| FRENCH LOSE NAVAL BASE Communist led Viet Minn troops march into Haiphong as French troops evacuate. | ||
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| Tape Master: | 5772 | |
| Catalog #: | 9197 | |
| Clip Number: | 9197-1 | |
| Orginal Film: | 55/41 | |
| Timecode: | 01:14:00 - 01:14:48 | |
| Location: | Haiphong, North Vietnam (Indochina). | |
| Year Shot: | 1955 (Actual Year) | |
| Audio: | Yes | |
| Color: | No | |
| Headings: | DEMONSTRATIONS: Misc. LOCATIONS/SOUTHEAST ASIA: Vietnam (Indochina) MILITARY: Army, French WAR & CONFLICT: French Indochina War 1946-1954 | |
| Description: | VIET MINH TAKE OVER HAIPHONG. French army is forced to evacuate as communist led Viet Minn troops march into Indochina's best naval base. Haiphong, North Vietnam (Indochina). GV. Pan, demonstration taking place in street. Masses of the native population all wearing straw hats which they hold high in the air and make a peculiar formation on the screen. French Police are pushing the demonstrators back, & SV. CU. In centre of mob, & SV. & SCU. SV. Policeman throwing bicycle into river, & GV. Towards mob, & GV. SCU. Placards being pasted on wall. SCV. Man on balcony with flag. GV. Communist Viet Minh troops marching through streets, & SCU. GV. People waving at troops in vans. CU. French soldier sounding bugle - background of cemetery. SV. French soldier laying wreath on a grave. SCU. Three officers watching wreath laying. SV. Pan with flag draped coffin on van. SV. Pan from soldiers on quayside to coffin going aboard ship (it is going to lay with at the unknown soldiers shrine in Paris). GV. Warship steaming away from shore. | |
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