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Dien Bien Phu Battle
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WGBH (Boston, Massachusetts)
AAPB ID
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Newsreel footage and reporting of the battle of Dien Bien Phu. The French are surprised by the attack, and their artillery is ineffective. French planes drop napalm, ?liquid fire? as the narrator calls it. Shots of Viet Minh anti-aircraft guns firing. DBP airstrip is destroyed and helicopters are used to carry out the wounded and dead French soldiers. Narrator announces that the French commander has committed suicide. Shots of the Viet Minh digging and moving through trenches. In the style of a movie house newsreel, there is dramatic music as the French are defeated and taken prisoner.
Asset type
Raw Footage
Topics
Global Affairs
War and Conflict
Subjects
Indochinese War, 1946-1954; France Colonies--Asia; Capitulations, Military; Dien Bien Phu, Battle of, Dien Bien Phu, Vietnam, 1954.; Nationalism and communism; combat; National liberation movements; France History, Military--20th century
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Duration
00:02:44
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Distributor: CBS News
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WGBH
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Format: video/quicktime
Color: B&W
Duration: 00:00:00
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Citations
Chicago: “Dien Bien Phu Battle,” WGBH, American Archive of Public Broadcasting (GBH and the Library of Congress), Boston, MA and Washington, DC, accessed July 16, 2025, http://americanarchive.org/catalog/cpb-aacip-15-v97zk55w3b.
MLA: “Dien Bien Phu Battle.” WGBH, American Archive of Public Broadcasting (GBH and the Library of Congress), Boston, MA and Washington, DC. Web. July 16, 2025. <http://americanarchive.org/catalog/cpb-aacip-15-v97zk55w3b>.
APA: Dien Bien Phu Battle. Boston, MA: WGBH, American Archive of Public Broadcasting (GBH and the Library of Congress), Boston, MA and Washington, DC. Retrieved from http://americanarchive.org/catalog/cpb-aacip-15-v97zk55w3b