Title:AID TO NORTH VIETNAM - HOUSING [Allocated Title]
Film Number:NAT 4559
Other titles:ECA NEWSREEL STORIES [Allocated Series Title]
Summary:A film that appears to show how American aid money was being used to fund projects in Vietnam. The aid money was primarily directed through the French government.
Description:(Reel 1) Aerial views. A visit is made to a drilling site near a river. Housing in various stages of construction is shown. Bricks are delivered by truck.
(Reel 2) Flags of France and United States of America fly alongside a smaller flag of Vietnam [as adopted by the Provisional Central Government of Vietnam]. Allocations of rice are measured, with the thumbs of recipients stamped with ink. Harvesting scenes in fields. A sign over the entrance to a temple [is believed to read]: "I love you" [trans. from Vietnamese]. A speech is given in the grounds of a temple, before signs bearing MYQUOC VIENTRO [trans. as "American Aid"]. Further speeches are delivered at another site. The wooden scaffolding of a damaged building is shown. The reel ends with a view over fields.
Alternative Title:ECA NEWSREEL STORIES [Allocated Series Title]
