shop. A horse bust sign above a horse meat shop. Shoes, sweaters,and other items on display in shops. Marie looks at a skirt in an open shop. Excerpt is from an anti-communist propaganda piece in the mid 1950s.