Vietnam: Thousands mark victory at Dien Bien Phu
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M/S Group of soldiers at a grave
C/U Incense burning at a grave
M/S Row of graves with people placing incense
M/S Child in uniform holding incense in front of grave
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SOT, Veteran (in Vietnamese): I feel proud and moved. Vietnam gave birth to many heroes and we won over our conquerers, American or French
W/S Crowd in the street
W/S parade in the street
M/S Parade in the street
C/U Military parade in the street
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Vietnam: Thousands mark victory at Dien Bien Phu
Thousands commemorated the 60th anniversary of Vietnam's victory over the French colonialists at the Battle of Dien Bien Phu, Wednesday.
Vietnamese officials, soldiers and veterans paid their respects to the fallen during an official prayer ceremony at the Dien Bien Phu Cemetery, followed by a parade of 15,000 soldiers through the streets.
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2012 Dien Bien Phu Part 3 : Dien Bien Phu. Vietnam (2nd day)
April 7th, 2012
1 Victory Monument & Museum @ D 1 Hill
2 Local market
3 French Colonel de Castries' bunker
4.Hill A1 - Eliane,
5 War Cemetery
6.General Vo Nguyen Giap's Headquarters, Muong Phang, 10 km West of Dien Bien Phu
20141128 VIETNAM Dien Bien Phu cemetery
20141128 VIETNAM Dien Bien Phu cemetery
Vietnam marks 1954 Dien Bien Phu victory over France
Tomorrow Vietnam will celebrate the 60th anniversary of the defeat of France at the battle of Dien Bien Phu. AFPTV speaks to one veteran of the battle, who has returned to the town to remember his fallen comrades. Duration: 00:54
The Vietnam War: Disaster at Dien Bien Phu
It was a climactic battle that occured between the warring French army and Vietnamese revolutionary forces in 1954. Bad decision-making led the French to establish a base at Dien Bien Phu deep.
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The end of French colonialism in Indo China.
2012 B. Dien Bien Phu, Vietnam Tour
April 7, 2012. 2nd day in Dien Bien Phu.
1 Victory Monument & Museum @ D 1 Hill
2 Local market near # 1
3 French Colonel de Castries' bunker
4.Hill A1 - Eliane,
5 War Cemetery
6.General Vo Nguyen Giap's Headquarters, Muong Phang, 10 km West of Dien Bien Phu
John Foster Dulles on the Fall of Dien Bien Phu (1954) Guerre d'Indochine
U.S. Secretary of State John Foster Dulles (1888-1959) praises French (French Far East Expeditionary Corps, CEFEO) & Vietnamese (State of Vietnam's National Army, VNA) support in the fall of Dien Bien Phu during the Indochina War.
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U.S. INVOLVEMENT IN DIEN BIEN PHU DECLASSIFIED IN 2004 (50 years later):
By early April 1954, the garrison had to rely entirely on air supply. Although President Dwight D. Eisenhower, Secretary of State John Foster Dulles, and the Joint Chiefs of Staff had considered—and then rejected—American military intervention in Indochina, they did agree to employ aircraft belonging to CAT to airdrop vital supplies. The CAT flights, known as Operation Squaw I and Operation Squaw II, involved a dozen Fairchild C-119 cargo aircraft repainted in French Air Force colors. During the siege, 37 CAT pilots flew 682 missions out of the airbase at Cat Bi near Haiphong between March 13 and May 6, 1954. On February 24, 2005, French Ambassador Jean-David Levitte posthumously awarded the Legion of Honor to McGovern, Buford, and surviving CAT pilots on behalf of France for their actions at Dien Bien Phu.
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John Foster Dulles on the fall of Dien Bien Phu
A few hours ago, Dien Bien Phu has fallen.
Its defense of fifty-seven days and nights will go down in history as one of the most heroic of all time. The defenders composed of French and native forces, inflicted staggering losses on the enemy. And the French soldiers showed that they have not lost either the will or the skill to fight even under the most terrible conditions. And it showed that Vietnam can produce soldiers who have the qualities needed to enable them to defend their country.
