00:01:43,400 --> 00:01:45,This motion picture
is dedicated to France.

00:01:46,367 --> 00:01:47,More than 300 years ago,

00:01:47,904 --> 00:01:50,French missionaries were sent to Indochina

00:01:50,133 --> 00:01:52,to teach love of God
and love of fellow man.

00:01:53,300 --> 00:01:56,Gradually, French influence took
shape in the Vietnamese land.

00:01:56,633 --> 00:01:59,Despite many hardships,
they advanced their way of living

00:01:59,500 --> 00:02:02,And the thriving nation
became the rice bowl of Asia.

00:02:03,067 --> 00:02:07,Vast riches were developed
under French guidance until 1941,

00:02:07,100 --> 00:02:09,When Japanese troops moved in

00:02:09,133 --> 00:02:12,And made the rice bowl red
with blood of the defenders.

00:02:12,633 --> 00:02:15,In 1945, when the Japanese
surrender was announced,

00:02:15,933 --> 00:02:18,A Moscow-trained
Indo-Chinese revolutionist

00:02:18,667 --> 00:02:20,who called himself Ho Chi Minh

00:02:20,633 --> 00:02:25,Began the drive to make his own country
another target for Chinese Communists.

00:02:25,133 --> 00:02:29,Headquartered in the North, he
called the new party Viet Minh.

00:02:29,200 --> 00:02:31,With the end of the Korean War,

00:02:31,133 --> 00:02:34,France was left alone to hold
the hottest front in the world,

00:02:34,367 --> 00:02:38,And became the barrier between
communism and the rape of Asia.

00:02:38,233 --> 00:02:40,Members of the Foreign Legion
imported from North Africa

00:02:40,767 --> 00:02:42,Fought valiantly
under the French flag,

00:02:42,967 --> 00:02:46,But the ammunition pipeline
from Moscow could not be found.

00:02:46,733 --> 00:02:50,Bombs and shells made in Russia
were stocked in secret tunnels

00:02:50,667 --> 00:02:52,Along the mountain range
of the China Gate.

00:02:52,900 --> 00:02:55,This arsenal was winning the
war for the Communists.

00:02:55,833 --> 00:03:01,Bombs and shells stocked
underground smashed village after village.

00:03:01,567 --> 00:03:05,But still fighting for her life,
100 miles from the China Gate,

00:03:05,667 --> 00:03:09,Is the dying village of Son
Toy, the last holdout in the North.

00:03:09,900 --> 00:03:13,Her supplies have been
ambushed, her ammunition depleted,

00:03:13,300 --> 00:03:15,But she fights as she starves.

00:03:15,200 --> 00:03:19,Her only chance of survival is the
American food air-drop from the South.

00:03:24,333 --> 00:03:27,The year, 1954.

00:03:27,367 --> 00:03:29,The day, Thursday.

00:03:29,500 --> 00:03:32,The time, 10:in the morning.

00:03:32,800 --> 00:03:37,All animals have
been eaten. All but one.

00:06:21,133 --> 00:06:23,Food! Food!

00:06:23,467 --> 00:06:27,How's Pierre?
Pierre's hungry.

00:06:30,567 --> 00:06:31,Food!

00:06:39,200 --> 00:06:41,Keep off the road, understand?

00:06:43,500 --> 00:06:45,Come on, Leung.

00:07:38,500 --> 00:07:40,It's gonna blow.
Look out!

00:07:41,667 --> 00:07:43,Spread out!

00:08:04,767 --> 00:08:07,Thank you, sisters.
Thank you very much.

00:08:09,833 --> 00:08:13,You look wonderful,
Lucky, just wonderful.

00:08:13,300 --> 00:08:15,Now that's the way
I like to see you.

00:08:15,567 --> 00:08:18,I want you to meet Captain
Gaumont of the Air Force.

00:08:18,933 --> 00:08:21,He has been pulled out of
action specifically to meet you.

00:08:21,533 --> 00:08:23,Captain, this is Lia Sermer.

00:08:23,467 --> 00:08:26,So you're the one
they call Lucky Legs?

00:08:26,333 --> 00:08:28,I keep them covered
on social calls.

00:08:28,700 --> 00:08:31,I heard they are hollow,
to keep your cognac in.

00:08:31,800 --> 00:08:34,You'll never find out.

00:08:34,133 --> 00:08:35,What's on your mind, Colonel?

00:08:36,067 --> 00:08:40,I know what an ordeal it is for you
to stay sober, but this is important.

00:08:40,667 --> 00:08:42,Mmm-hmm.
Important to whom?

00:08:42,867 --> 00:08:45,Important to all of us.

00:08:45,133 --> 00:08:47,This is an aerial photo
of the border.

00:08:47,400 --> 00:08:51,There are hundreds of tunnels here along
those hills and mountains at the China Gate.

00:08:52,067 --> 00:08:54,You g***t me sober
to tell me that?

00:08:54,933 --> 00:08:57,I know you know
about those tunnels.

00:08:57,233 --> 00:08:59,What's this all about, Colonel?

