The fashion designer Christian Dior has modeled the line of his spring creations on the letter A. In the house Dior, avenue Montaigne in Paris, models present dresses and summer tailors slightly flared, characteristics of this new line.
Models on the big staircase of the house Dior, avenue Montaigne in Paris, present the new spring collection of Christian Dior, with city dresses, for the afternoon and evening. Most outfits are decorated with capelines.
In Indochina, two fronts of war are under the fire of the Vietminh. In Dien Bien Phu, the air bridge strengthens the defense of the entrenched camp. In Laos, Franco-Laotian troops must retreat before the Vietminh in the Savanakhet region. Commentary on images of the Dien Bien Phu camp, where planes drop equipment, and French and Laotian soldiers retreat in the jungle.
In Indochina, the Franco-Vietnamese forces defend the basin of Dien Bien Phu, north of present-day Vietnam. An overhead bridge allows for the parachuting of food and equipment. Commentary on images of the bombed camp, equipment dropped by the planes and General Gilles decorating journalist André Lebon and photographer Pierre Camus.
Report on the 4th Cannes International Film Festival. Many stars flock to the Croisette and during the ascent of the steps of the palace: Gaby MORLAY, Michèle MORGAN, Jean TISSIER, Michel AUCLAIR, Jean MARAIS.
Report on the fighting of the French army against the Vietminh in central Annam. Protected by the navy, units managed to land on the coast and neutralize a railway bridge used by the Vietminh. Commentary on images of the Bay of Tourane, units of the French navy, the disembarkation of soldiers, a plane parachuting equipment, soldiers preparing explosives and the bridge destroyed.
Presentation of fashion haute-couture women for winter sports from the Saint-Didier rink in Paris. The outfits are the creations of the Madeleine de Rauch, Carven and Jacques Heim houses for the most part.
Presentation in Chamonix by Saint-Granier and Maurice bucket of a new device to slide on snow, the ski bike, consisting of a bicycle frame mounted on small skis. This invention found many followers on the tracks.