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War in Indochina: Operation Medusa

Publication date 10/05/1951 From €100.00

Indochina war

North of Haiphong, in the Red River delta, Operation "Medusa" was launched by General Jean de Lattre de Tassigny to "clean up" the area. Commentary on images of troops landing a ship, planes in the sky, explosions, soldiers crossing a village in flames and taking prisoners.

The signing of the Franco-Vietnamese Treaty

Publication date 10/03/1949 From €100.00

Indochina war

The former Emperor Bao Dai, who took the lead of a government opposed to that of Ho Chi Minh, went to Paris to ratify an agreement between France and Vietnam with President Vincent Auriol. Commentary on images of Bao Dai leaving the presidential palace and surrounded by personalities including Henri Queuille, chairman of the board.

Exodus of Catholics

Publication date 18/11/1954 From €100.00

Indochina war

Vietnamese Catholics, men, women and children, flee the Ho Chi Minh regime aboard rafts and sampans, leaving the Vietminh territorial waters on the Red River.

Operation on the coast of Annam

Publication date 16/04/1953 From €100.00

Indochina war

Marine infantry operations on the Vietnamese coast in the China Sea. The High Command has launched several commandos to destroy the material repositories and Vietminh communication lines. Commentary on images of a marine commando and marine riflemen in action.

Resumption of Xieng Khouang

Publication date 11/06/1953 From €100.00

Indochina war

Fight of Franco-Laotian troops in the plain of jars, infiltration zone of Vietminh, with the city of Xieng Khouang as theatre of operations. Commentary on images of soldiers entering the city and General Salan came to inspect the operation.

Entrance of the Vietminh troops

Publication date 21/10/1954 From €100.00

Indochina war

The Vietminh troops won in Hanoi, now the Vietminh capital. Commentary on images of soldiers marching through the streets and acclaimed by the inhabitants.

Transfer from Hanoi to Viêtminh

Publication date 14/10/1954 From €100.00

Indochina war

Retrocession to the Vietminh of the city of Hanoi in the democratic republic of Vietnam, in accordance with the Geneva agreements. The Franco-Vietnamese troops are definitely leaving Vietnam. Comment on images of the ceremony held in front of the Hanoi War Memorial.

Cleaning operations south east of Saigon

Publication date 21/09/1950 From €100.00

Indochina war

In Indochina, in the delta region, the province of Baria (now Ba Ria) is searched by the troops of the French army, which seeks to take back villages acquired in Vietminh. Commentary on images of patrols, fighting and French soldiers arresting Vietminh.

Evacuations to Hanoi

Publication date 12/08/1954 From €100.00

Indochina war

Signed on 21 July 1954, the Geneva Accords put an end to the conflict in Indochina. At the same time, the Trung Gia conference allows the ceasefire to enter into force. Civilians are evacuated for Vietnam, especially the Hmong, who had made a case for the French. Comment on images of the signing of the ceasefire between Colonel Lenneuyeux and General Viêtminh Van Tien Dung and civilians evacuated to Vietnam by truck or boat.

Operation "Seagull" in the Delta

Publication date 05/11/1953 From €100.00

Indochina war

Continuation of the "Seagull" operation in the south of the Tonkinian delta. This involves "cleaning up" the Red River delta of any Vietminh presence. Commentary on images of tanks progressing in the hills, soldiers shooting machine guns and planes dropping napalm bombs.

Operation "Brittany" in Nam Dinh and at the mouth of the Red River in Tonkin

Publication date 15/01/1953 From €100.00

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Pictures of Operation "Brittany" in the Red River Delta, in Nam Dinh: weapons caches were found and prisoners were taken. Commentary on images of a fire, bombing, soldiers walking in line in the rice fieldss and seizing weapons in a village.

Ceasefire signed in Indochina

Publication date 22/07/1954 From €100.00

Indochina war

Speech of the President of the Council Pierre Mendès France after the signing of the ceasefire at the palace of nations in Geneva, between General Delteil and the Vietnamese plenipotentiary Ta Quang Buu.

The war in Indochina

Publication date 31/12/1953 From €100.00

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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.

The operations of Dien Bien Phu

Publication date 17/12/1953 From €100.00

Indochina war

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.

Commercio internacional en Indochine

Publication date 08/06/1950 From €100.00

Indochina war

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.

In Indochina, Leclerc is everywhere

Publication date 07/12/1945 From €100.00

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After the end of the war in Europe, General Leclerc, appointed on 16 August 1945 as superior commander of the French Expeditionary Force in the Far East, was sent to Indochina to take control of the French territory. Commentary on images of units of soldiers, General Leclerc on the ground, Japanese prisoners rebuilding a destroyed bridge, an explosion, a burning village, soldiers caring for the wounded and raising the tricolour flag.

Mission in Indochina: visit to Ho Chi Minh

Publication date 02/09/1954 From €100.00

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Members of the International Armistice Commission visited Ho Chi Minh in his secret residence. They then went to Trung Gia, where the ceasefire agreement was signed in Indochina, to endorse the function of arbitrators of disputes that might arise from the application of the armistice.

Around Dien Bien Phu

Publication date 22/04/1954 From €100.00

Indochina war

The general of Castries, commander in chief at Dien Bien Phu, inspects the entrenched camp alongside General Navarre, commander in chief in Indochina. The camp is under widespread offensive from the Vietminh on all sides.

Dien Bien Phu at the time of the assault

Publication date 18/03/1954 From €100.00

Indochina war

The Vietminh offensive on the Dien Bien Phu camp in Indochina intensifies. Comment on images of soldiers firing and wounded.

French troops enter Hanoi

Publication date 11/04/1946 From €100.00

Indochina war

One month after France’s de facto recognition of the Democratic Republic of Vietnam, the French troops, led by General Leclerc, commander-in-chief of the French forces of ExtremeOrient, make a triumphal entrance to Hanoi, where they raise the Chinese troops.

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