Hanoi & Army truck past military guard; French troops & refugees walking along road towards Mao-Khe; across field w/ village in distance. Soldiers search village; stand guard at wrecked building.
01:59:46 General de Lattre reviewing troops of First Foreign Legion Parachute Battalion, & Sixth Colonial Commando Parachute Battalion and Armor passing in review below fort after the Mao-Khe battle. CUs boots.
02:00:41 MS General de Lattre talking to men, MCU gaunt-looking men; Vietnamese troops at attention; European & Black troops at attention.
02:01:08 LS & MS de Lattre reading to assembled troops, decorates the flag of Sixth Colonial Commando Parachute Battalion, pins medals & gives kisses. General passes the troops & tank crews, stopping occasionally to shake hands. Presents other medals.
02:03:56 LS, General de Lattre saluting as scout cars & M-24 light tanks pass along road / review area. 02:04:28 Soldiers walking behind light truck carrying soldier killed in Mao-Khe battle.
02:04:38 105mm Howitzers firing on Viet-Minh positions.
02:04:54 Coffin being lowered into the ground (badly out of focus).
02:05:13 Soldiers cross improvised log bridge constructed across the Song-Ky River (between Dong-Trieu and Mao-Khe). GOOD.
02:06:18 Columns of trucks passing Sept-Pagodes. SEQ, trucks & supplies crossed on the Dong-Trieu ferry. 02:07:03 LHS, Village & 105mm firing from village out-skirts.
02:07:12 Prisoner being questioned.
02:07:21 Fly infested corpse of French Adjutant martyrized by the Viet Minhese at the Mao-Khe post (mines). 02:07:33 General de Linares ialking w/ Colonel Sizaire & other officers at Mao- Khe.
02:08:01 Ordnance material (ammunition & equipment) retaken from the enemy.
02:08:37 Bomb wrecked building in Mao-Khe post.
Indo-China War; 1951; 1950s; French Colonialism; End of Empire;
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Hanoi & Army truck past military guard; French troops & refugees walking along road towards Mao-Khe; across field w/ village in distance. Soldiers search village; stand guard at wrecked building. 01:59:46 General de Lattre reviewing troops of First Foreign Legion Parachute Battalion, & Sixth Colonial Commando Parachute Battalion and Armor passing in review below fort after the Mao-Khe battle. CUs boots. 02:00:41 MS General de Lattre talking to men, MCU gaunt-looking men; Vietnamese troops at attention; European & Black troops at attention. 02:01:08 LS & MS de Lattre reading to assembled troops, decorates the flag of Sixth Colonial Commando Parachute Battalion, pins medals & gives kisses. General passes the troops & tank crews, stopping occasionally to shake hands. Presents other medals. 02:03:56 LS, General de Lattre saluting as scout cars & M-24 light tanks pass along road / review area. 02:04:28 Soldiers walking behind light truck carrying soldier killed in Mao-Khe battle. 02:04:38 105mm Howitzers firing on Viet-Minh positions. 02:04:54 Coffin being lowered into the ground (badly out of focus). 02:05:13 Soldiers cross improvised log bridge constructed across the Song-Ky River (between Dong-Trieu and Mao-Khe). GOOD. 02:06:18 Columns of trucks passing Sept-Pagodes. SEQ, trucks & supplies crossed on the Dong-Trieu ferry. 02:07:03 LHS, Village & 105mm firing from village out-skirts. 02:07:12 Prisoner being questioned. 02:07:21 Fly infested corpse of French Adjutant martyrized by the Viet Minhese at the Mao-Khe post (mines). 02:07:33 General de Linares ialking w/ Colonel Sizaire & other officers at Mao- Khe. 02:08:01 Ordnance material (ammunition & equipment) retaken from the enemy. 02:08:37 Bomb wrecked building in Mao-Khe post. Indo-China War; 1951; 1950s; French Colonialism; End of Empire;