Flags flutter on a building in Laos, French Indochina. Laotian children stand in line with flags in their hands. French Overseas Minister, Marius Moutet, is given a traditional welcome, by residents, who each present him with flowers. Minister Moutet, later visits a Buddhist temple and greets monks, who stand in a line. One of the monks wears French military decorations.
French troops ride on tracked landing vehicles through muddy rice fields and over obstacles, during Indochina conflict. Tracks of the vehicle with mud on it. The vehicles move over a log of wood on the road. They pass through a muddy water stream and arrive at a small town.
French soldiers engaged in Indochina war. Soldiers on army vehicles advance on a road near a town. Trucks parked on side of the road. French tractors clear paths through overgrown areas and pass through muddy fields.
French gunboats operate in rivers of Indochina. A barrel of a gun on a ship. A French soldier looks through binoculars. A Vietnamese prisoner with his hands tied at the back smokes a cigarette. An aircraft flies overhead. Views through portholes of armored river boats.
French river boats in operation. One tows several Vietnamese boats. A group of French soldiers aboard a wooden sail boat that they propel with long poles. The boat moves towards a beach area. The troops get off the boat and wade to the beach. They search the area and seize several Vietnamese prisoners. French troops search areas along the river bank.
Annual opium profits of $15,000,000 in Sui Yuan, Mongolia. Mongolian Monarch and ruler of opium-rich area, General Ma Fuxiang, seated with his family. The multi-millionaire opium king celebrates birthday with his private army maintained to guard a large territory. Mongolian people in an opium field. The poppy seed of the opium flower. A man inspects a poppy flower. A massive wooden water wheel pulling water from a canal and transporting it to a high ramp which runs down to irrigate large poppy fields.
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