Viet Minh assaulting French positions at Dien Bien Phu, in Vietnam. Artillery pounds French positions. Viet Minh forces run along top of ridge carrying the Viet Minh flag. French troops are taken prisoner and leave trenches with hands raised. Long line of French troops marching in surrender. Viet Minh riding on a tank with their flag displayed. Viet Minh field artillery.
Chinese soldiers at Indo supply lines in Vietnam. Red Forces walk along a road and cut vital supplies to besiege Dien Bien Phu. Roads leading to the seaport of Haiphong are mined. Smoke rises. Views of damaged equipment and wounded men. Sign of 'Ben Yen NH, Hanoi'. Vehicles pass on the highway. Vietnamese men repair railroads which are mined. A train passes after overhauling.
A happy family reunion in New York, United States. Teenage boys Constantin and Peter Georgescu, held by Romania's Communist government for 7 years in an effort to force their father to spy on the United States, disembark a plane with their father and are greeted by their mother at a New York airport. They pose for photos by press.
A new British tank in England. The Conquerer tank is displayed. People near the displayed tank. The tank is driven down a road.
French firemen demonstrate new aluminum foil fire suits in France. Fire fighters wear the fire suits which are only three thousandths of an inch thick. They plunge into a 3000 degree inferno. People watch the fire fighters. The fire fighters emerge unsigned from the fire. One fireman takes off his helmet and smiles.
Victims of the cold war own and live on canal boats in Berlin, Germany. The boats are anchored. A woman hangs clothes on a string. One woman peels potatoes. One man smokes and another plays cards on the boat, as they cannot conduct trade as they used to between West Germany and East Germany.
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