00:08:59,667 --> 00:09:03,Somewhere in this area is
a big dump of bombs and shells

00:09:03,567 --> 00:09:06,And small arms ammunition
that are crippling our troops.

00:09:06,567 --> 00:09:09,Everybody knows that.

00:09:09,267 --> 00:09:12,But no one knows just
exactly where it is.

00:09:12,500 --> 00:09:15,Some of our bombers g***t
through, but hit nothing vital.

00:09:15,933 --> 00:09:19,We have sent out patrols
but they never g***t back.

00:09:19,467 --> 00:09:23,You know the 100 miles from here to
the border like you know your cognac!

00:09:24,067 --> 00:09:27,You have made this trip, oh, a
hundred times with your cousin.

00:09:27,667 --> 00:09:31,Those Reds trust you.
That's why we need you.

00:09:32,567 --> 00:09:37,Above all, you know Major
Cham at the China Gate.

00:09:42,133 --> 00:09:46,My business with the
Major is strictly my business.

00:09:46,433 --> 00:09:49,We are interested in the Major
because he is the lock to the dump

00:09:49,733 --> 00:09:53,And you are the only key
that can open him up.

00:09:53,467 --> 00:09:54,This isn't my war!

00:09:54,733 --> 00:09:57,You are part Chinese!
Ah!

00:09:57,200 --> 00:10:00,I'm a little of everything
and a lot of nothing.

00:10:00,900 --> 00:10:05,The Chinese say I'm this, the French
say I'm that, the Americans say I'm...

00:10:05,333 --> 00:10:08,As far as I'm concerned

00:10:08,267 --> 00:10:13,You and the hammer and sickle boys
can go fight it out among yourselves.

00:10:13,633 --> 00:10:15,When the dump is blown,
there should be

00:10:15,167 --> 00:10:17,A chain reaction
through the whole area.

00:10:17,233 --> 00:10:18,In the confusion,
we steal a plane.

00:10:18,967 --> 00:10:20,My job is to fly
you back here to Son Toy.

00:10:21,033 --> 00:10:23,We will give you $5,000.

00:10:23,600 --> 00:10:26,We'll open a new bar for
you in Saigon

00:10:26,600 --> 00:10:29,And stock it with the finest
wines and liquor.

00:10:30,667 --> 00:10:32,It's a deal?

00:10:38,133 --> 00:10:39,No.

00:10:40,567 --> 00:10:45,All right, then. Name your own
price. How much do you want?

00:10:46,900 --> 00:10:49,I want to get my son to America.

00:10:52,633 --> 00:10:55,He has no criminal record,
no disease.

00:10:55,667 --> 00:11:00,He's five years old and his
eyes are a cross he's g***t to carry.

00:11:00,733 --> 00:11:04,But in America, I think
that cross would be lighter.

00:11:04,767 --> 00:11:07,You know the right people.

00:11:08,067 --> 00:11:12,You use your influence for my
son and I'll find that dump for you.

00:11:12,467 --> 00:11:15,No. The laws are
strict in America.

00:11:17,100 --> 00:11:18,All right.

00:11:19,800 --> 00:11:21,Lucky! Wait a moment.

00:11:23,767 --> 00:11:26,In this particular case,

00:11:27,067 --> 00:11:29,I think we can work it out.

00:11:30,767 --> 00:11:33,When do we start?
Right away!

00:11:33,900 --> 00:11:35,I have a pleasant
surprise for you.

00:11:35,700 --> 00:11:37,What? A bottle?

00:11:38,900 --> 00:11:40,Send him in.

00:11:40,400 --> 00:11:43,You remember the American
dynamiter, Sergeant Brock?

00:11:44,067 --> 00:11:46,He is with the
Foreign Legion now.

00:11:46,133 --> 00:11:48,He will be in charge
of explosives.

00:11:48,533 --> 00:11:51,The deal's off!
Find the dump yourself!

00:11:52,833 --> 00:11:55,But I don't understand.

00:11:56,067 --> 00:12:00,I thought it would be a wonderful
reunion for both of you on this job.

00:12:01,067 --> 00:12:04,It would make
everything more pleasant.

00:12:04,467 --> 00:12:09,I knew you lived together in
Saigon, but what happened?

00:12:09,333 --> 00:12:11,We just didn't live
together, Colonel.

00:12:11,800 --> 00:12:14,We were married, in church.

00:12:14,867 --> 00:12:18,Oh, you could have bought
her for $30 for two years

00:12:18,100 --> 00:12:19,As a government-registered wife.

00:12:20,433 --> 00:12:22,That's right.

00:12:22,200 --> 00:12:25,Well, then, did she find
you with another woman?

00:12:26,067 --> 00:12:27,Is that why she slapped you?

00:12:27,733 --> 00:12:30,No. I walked.

00:12:30,767 --> 00:12:33,Oh, that happens every
day in this part of the world.

00:12:34,067 --> 00:12:36,Oh, yes, it could
have been worse.

00:12:36,300 --> 00:12:37,It is. No.

00:12:37,733 --> 00:12:38,What do you mean?

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