Two documentary films about Vietnam collected in foreign countries to be introduced
22/4/17
A scence in the film "Vietnam: 30 Days in Saigon"
The
Vietnam State Archives and Records Department is coordinating with Vietnam
Television to broadcast two documentary films recently acquired abroad, namely
"Ho Chi Minh in the Land of Lenin", and "Vietnam: 30 Days in
Saigon" on the great national festival and anniversary.
The upcoming festivals are the
42nd anniversary of the Liberation of the South and National Unification (Aril
30th), May Day and the 127th anniversary of President Ho Chi Minh’s birthday.
The announcement was made by
Nguyen Thi Ha, director of the Centre for Science and Technology under the
State Archives and Records Department, at the ceremony to introduce the films
held in Hanoi on April 19th.
The two films were recovered as
a result of the project collecting precious and rare archives about Vietnam.
The documentary "Ho Chi
Minh in the Land of Lenin" (black and white) has been preserved at the
Russian State Archive of Documentary Films, produced in 1976 by the Soviet
Central Documentary Studios, with a total duration of 30 minutes 20 seconds.
The film is about the
activities of President Ho Chi Minh during the establishment of the Socialist
Republic of Vietnam, President Ho Chi Minh's activities aimed at developing the
friendship between the people of Vietnam and the Soviet Union; and President Ho
Chi Minh with children, workers, farmers and soldiers in the Soviet Union.
Meanwhile, the documentary
"Vietnam: 30 Days in Saigon" (colour film) was produced in 1975 with
a total duration of 60 minutes 44 seconds, by French director Jean-Pierre
Moscardo.
A scence in the film "Ho Chi Minh in the Land of Lenin"
The film depicts the last days
of the Vietnam War (from April 27th-28th, 1975); images of migrants fleeing the
scene and the first days of Saigon under the new leadership of the Provisional
Revolutionary Government of South Vietnam./.
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