French military operations in Tonkin,French Indochina during First Indochina War. Soldiers walk past bomb damaged stone buildings. Trees in the background. Local woman fans two crying children. Local laborers fill in drainage creek with shovels.
Arrival of General Tassigny in French Indochina during First Indochina War. Large crowd of civilians gather. French Army General,Jean de Lattre de Tassigny arrives from Saigon. Staff officers and Vietnamese officials welcome and receive General. Vietnamese girl presents bouquet to the General.
Viet Minh prisoners are convoyed in French Indochina during First Indochina War. Church building. Group of Viet Minh prisoners from the 308th Brigade captured at post of Yen Cu Ha are being convoyed toward the battlefield and herded into enclosures. Their arms being tied behind their backs. Dead soldier on ground. View of small native village. Soldiers holding pistol and machine gun walk past bomb damaged buildings. They step over bodies of dead Viet Minh defenders.
Arrival of General MacDonald in Saigon,French Indochina during First Indochina War. British,French and Vietnamese flags flutter in wind from flag pole. British General Commissioner for Northeast Asia ,Sir Malcolm MacDonald disembarks aircraft and arrives at Saigon from Doilat. French Army General, Jean De Lattre de Tassigny receives and greets Sir MacDonald. General Tassigny,Sir Donald and their staffs review troops. The Generals hand shakes with officers. They inspect installations and tank units. Sir MacDonald stands at attention as General Tassigny salutes at the British,French and Vietnamese flags at the airfield.
1947 Morris Eight Series E saloon automobile on lift platform dockside is repositioned. More 1947 Morris Eight Series E saloon cars are moved into place to prepare for crane lift. Sign seen on car windshield reads, "Nuffield Exports." Aerial view of dock workers pushing car into place. Workers roll 1947 Wolseley 14-60 Series III automobile onto lift platform and car is lifted into air next to a ship docked in a British harbor.
General Jean De Lattre De Tassigny in Indochina. The French General gives a brief speech over a microphone. He explains that the French are still in Indochina not for colonial interests but to help the natives build their own independent country. The French are also fighting a war against the Communists.