Communist Troops Take Over Mining Port In Indochina (1955)

Unissued / unused material. Communist troops take over mining port in Indochina (Haiphong area, Tonkin, Vietnam). Various shots of coal mine installation. Vietminh (Viet-Minh) troops releasing French forces. International Control Committee arriving in cars. Vietminh officials taking over under control of French Authorities. Streets are decorated with Vietminh communist flags and banners. People come out of their homes where they had been sheltering. Shots of Vietminh troops in Campha streets. Air shots of the mines and town. Date on dope sheet is 28/04/1955. FILM ID: A VIDEO FROM BRITISH PATHÉ. EXPLORE OUR ONLINE CHANNEL, BRITISH PATHÉ TV. IT’S FULL OF GREAT DOCUMENTARIES, FASCINATING INTERVIEWS, AND CLASSIC MOVIES. FOR LICENSING ENQUIRIES VISIT British Pathé also represents the Reuters historical collection, which includes more than 136,000 items from the news agencies Gaumont Graphic (1910-1932), Empire News Bulletin (1926