Segment of film about U.S. Information Agency (USIA) use of motion pictures abroad. A man threads film into a motion picture projector. Glimpses of audiences in several different countries as they watch movie showing on screen. A film introductory slate is shown reading:" U.S.I.S. United States Information Service, presents." Closeups of faces of two bearded men watching a film. Film slate reads: "United Nations Report on Prisoners of War." The film shows Chinese prisoners of war, marching to a United Nations POW camp during the Korean War. Views large tents erected in camp, with "PW" written on one tent. Another view shows a large sign laid out on the ground reading: "POW Camp-3." Chinese POWs march through entrance of a camp and are guided by American soldiers standing beside a military ambulance.
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.
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.
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