After five years of captivity of Red Revolutionary Forces (Viet-Minh) hostages return to their homelands from Indo-China during the Indo-China War. French hostages held by Viet-Minh leave Indochina with their belongings. They board a truck. Trucks loaded with the hostages line up on a road. The Red Cross sign at the entrance of a building. People move with their families. French women at a counter of new clothes after imprisonment. Children eat sweets. Two boys eat bread with tea. French hostages including men, women and children.
French General Philippe Leclerc greets an arriving General and stands with others of the Forces Expéditionnaires Françaises d'Extrême-Orient, FEFEO. Scene is at an airfield in French Indochina. General Leclerc presents awards and recognition to several soldiers standing at attention. One of the soldiers, a colonial, wears a bandage on his head. Another soldier is seen with arm in a sling. The ruins of an Indochina city. The damaged buildings and debris. Dead Viet-Minh lying on ground. A French guard stands on duty outside a building. Men inspect the damaged site.
French troops seize a communist stronghold in Indochina during the Indochina War. The troops stand with their military gear on the ground. They head towards a beach in small boats and leave the boats at the beach. They seize a communist stronghold along the Gulf of Siam. A radio station, machinery of modern type, pictures of communists leaders and great stores of arms and equipment are taken. Many natives return to safety with the raiding forces.
An air aid to Indochina during the Indochina War. A U.S. carrier anchored. U.S. aircraft aboard the carrier. The aircraft are lowered onto a pier. Navy fighter and bomber aircraft are towed by trucks on roads to bomb and strafe Red ( Communist ) positions.
French troops mop up the Reds( Communists ) and open a new drive in Indochina during the Indochina War. French troops disembark from landing crafts at a beachhead. They move into fields. They wade through waist deep water in a channel. Soldiers fire guns and artillery. Aircraft in flight for aerial bombardment to mop up communists from fortified villages. Huts burn and a fire blazes. Ruins in a village after land and aerial bombardment. Dead and wounded soldiers. Prisoners are taken by French troops.
Native, colonized armed forces in French Indochina performing calesthenics and training exercises. They march in formation with arms. Elephants stand nearby as the troops pass. French General Charles de Gaulle addresses a group of uniformed Indochinese military leaders and various civilians in a packed auditorium. A group of European men and women stand behind him on a staircase as he speaks to the gathering. The group applauds his speech. (World War II period)