Selected originals (offcuts, selected scenes, out-takes, rushes) for story "Indo-China Fights Reds" 52/11
Material for use in Newsreel Story - some different shots.
Near Hanoi, Indo-China, (Vietnam)
SV Paratrooper putting on chute (for super. title). LV Pan, French paratroopers preparing. SV. Two officers checking maps. SV. Paratroopers doing up harness. LV. Column of troops moving in to fight Viet-Minh rebels. SV. Back view, lorry and troops moving up. LV. Troops moving up. Xam-Pheo notice in foreground. LV. Village. SV. Dead Viet Minh rebels in undergrowth. SV. Corpse. SV. Another corpse.
LV. Plane dropping troops. SV. Trooper in tree. GV. Troops dropping. SV. Trooper landing. MV Trooper disentangling himself from chute. LV Officer watches supplies being parachuted down.
LV Supply parachutes land in B/G as Vietnamese man walks past with cow.
GV Vietnamese village. MV Troopers and Vietnamese helpers dig trenches. MV Trooper builds fox hole. MV Vietnamese men build defences.
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