| Indo-China: French Strike Back In Savage Attack. | ||
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| This clip is not available for streaming at this time. Please contact WPA. | Tape Master: | 1569 |
| Catalog #: | 352315 | |
| Clip Number: | 352315-1 | |
| Orginal Film: | 025-421-01 | |
| Timecode: | 00:35:30 - 00:36:48 | |
| Location: | INDO CHINA | |
| Year Shot: | 1952 (Actual Year) | |
| Audio: | Yes | |
| Color: | No | |
| Headings: | DISASTERS: Fires LOCATIONS/SOUTHEAST ASIA: Indochina WAR & CONFLICT: French Indochina War 1946-1954 | |
| Description: | Indo-China: French Strike Back In Savage Attack. French garrison forces brace for onslaught by 20,000 Reds. Their positions are over-run, but a savage counter-attack hurls back the Reds. A costly defeat for the Viet Minh forces. Equipment/supplies are dropped by parachute from airplane. VS shirtless French soldiers at work at their position. Asian men work at digging a trench. View through barbed wire, from underground bunker, as plane speeds past (probably taking off). Plane drops bomb(s); bombs (VO says napalm) explode on the ground. VS troops at battle. Shots of confiscated weapons. VS night shots, buildings burning (scorched earth?). | |
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