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Life of Ho Chi Minh R1 of

Reel Number: 220772-01

Color: Black and White

Sound: SIL

Year / Date: 1920s-1930s

Country: England,France,Indochina,United Kingdom,USA,Vietnam

Location: London,NYC,Paris

TC Begins: 07:00:08

TC Ends: 07:08:46

Duration: 00:08:38

Life of Ho Chi Minh R1 of Lotus flowers. Vietnamese landscapes. Village and rice paddies. Shrine with portrait. Stills and illustrations shows colonial rule? Stills illustrious Vietnamese / Chinese? Ragged people load sacks. Refugees? with women and children cross river and at camp; digging grave for dead. Sign “ Société Indochinoise de Plantation d’Hévéas”. Boat on raging sea; waves; ship arrives at port. European (French?) family eating. Sea breaks on rocks. Unloading ship. Crocodile or alligator. Colonial dignitaries, White man carried by Africans, still White gentlemen and ladies in porter chairs; African crowd around White man - White man hits one African. Africans hoeing. Vietnamese pulling heavy load. African arrested by whites at gunpoint. London street scenes: silhouette Big Ben, London Bridge, open-topped double-decker bus. NYC Harbour with Statue of Liberty. Still young Ho Chi Minh? Statue of Liberty and CU with men climbing on her face. Prison exteriors and cells. Skyscrapers. Hoboes on bench. Ku Klux Klan meeting. Still lynching (do not use). 07:07:25 Policemen twirling nightsticks. Mounted policemen beating up protesters or strikers; beating woman; wounded woman carried; protester led by policeman on horseback; (very good, violence) Oil wells? World War One - soldiers parade, explosions, military convoy, planes. Eiffel Tower. Very grainy and scratched. Indochina

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