News in Brief: Laos Builds Strength
News in Brief: Laos Builds Strength
Clip: 356450_1_1
Year Shot: 1959
(Actual Year)
Audio: Yes
Video: B/W
Tape Master: 1663
Original Film: 032-073-03
HD: N/A
Location: Laos
Timecode: 00:02:44 - 00:03:25
News in Brief: Laos Builds Strength As Red guerrilla activity renews in Laos, and additional thrusts by regular forces from Communist North Vietnam are reported, U.S. military aid pours in and tiny Laos intensifies recruiting and training of its defending forces. Caucasian men show Asian men how to assemble and fire weapons. (The American troops tower over the smaller Laotian soldiers, and some of the soldiers look young to begin with -- perhaps some are just boys?)