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This 1954 film takes us to Vietnam; the French have been defeated and the country is about to be divided. The film looks at whether Communism in Southeast Asia can be defeated; the consequences of French neglect and failed colonial war and Vietnamese fatalism and apathy. It presents the Philippines as a hopeful example of how an Asian nation can defeat Communism.
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30 min 30 sec
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