Research and field tests during Project SOIAS (Sliding On Ice and Snow). C-125 in flight over terrain, small lakes, Lake of the Woods in Kenora, Canada. Ski equipped C-125 lands. Ski equipped Navion plane lands and taxis. C-125 taxis over Kenora Air base. DeHavilland Beaver taxis. Canadian Fox Moth aircraft taxis. Stationary Canadian Norsemen. Ski attached to aircraft. Shock absorber attached to the ski. C-125 stationary. Two Navion planes face each other. Mechanics work on Navion plane. Mechanics work on landing gear of Ski equipped C-125. Oscillograph instrumentation system used to record load records. Aircraft engineer work on equipment.
Research and field tests during Project SOIAS (Sliding On Ice and Snow). Landing gear of C-125 equipped with skis. C-125 taxis. Interior of the cockpit. C-125 and C-125 B land. Navion Plane lands. Meal prepared on the frozen lake. Mechanics work on aircraft and refuel it. C-125 and Navion plane taxi in the background. Navion aircraft flies-by.
General De Lattre De Tasigny and President Tran Van Nuu in Dong-Trieu, Vietnam. Vietnamese children wave flags. Reconnaissance planes land on an airfield. Colonel Sizare, victor of Mao-Khe, greets and welcomes General De Lattre De Tasigny and President Tran Van Nuu. Officials review troops and equipment. The troops pass the review stand.
French General De Lattre De Tasigny and President Tran Van Nuu in Dong-Trieu, Vietnam. Two Airplanes land on an airfield, bringing French General De Lattre De Tasigny and Vietnamese President Tran Van Nuu on visit to Dong-Trieu. The officials inspect the troops. They also greet school children and athletic societies participating in the review. French Troops including Colonial units parade. School children also walk past the review area while military band plays.
French General De Lattre De Tasigny raises a toast to S M Bao-Dai and the Vietnamese Governor in Dong-Trieu, Vietnam.
Landing craft loaded with French troops make their way through the Bamboo Canal in Vietnam. Troops disembark from the landing craft on river bank near port of Coi-Co at the junction of Song-Thai-Binh. They cross open fields and canal ( some with supplies on their backs). Local children seen with water buffaloes. A truck is ferried across the canal. Advance is held up as they encounter Viet-Minh resistance at a village. French soldiers dig in. They fire machine guns and mortars. Thatched-roofed house burns as they occupy the village.