The epic battle has ended, but great causes have before now been won out of lost battles. The Chinese communists have been supplying the forces of the Vietminh rebels with munitions and trucks and anti-aircraft guns, radar, technical equipment and technical advisers. They have, however, stopped short of open armed intervention. And in this respect, they may have been deterred by the warnings which the United States has given that such open intervention would lead to grave consequences which might not be confined to Indo-China.
Accordingly we are ready to take part with the other countries principally concerned in an examination of the possibility of establishing a collective defense within the framework of the Charter of the United Nations to seek the peace, security and freedom of Southeast Asia and the Western Pacific. And I feel that unity of purpose still persists. And that such a tragic event as the fall of Dien Bien Phu will harden, and not weaken our purpose to stay united. Today the United States and the other countries immediately concerned are giving careful consideration to the establishment of a collective defense. Conversations are taking place amongst these. There are many problems we must agree on just who will take part in the united defense effort and just what the different commitments will be. And also I frankly recognize that difficulties have been encountered, but also I say that this was to be expected. Because the complexity of the problem is great. So great indeed that, as I pointed out, it was only possible in the last few months, even to get started on this project. And under all the circumstances, I feel that very good progress is being made. I feel confident that the outcome will be such that communist aggression will not be able to gain in Southeast Asia the results that it seeks. This common defense may involve serious commitments by us all but free people will never remain free if they are not willing it need be to fight for their vital interests. Furthermore, vital interests can no longer be protected barely by local defense. The key to successful defense and the key to detering attack is association with others for mutual defence. And that is what United States seeks in Southeast Asia.
AP pix of state funeral for General Giap, casket driven through streets of Hanoi
Tens of thousands of people lined the streets of Hanoi on Sunday to bid farewell to General Vo Nguyen Giap, a war hero who led Vietnam to victory over France and then the US.
Long live General Vo Nguyen Giap, people chanted, many in tears, as his flag-draped coffin passed by on a truck-drawn artillery carriage.
The procession travelled along a 40-kilometre (25-mile) route from the national funeral house in central Hanoi to the airport.
Crowds of young and old lined the route, in places 10 deep.
Giap, who died on October 4 at age 102, was revered in Vietnam only second to his mentor, former President Ho Chi Minh.
Alongside the public outpouring of emotion, the government orchestrated an elaborate send-off for the general, seeking to use the moment to foster national unity at a time of discontent and economic malaise.
After the war, Giap was sidelined by the Communist Party, and towards the end of his life emerged as something of a critic, shielded from consequence because of his popularity.
State-controlled media has been awash in eulogy for him since his death, but neglected to mention this chapter in his life.
Giap's body was to be flown for burial in his home province of Quang Binh in central Vietnam later on Sunday.
Giap is best remembered for leading Vietnamese forces to victory over the French at Dien Bien Phu in 1954.
His Chinese advisers told him to strike elite French forces fast and hard, but Giap changed plans at the last minute and ordered his jungle troops, clad in sandals made of old car tires, to besiege the French army.
The French were defeated after 56 days, and the unlikely victory led not only to Vietnam's independence, but hastened the collapse of colonialism across Indochina and beyond.
Throughout most of the war that followed against the United States, Giap was defence minister and armed forces commander, but he was slowly pushed aside after Ho Chi Minh's death in 1969.
The glory for victory in 1975 didn't go to Giap.
Pham Cong Truong, a 65-year-old from Binh Phuc province, said he was deeply moved and cried when General Giap's coffin passed in front of him.
He was a talented general who brought a lot to the country and to the people, and it's thanks to him that Vietnam is as it is today, he said. I'm deeply grateful for what he did and I'll never forget him and will follow his example.
Dinh Thi Diep, a 70-year-old from Quang Ninh province, said that all the people of Vietnam will never forget Uncle Ho and General Giap.
