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Wounded French troops are welcomed at Hickam Air Force Base, Oahu, Hawaiian Territory, on way home from Indochina

A U.S. Air Force officer shakes hands with a French officer in reception center canteen at Hickam Air Force Base,Oahu, Hawaiian Territory, as French troops pass through on their way home from Indochina. A civilian converses with a wounded French soldier, on a stretcher. A U.S. Navy admiral greets wounded soldiers. The hangar is seen crowded with French troops and American greeters. View shifts to interior of a Red Cross bus set up as an ambulance. Nurses and other medical staff are seen in the bus. U.S. Airmen lift wounded French soldiers into the ambulance bus. In next scene, military police on motorcycles lead two ambulance buses out a gate from the airfield. In another scene where wounded are being loaded aboard an ambulance bus, Hula dancers stand beside the bus and entertain them. The loaded bus moves out with its rear open and medics attending to the wounded passengers. Back in the Air Evac Canteen, greeters and French troops continue to mingle. Closeup of a wounded French soldier on a stretcher, being greeted. A microphone is held near as he converses with the civilian and the admiral, seen earlier.

Date: 1954, June 29
Duration: 3 min 11 sec
Sound: No
Color: Monochrome
Clip Type: Unedited
Language: None
Clip: 65675043819
Training drills of colonized troops in French Indochina; General Charles De Gaulle speaks to audience assembled in Indochina (WW2)

Native, colonized armed forces in French Indochina performing calesthenics and training exercises. They march in formation with arms. Elephants stand nearby as the troops pass. French General Charles de Gaulle addresses a group of uniformed Indochinese military leaders and various civilians in a packed auditorium. A group of European men and women stand behind him on a staircase as he speaks to the gathering. The group applauds his speech. (World War II period)

Date: 1944
Duration: 1 min 2 sec
Sound: Yes
Color: Monochrome
Clip Type: Edited
Language: French
Clip: 65675071140
French General Jean De Lattre De Tassigny speaks about France's intention of helping Indochina.

General Jean De Lattre De Tassigny in Indochina. The French General gives a brief speech over a microphone. He explains that the French are still in Indochina not for colonial interests but to help the natives build their own independent country. The French are also fighting a war against the Communists.

Date: 1951, September 18
Duration: 4 min 17 sec
Sound: Yes
Color: Monochrome
Clip Type: Unedited
Language: English
Clip: 65675043811
French troops seize a communist stronghold along the Gulf of Siam in Indochina during the Indochina War.

French troops seize a communist stronghold in Indochina during the Indochina War. The troops stand with their military gear on the ground. They head towards a beach in small boats and leave the boats at the beach. They seize a communist stronghold along the Gulf of Siam. A radio station, machinery of modern type, pictures of communists leaders and great stores of arms and equipment are taken. Many natives return to safety with the raiding forces.

Date: 1951, March 30
Duration: 60 sec
Sound: Yes
Color: Monochrome
Clip Type: Edited
Language: English
Clip: 65675045387
French paratroopers board two U.S.Air Force C-124 globemaster aircraft at Orly Airfield, France, for flight to Indochina

A U.S. Air Force trooper carrier Douglas C-124 Globemaster aircraft is seen parked at the Orly Airfield, in France, with some men standing beneath it. Close-up of two U.S. Air Force officers conversing with a French Paratroop officer (in civilian clothes, but wearing a foulard) and a French military officer, in trench coat and overseas cap. View shifts to French paratroopers, carrying their gear and entering the C-124 aircraft by way of its ramps lowered from the open clamshell door. Glimpse from inside the aircraft cabin of the troopers approaching in a long line. View, from below and behind the open doors, of troopers walking up the ramps. Close-up of troopers with duffle bags passing the camera. Interior of the C-124 seen from the ramp entrance, as aircraft crew members walk to the ladder leading to the upper crew compartment. More views of French troopers, with gear, boarding the aircraft. View of cabin where troopers are seated, and the Air Force crew's loadmaster is securing some of the cargo with tie down straps. The American aircraft commander, dressed in flight suit, shakes hands with French officers, and signs something, before departing. People standing nearby as the aircraft clamshell door is closed. View of engines being started and the C-124 taxiing out. "Troop Carrier, United States Air Force," written on the aircraft fuselage. The aircraft number shown on nosewheel door is "094." Another C-124 (Number "263") is seen taxiing. Slight out-of -sequence scene shows a fireguard standing with fire bottle beside aircraft "263,"as it starts engine number three, and then walks to engine four, for its start. Next shot is of aircraft "094," with engines running and some last minute item being loaded through the front hatch. French military waving goodbye. One of the C-124s taking off and breaking ground. followed later, by the second. The two U.S. Air Force officers with French Paratroop officer in civilian clothes and a uniformed officer in overseas cap (seen at beginning of film) watch the departing aircraft.

Date: 1952
Duration: 2 min 15 sec
Sound: No
Color: Monochrome
Clip Type: Unedited
Language: None
Clip: 65675071122
French and Colonial troops advance, take prisoners and guard civilians doing construction work in Indochina

Pacification of a region Southeast of Phy-Ly, Indochina. The operation takes place on an island bordered on one side by the Red River and on the other by the old river bed called 'Faux Canal'. The island is occupied by Viet Minh forces. Soldiers make their way amidst heavy fire. Smoke from explosions all around. French French Colonial forces escort eight Viet Minh prisoners to the rear.Troops in combat advance through under-bush. French DUKW amphibian drives out of the water. Local Vietnamese civilians organize for self defense. They construct a bamboo palisade. Masses of civilians work on the Red River dam under protection of French forces. French soldiers load prisoners into a jeep and drive away. A soldier sits guard near prisoners seated on the ground with their arms tied at their elbows, behind their backs. A Catholic village in the background is where they were captured.

Date: 1951, April 7
Duration: 2 min 15 sec
Sound: No
Color: Monochrome
Clip Type: Unedited
Language: None
Clip: 65675043792