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Battle of Hanoi during First Indochina War between France and Viet Minh Vietnamese, 1946.

Film begins showing an army truck filled with Viet Minh soldiers driving on a street in Hanoi, Indochina (Vietnam), during the Battle of Hanoi in December 1946 (early in First Indochina War). Next, French soldiers wearing berets are seen in defensive positions at a port. Bursting bombs from Viet Minh attack raise black smoke in the background as civilians run away from the area, and Viet Minh troops rush forward taking up positions in Hanoi. Views of civilians hunkering down behind trees, under cars, and other means of protection, while plumes of black smoke rise in the near background. More scenes of civilian refugees fleeing. A man carrying two young children runs by a building with sign "Chi-Thành" (denoting the Duong Chi Thanh street area and neighborhood of Hanoi). A fire raging in the background. Viet Minh troops in defensive positions behind a wall. Activity along a tree-lined avenue. A police van with French and Vietnamese identification driving along a road with a Red Cross flag flying above it. Injured youth lying on a sidewalk with another teenage boy beside him. A nurse in white attire, directing men carrying a wounded person on a litter. Jeep in background with text sign "Trung Liet" on its hood (denoting the Hanoi neighborhood of Trung Liệt). A makeshift outdoor first aid station. Smoke from fires obscuring part of the scene.

Location: Hanoi Indochina
Date: 1946, December
Duration: 1 min 10 sec
Sound: No
Color: Monochrome
Clip Type: Unedited
Language: None
Clip: 65675044050
End of French Indochina War between France and Vietnam

French newspapers report end of Indochina war. One article says: Enough blood shed, Peace in Viet-Nam. Ho Chi Minh stands beside a French official in rural Vietnam. They both look at a document.

Location: Vietnam
Date: 1954, May
Duration: 25 sec
Sound: No
Color: Monochrome
Clip Type: Unedited
Language: None
Clip: 65675044098
Ocean liner SS Chicago underway to France, leaving from New York harbor.

Passenger ship S.S. Chicago, of the French line Compagnie Générale Transatlantique CGT, leaves New York harbor. Men aboard the ship. The ship getting underway toward the ocean. Other ships in the background.

Location: New York United States USA
Date: 1916
Duration: 42 sec
Sound: No
Color: Monochrome
Clip Type: Edited
Language: English
Clip: 65675045899
Students visit England and France, under auspices of Council for Education in World Citizenship

Twenty-six students from thirteen countries have come to visit England under auspices of Council for Education in World Citizenship, organized by the United Nations Association. Scenes show the group visiting notable landmarks including: Tower of London, Houses of Parliament, and other sites. Pedestrians,,cars, and double-decker buses seen on streets of London, England. The students also go Paris, where they see the Arc de Triomphe and the Eiffel Tower.

Location: United Kingdom
Date: 1947
Duration: 1 min 5 sec
Sound: Yes
Color: Monochrome
Clip Type: Edited
Language: English
Clip: 65675041920
Ben Bella returns from France after seven years of imprisonment to take over the reigns of Algeria.

Algeria attains independence and Ben Bella becomes the President. Head of the provisional government Benyoucef Ben Khedda addresses the press as he informs them about the end of provisional rule and attainment of independence. Ben Bella the new President of free Algeria arrives after seven years of confinement. He gets off the plane and is given a warm welcome. People celebrate their independence. People loaded in trucks. Ben Bella with important statesmen.

Location: Algeria
Date: 1962, August 9
Duration: 49 sec
Sound: Yes
Color: Monochrome
Clip Type: Edited
Language: English
Clip: 65675042228
Engineers and workers celebrate "holing through" of tunnel through Mont Blanc connecting France and Italy

View of Mont Blanc in the Alps. A cable car in transit. French and Italian workers riding on an open narrow gauge railroad train carrying cases of champagne to celebrate the "holing through" of a 7 mile tunnel,through Mont Blanc from Chamonix, on the French side of the mountain, to Courmayeur in Italy. It is to facilitate road travel directly between the two countries. Workers fasten French and Italian flags,to the tunnel wall. Professor Loris Corbi, in charge of the Italian tunneling project is seen with his French counterpart, Professor Andre Borie, as they exchange congratulatory kisses. The French and Italian workers cheer and celebrate this remarkable engineering achievement.

Location: Europe
Date: 1962, August 14
Duration: 52 sec
Sound: Yes
Color: Monochrome
Clip Type: Edited
Language: English
Clip: 65675063219
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