Giap will be buried at his home province in accordance with his wishes and those of his family instead of the Mai Dich cemetery in Hanoi where most Vietnamese high-ranking officials are traditionally buried.
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Last Honours To War Dead Before Leaving Hanoi (1954)
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General Cogny and General Christian De Castries saluting the flags. CU. of both Generals. Officials reviewing troops of the 5th Moroccan Regt. Laying wreath at French Memorial. Wreaths laid at Vietnamian Memorial. Various shots of soldiers graves in military cemeteries GV's and CU's. - various names.
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Veterans, tourists, comment on anniversary
1. Dien Bien Phu valley shrouded in mist
2. Wide top shot of Dien Bien Phu town
3. Locals on street with banners commemorating 50th anniversary of battle of Dien Bien Phu
4. Ethnic Thai women wheeling bicycles with children past commemorative banner
5. Street with banners
6. Commemorative T-shirt being held by vendor
7. Tourists visiting A1 Hill (known as 'Helene' by French), site of battle
8. Vietnamese in front of commemorative monument at A1 Hill
9. Tourists, including veteran Vuquy Hoanh, climbing up hill
10. SOUNDBITE: (Vietnamese) Vuquy Hoanh, Dien Bien Phu veteran
Today is the day of the historical victory of the Vietnamese nation and military, to which I contributed my part. I am 80 years-old now and still try to come back to visit my former battlefield.
11. Stone monument with relief depicting French commander Colonel Christian de Castries' bunker - pans to real-life bunker being visited by tourists
12. Vietnamese veterans
13. Set-up shot of Nguyen Tuong Muu, Dien Bien Phu veteran
14. SOUNDBITE: (Vietnamese) Nguyen Tuong Muu, Dien Bien Phu veteran
When I come back home I can tell my offspring about how hard I tried to fight to achieve this glorious victory.
15. Various of monument to French soldiers killed at Dien Bien Phu
16. Close-up of inscription on monument - tilts down to incense at base
17.SOUNDBITE: (French) Jean Daniel Guerregenton, 58 year-old, French tourist
I recall, 50 years on, that the day of eighth birthday was the day of the defeat at Dien Bien Phu - so I had a very, very, very unhappy birthday.
18. Wide top shot of Vietnamese military cemetery
19. Pan across graves
20. Set-up shot of Michele Marszalek
21. SOUNDBITE: (French) former pilot and Dien Bien Phu French veteran
The government decides to go to war, and the soldiers obey. Then wars finish and there is a winner and a loser and then we shake our hands and after, perhaps, we start again.
17. French tourists with Vietnamese veteran standing in front of tank to pose for photograph
STORYLINE:
The mist-shrouded mountains surrounding the tiny Vietnamese border town of Dien Bien Phu served as the backdrop for a siege 50 years ago that that is still being studied by military historians.
Today, tourists and veterans alike have returned to the site of the battle which ended the French colonial war in Indochina on May 7, 1954.
The town of Dien Bien Phu, now home to 70-thousand people, sprawls out below the hills, a patchwork of colourful blocks surrounded by emerald rice paddies.
The main boulevard is named 7th of May.
Over the decades, the bomb craters and trenches have been filled in and flattened into farmland.
On Friday, veterans returned to the site where the 56-day siege of the French troops by the Vietnamese ended.
They climbed up A1 Hill (known as 'Helene' by the French) - the last hill captured by the Vietnamese during the fighting.
Trenches and barbed wire have been left here for tourists.
Clad in their original uniforms, former Vietnamese soldiers laughed and cried during their reunions.
Thin, small men with feathery whiskers dangling from their chins, some walked with limps or missing limbs. Their bodies may be weak their spirit remains strong.
Visitors - including many French - swarmed to the bunker where Colonel Christian de Castries, the French commander, surrendered.
The Vietnamese flag was raised above this site, ending the colonial war and setting the stage for a conflict with the Americans.
