Facade of U.S. Military Assistance Advisory Group headquarters. Sentry stands with rifle at the entrance to gate. Traffic passes on road in the foreground. Sign over doorway, reads, 'US Military Assistance Advisory Group'. Workers work on construction of new building at MAAG headquarters.
Workers work on construction of new building at U.S. Military Assistance Advisory Group headquarters. Workers use shovels.
South Vietnamese sailors with rifles looking out over water. Submarine USS Bluegill (SS-242) approaches downstream at Saigon. South Vietnamese band plays. USS Bluegill in stream, underway to pier. Crew of Bluegill on deck. Crowd lines shore. Bluegill underway. Band at attention on the dock. Bluegill and small tugs underway.
North Vietnamese civilians armed as they pursue daily work activity. Interiors of factory. North Vietnamese working in machine shop. At a signal, they leave machines, pick up rifles from racks lining the walls, and deploy to defensive positions. Men producing artillery shells in factory. Men plough in rice paddy, with their rifles stacked ready for use. Men and women work in farm fields, with rifles stacked, nearby. Men and women work in field with rifles slung on their shoulders. An armed man feeds ducks. Men and women march with rifles on beach. Artillery gun crew on North Vietnamese gunboat. Various boats in water. Sail boats.
Arrival of General MacDonald in Saigon,French Indochina during First Indochina War. British,French and Vietnamese flags flutter in wind from flag pole. British General Commissioner for Northeast Asia ,Sir Malcolm MacDonald disembarks aircraft and arrives at Saigon from Doilat. French Army General, Jean De Lattre de Tassigny receives and greets Sir MacDonald. General Tassigny,Sir Donald and their staffs review troops. The Generals hand shakes with officers. They inspect installations and tank units. Sir MacDonald stands at attention as General Tassigny salutes at the British,French and Vietnamese flags at the airfield.
Dr. Hugo Eckener (1868-1954) who commanded the German Zeppelin Hindenburg (LZ-129), describes the maiden voyage of the airship over the North Atlantic, and states his opinion that even in bad weather the Zeppelin would be able to successfully make regular transatlantic flights.
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