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.
French troops cross canal in Indochina. French fliers in Grumman F8 F Bearcat and B-26 bombers strafe and bomb enemy positions. Explosions on ground. French soldiers fire from trenches. Wounded soldiers are treated. A French soldier searches and removes weapons from a dead comrade. Dead Vietnamese.
French soldiers combat Viet-Minh in Indochina. French artillerymen load and fire 105 mm Howitzers. Armed French infantry advance through jungles and pass burning huts.
French troops load and fire 105 mm Howitzers in Indochina. A large number of Viet-Minh prisoners walk with hands on their heads, escorted by armed French soldiers. The prisoners are all stripped to the waist. They carry wounded comrade on litter. Some carrying food supplies, including life pigs, on poles over their shoulders. French soldiers treat wounded comrades. A French B-26 flies overhead.
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