VIETNAM: VIETNAM'S GENERAL GIAP REMAINS ONE OF THE WORLD'S BEST KNOWN MILITARY FIGURES THIS CENTURY

Record ID: 982859

  • Title: VIETNAM: VIETNAM'S GENERAL GIAP REMAINS ONE OF THE WORLD'S BEST KNOWN MILITARY FIGURES THIS CENTURY
  • Date: 5th May 1999
  • Summary: HANOI, VIETNAM (RECENT) (REUTERS - ACCESS ALL) 1. SV/MCU OF GENERAL VO NGUYEN GIAP IN HIS GARDEN (4 SHOTS) 0.28 2. MCU (Vietnamese) GIAP SAYING: "Ho Chi Minh, at that time his name was Nguyen Ai Quoc, said don't worry, we have people, we will have guns. People first, guns later. His words became famous. It was different to other countries where it's guns first, people later." 1.07 (VIETNAM FILM ARCHIVE - ACCESS ALL) 3. RESISTANCE FIGHTERS TRAINING DURING FRENCH COLONIAL RULE (3 SHOTS) 1.19 4. FLAG IS RAISED IN VICTORY OVER FRENCH FORCES AT DIEN BIEN PHU IN 1954 (2 SHOTS) 1.30 (RECENT) (REUTERS - ACCESS ALL) 5. MCU (Vietnamese) GIAP SAYING: "They talk about my contribution, how great the contribution of one person. But it was small compared to the contribution of the people. When I think of Dien Bien Phu, I remember so many soldiers fallen at the frontline, tens of thousands of workers using their bicycles to transport supplies. And it was the same during the war against America." 2.26 (VIETNAM FILM ARCHIVE - ACCESS ALL) 6. SOLDIERS AND CIVILIANS CARTING SUPPLIES AND WEAPONS ON THE HO CHI MINH TRAIL DURING THE VIETNAM WAR (5 SHOTS) 2.48 7. GIAP VISITING TROOPS ON THE HO CHI MINH TRAIL (5 SHOTS) 3.17 (RECENT) (REUTERS - ACCESS ALL) 8. MCU (Vietnamese) GIAP SAYING: "They underestimated the power of a nation, underestimated the psychological strength of the human being, and overestimated the power of weapons." 3.58 (VIETNAM FILM ARCHIVE - ACCESS ALL) 9. BURNING B52 BOMBER PLUNGES TO GROUND DURING VIETNAM WAR 4.10 (RECENT) (REUTERS - ACCESS ALL) 10. MCU (Vietnamese) GIAP SAYING: "Vietnam's victory was a typical example of people's power over the most modern weapons." 4.22 HANOI, VIETNAM (1997) (REUTERS - ACCESS ALL) 11. SV/MCU GIAP MEETS ROBERT MCNAMARA, AMERICAN SECRETARY OF DEFENCE DURING EARLY YEARS OF THE VIETNAM WAR (4 SHOTS) 5.02 (RECENT) 12. MCU (Vietnamese) GIAP SAYING: "A man who was security advisor to the president said to me, 'for 20 years I have considered you a legend, and now I am sitting in front of a legend.' And I said, 'There is only one legend in Vietnam, the power of the people'." 5.35 13. SLV/SV GIAP AT HOME WITH HIS WIFE, SON AND GRANDSON (2 SHOTS) 5.44 14. MCU (Vietnamese) GIAP "I just want to be remembered as a person who always tried to do the best thing for the country and for the people" 5.56 15. MCU GIAP MAKING AN APPEARANCE AT A LOCAL FESTIVAL, BEING SURROUNDED BY WELL-WISHERS OFFERING HIM FLOWERS 6.09 Initials Script is copyright Reuters Limited. All rights reserved
  • Embargoed: 19th May 1999 13:00
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  • Location: Vietnam
  • Country: Vietnam
  • Reuters ID: LVA1NB8EI5F7DVTY0A0SD66I3S47
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