The human price was terrible: the French suffered more than two-thousand deaths in battle and countless others died during a forced prison march.
The Vietnamese suffered at least three times as many deaths during the fighting, plus tens of thousands wounded.
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VOICED Look at battle site where French defeated 50 years ago
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Dien Bien Phu, File (November 1953)
0000 Various of fighting between French and communists
Dien Bien Phu, April 18, 2004
0015 Wide shot of Dien Bien Phu Valley
0019 Tourists visiting preserved trenches used in Dien Bien Phu battle
0021 Bunker that was headquarters of French commander Colonel Christian de Castries during battle of Dien Bien Phu in 1954, with tourists taking photographs
0025 Artillery and tank at museum to Dien Bien Phu battle
Dien Bien Phu, April 18, 2004
0029 Young women from ethnic Thai minority group applauding arrival at cemetery of Dien Bien Phu veterans
0031 Dien Bien Phu veterans standing in line
0035 Troops entering heroes cemetery carrying wreath for General Vo Nguyen Giap, commander of Vietnamese troops at Dien Bien Phu in 1954, walking behind
0040 Veteran of Dien Bien Phu and ethnic minority people watching
0045 General Vo Nguyen Giap going to plant tree in heroes cemetery
Hanoi, April 30, 2004
26. SOUNDBITE: (Vietnamese) General Vo Nguyen Giap, commander of Vietnamese troops at battle of Dien Bien Phu in 1954:
(Responding to journalist's request for him to outline differences between the US war in Vietnam and the current Iraq conflict) Any forces, no matter how powerful they are, wishing to impose their will on other nations will certainly face failure. Every nation fighting for its own legitimate rights and sovereignty will certainly be victorious.
Dien Bien Phu, April 18, 2004
0105 Wide shot of heroes cemetery
0108 Veterans of Dien Bien Phu battle standing in cemetery
0114 Veteran offering incense at cemetery
0121 VISION ENDS
LEAD-IN:
Friday marks the 50th anniversary of the battle of Dien Bien Phu - Vietnam's historic victory over the French - a triumph for communism that set the stage for the American war in Indochina a decade later.
Veterans, including the general who led Vietnamese forces, have been gathering in the small border town in a remote valley 260 miles (420 kilometres) northwest of Hanoi to remember the dead.
The human price of the battle was terrible: the French suffered more than two-thousand deaths in battle and countless others died during a forced prison march, while the Vietnamese suffered at least three times as many deaths during the fighting, plus tens of thousands wounded.
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The battle of Dien Bien Phu was one of the turning points in post-colonial history.
Vietnam's peasant army triumphed over the French after a 56-day siege - their victory sparking other anti-colonial uprisings.
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Today, this now peaceful valley attracts visitors from Vietnam and abroad, eager to learn more about one of the most decisive periods in the country's history.
But these relics of war say little of the human cost of battle.
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That's something the veterans of Dien Bien Phu know all too well.
They're here to mark the anniversary, but also to remember fallen comrades.
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The general who led Vietnamese forces to victory says the world still has much to learn from the unbreakable will of his troops.
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Any forces, he says, no matter how powerful they are, wishing to impose their will on other nations will certainly face failure.
Every nation fighting for its own legitimate rights and sovereignty will certainly be victorious.
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It was a lesson that America later learned, as another generation of Vietnamese fought off an invading power -
a lesson these veterans hope might give leaders around the world further cause for contemplation.
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Indochina - The Battle Of Hoa Binh (1952)
Indochina.
LS. French troops walking through jungle. LS. & GV. Pan, the Black River and Hoa Binh with plane flying over. LS. & GV. Soldiers unloading supplies from landing craft. LS. Troops advancing through the jungle. MS. Large 105 mm gun firing. MS. Tank firing. LS. Several shots of artillery guns firing. LS. Infantry and tanks advancing over open country. Ground to air shot of Junkers 52 aircraft flying low. MS. General De Linares studying a map. LS. General outside fortress. CU. French General De Linares speaking to Colonel Clement. LS. Troops walking over broken countryside. MS. Troops retreating from trench after suffering a near miss. MS. Shell bursting near trenches. MS. Troops running in trenches. MS. Bren guns firing. MS. Infantry firing from trenches. LS. Coffins of dead soldiers being carried to cemetery on army lorry. LS. Coffins being lowered into graves. LS. Plane flying over battleground.
