Ho Chi Minh in Vietnam. Water flowing in a small stream. A group of Vietnamese children come running to Ho Chi Minh. He claps in rhythm as children dance in a circle. He looks at a book with them. Ho Chi Minh sits, holding a little girl, at a riverside. ho chi Minh makes a fish trap basket, fishes in a stream with a long pole, and catches a fish. He sits at a table and serves food to his Viet Minh companions. They sit at a campfire, and later, around a table listening to a large powerful radio. Ho Chi Minh sits contemplatively on the porch of a rustic shelter and enjoys the surrounding jungle scenery.
Heavy rain falls during rainy season in Vietnam. Small huts with thick vegetation around them. A cadre of Viet Minh soldiers moves along a rural path in wind and rain. One soldier almost falls from a gust of wind. View of valley nestled within mountains.
Vietnamese leader Ho Chi Minh in Vietnam. Vietnamese people running on a street. Ho An enthusiastic crowd runs to accompany Ho Chi Minh as he enters a building. The crowd surrounds him. He gives a brief speech in a small auditorium. Vietnamese people applaud. Other Vietnamese men and women, wearing medals and decorations, come up to the stage and speak. Ho Chi Minh hugs a young girl. Ho Chi Minh and his staff look at a large map of Vietnam on a wall and plan military strategy.
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.
Aerial view of a Dew line installation. Pacific Western DC-3 lands on a snow runway. An icebreaker ship navigates arctic waters. Plows remove snow from a runway. A C-119 aircraft airdrops supplies to a Dew line site. Carpenters work in arctic conditions. Blowing snow obscures a site. Towers being erected in milder weather. Geodesic spheres being assembled. Aerial view of a completed Dew line installation. Barren snow-covered landscape. Workers using dog teams and sleds. View from sled of husky dog team pulling ahead. Aerial views of completed Dew Line installations. Ground views of installations.
Animated map of Bikini Atoll area shows islands of Bikini, Ailinginae, Rongelap, and Rongerik. The predicted fallout radiation strength is posted for each area of the map with accumulated radiation doses to H+50 noted. The decreasing dose from 3000 to 1300 and then 800 is shown. A dotted line demonstrates path of fallout radiation over the Bikini Atoll area. Next, a map of the United States USA Eastern seaboard is shown with Washington D.C. as the origin of the atom bomb explosion and the fallout cloud extending to New York City.