(31 Dec 1963)

Map showing location of Laos. Heads of three warring political factions - Prince Boum Oum, Prince Souvanna Phoma and Prince Souphanouvong. King Savang seen presiding over session of parliament. Stronghold of Laos communists - two men try and block camera. Mekong River between Laos and Thailand. Aerial shot of river, general view and shot of women washing in the river. Street scenes - rickshaws with children aboard. Market - various shots of stallholders. CUs of school children in Western clothes. Oxen pull carts. Farmers at work with hand tools. Fishing rice paddies. Water buffalo wallowing. Woman splitting bamboo using her feet. Narrator details spread of communism into Laos. Gun fighting. Refugees seen walking along a road and inside aircraft. Ho Chi Minh disembarks from aircraft. South Vietnamese troops and American troops. Graphics are used to show threat of communism. Local troops are seen - paratroops jumping from aircraft. United States air ferry takes food to interior of country. CUs of women and men in traditional dress gathered around aircraft. Bags of rice unloaded. Man does dance of thanksgiving. Premier Phouma disembarks from aircraft. Wounded negotiators lifted from aircraft. Loyalist troops marching in military parade.

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