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Messe en mémoire des soldats du 6e BPC tombés à Dien Bien Phu en novembre 1953
Honneur aux morts
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« Mars 1954. Installés dans le village de Diên Biên Phu et dans ses proches environs, les hommes du 6e BPC placés sous le commandement de Marcel Bigeard progressent vers le cimetière où l'aumônier du bataillon, le père Chevalier, s'apprête à dire une messe en souvenir des soldats tombés lors de la bataille de la prise de Diên Biên Phu ( 20-21 novembre 1953 ).
Les parachutistes, en tenue de saut, se rendent au cimetière dans lequel ont été enterrés sommairement les corps avant que les dispositions officielles soient prises. On distingue le commandant Bigeard en tête suivi de son adjoint, le commandant Gérault ainsi que les compagnies en ordre de défilé. Les parachutistes portent des gerbes de fleurs et rendent hommage aux morts. Différents plans de la cérémonie se succèdent puis la caméra entame un long panoramique soulignant les croix des tombes tout en détaillant le paysage montagneux caractéristique qui laisse deviner, suivant l'orientation sud-nord, le piton Gabrielle en arrière-plan. »
March 1954. Settled at Dien Bien Phu and in the surrounding area, soldiers from the '6e BPC' (6th Colonial Parachute Battalion) leaded by Marcel Bigeard go towards the cemetery. Battalion's Military chaplain is going to say a mass in memory of fallen soldiers during the battle for catching Dien Bien Phu (Operation Castor, november 1953).
Paratroopers, in battledress, are going to the cemetery where were rudely buried their brothers in arms. We can distinguish battalion chief Bigeard ahead, with his second in command, commander Gérault, and then companies marching. Some paratroopers are carrying flowers and honoring deads. We can see few shots of the ceremony, then a long panoramic shot of the valley over cemetery crosses. Gabrielle's peak is in the background.
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#91 DIEN BIEN PHU - MORE THAN JUST A BOARDER CROSSING TOWN
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DIEN BIEN PHU - LAST DAY IN VIETNAM BEFORE LAOS
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We took an overnight bus from Sapa to Dien Bien Phu. Most people just change buses and head straight to the boarder but we thought we;d have a little explore first.
We're glad we did as the people in Dien Bien Phu are some of the nicest people we've met in Vietnam. We visited the cemetery and war museum which was the best we've been to in Vietnam and also A1 Hill which was the centre of the French armies head quarters.
There was a festival on during the evening with lots of singing and dancing. We were really glad that we decided to stop here instead of just passing through.
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Anniversary of 50 years since battle to end French war
1. Participants carrying banner in parade inside soccer stadium to commemorate 50th anniversary of battle of Dien Bien Phu
2. Vietnamese Vice-President Truong My Hoa (woman on left of shot), Nong Duc Manh (to right of Truong), Secretary-General of the Vietnamese Communist Party, Pham Gia Khiem (to right of Nong) Deputy Prime Minister and Pham Van Tra (in military uniform on right of shot), Defence Minister, waving to participants in parade
3. Soldiers in parade
4. Officials clapping
5. Low-angle shot with rows of soldiers in parade marching past camera
6. Feet of woman dressed in ethnic costume - tilts up to woman carrying AK-47 rifle
7. Close-up of banner depicting the moment in 1954 when Vietnamese soldiers stood on top of the French commander Colonel Christian de Castries'' bunker and raised the Viet Minh army flag, bringing an end to battle
8. Red flags being carried in parade
9. Female soldiers in various regional costumes marching past
10. Spectators watching
11. Officials marching
12. SOUNDBITE: (Vietnamese) Quang Van Binh, Chairman Dien Bien Phu People''s Committee
It (the parade) reflected the atmosphere of fear and courage, openness - and it also showed Vietnam and the people of Dien Bien Phu want to make friends with the people of the five continents.
