General Jean De Lattre De Tassigny speaks about relations with Indochina. The French General gives a brief speech in French. He explains that France in 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.
Civilians in Indochina during French-Indochina war. Fire blazes in the background. Firemen spray water on a fire in distance. Civilians in foreground. Ruins and damaged buildings. Civilians inspect the debris. A man with a cart.
French troops liberate a town in Indochina during the Indochina War. Freed natives move with their belongings after a bloody 47-day siege. Damaged buildings and ruins. A group of French officers talks. Interiors of damaged buildings and debris. Exterior of a church. The Father of the church and a woman with children stand outside the church.
U.S. Army Air Force B-24s bombing targets in Japanese-held areas of Indochina, during the Second World War. View of U.S. Army Air Force B-24 from waist gun position of another B-24. View from B-24 (below 10,000 feet) over an airfield. Waist gunner poses, without oxygen mask, at his machine gun (not firing). View from 17,500 feet as B-24s bomb a supply depot in Hanoi. Clouds of smoke rise from numerous bomb explosions. B-24s on mission to bomb Haiphong, Indochina. Aerial view of B-24 named "80 Days," with two dice (a Five and a Three) pictured under its name. Bombs falling from B-24s as they bomb smelting and foundry plants from 17,000 feet over port city of Haiphong. Smoke rising from targets.
Injured soldiers are treated in Hanoi, French Indochina during the Indochina War. Soldiers carry the injured soldiers on stretchers into a medical van. A French medical aircraft stationed. Medical vans on the side of the aircraft. Officers stand in front of the aircraft. Soldiers taken out of the aircraft on stretchers. Several medical aircraft stationed. Men take the injured soldiers out of the aircraft and into the medical vans. A woman with men helps injured soldiers to disembark from the aircraft. The coffin of one of the soldiers kept in a truck.
Injured soldiers being treated in Hanoi, French Indochina during the Indochina War. A medical team of soldiers outside aircraft. A nurse helps an injured soldier to get off a bed in the aircraft. The injured soldiers are carried on stretchers into a medical van. The nurse treats the injured soldiers. The soldiers are taken in the medical van. The medical team stands. Officers greet each other and talk.