13. Wide shot of crowds and performers inside soccer stadium
14. Wide shot of mass dance performance
15. Women dancing - rack focus to men performing in background
16. Scenery representing French bunker and Dien Bien Phu hilltop being wheeled into centre of stadium for re-enactment of battle
17. Actor playing French commander Colonel Christian de Castries
18. Close-up of medals on chest of veteran watching performance - tilts up to face
19. Performers re-enacting digging of trenches by Vietnamese troops - pans
20. Close-up of stage cannons firing with smoke
21. Actors holding white flags re-enacting French surrender
22. Performers representing Vietnamese troops waving flag in victory - pulls out as other performers run past, waving
23. Various of women in costume dancing
24. Wide shot of performance
25. Actor dressed as Ho Chi Minh, father of modern Vietnam, waving to crowds - pulls out to performers holding banners
STORYLINE:
Thousands of Vietnamese paraded on Friday on the 50th anniversary of the battle of Dien Bien Phu, celebrating a victory that ended France''s colonial ambitions in Indochina and set the stage for America''s ill-fated involvement in the conflict.
Performers dressed as the father of modern Vietnam, Ho Chi Minh, and General Vo Nguyen Giap - the commander of Vietnam''s rebel forces - were the stars of a grand show that included two-thousand-500 participants re-enacting the story of how the better-equipped French soldiers were defeated by a ragtag Vietnamese army with an unbreakable will.
The celebration brought out Vietnam''s top leader, Nong Duc Manh, who heads the Communist Party.
Defence Minister Pham Van Tra also made the 500-kilometre (310-mile) trip from Hanoi, visiting a war cemetery where nearly 650 Dien Bien Phu veterans rest.
Inside the town''s small soccer stadium, hundreds of gold star-on-red flags flew as young men and women in green and white uniforms goose-stepped around the field during a victory parade.
A steady drizzle failed to dampen the spirits of some 15-thousand spectators who packed into the stands.
The beat of revolutionary songs pounded, the drums symbolising an unstoppable march of soldiers and civilians who played a part in the defeat that spurred the collapse of colonialism in Indochina and sparked anti-colonial uprisings around the world.
Other performers represented the digging of kilometres (miles) of trenches over steep mountain passes until the enemy was surrounded.
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Mang Yang Pass, Dak Po Memorial
After Dien Bien Phu the last major action against the French colonial forces occurred in the Mang Yang Pass west of An Khe. Here on Route 19, 15 kilometers from An Khe, Groupment Mobile 100 met its fate, ambushed by the Viet Minh.
Vietnam - Clebration Of End Of French Colonialism
After the brass band grew silent and the victory parade dispersed,
Vietnamese veterans and family members took time on Saturday (7/5)
for solemn reflection on the battle of Dien Bien Phu which ended
French colonialism in Vietnam. The day's activities started with speeches and a parade at the Dien Bien Phu stadium; there were also fireworks and the Returning to Dien Bien Phu Cycling Race. About three thousand people crowded into the stands, and hundreds more stood on a nearby hill and the roofs of buildings to watch.
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HANOI, 6/5
people in traffic
choir singing at the dien bien phu museum
pb to fountain
people in cinema watching war film
screen view, fighting
kids look at tank
prime minister vo kan kiet speaks at musuem site
MAY 7 AT DIEN BIEN PHU
ws crowds
monuments of wreckage
dancers
vietnamese war veterans with medals
vietnamese soldiers marching in parade
women soldiers marching
crowd look on
vietnamese women in traditional costumes parading
international bike riders from the dien bien phu bike race
people march by waving paper flags
people visiting war bunkers
playing on old french tank
people in cemetery
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