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April 1954, behind the front line.
Hanoi Theater State of Vietnam, French Union
Concerto de l'Adieu (Georges Delerue) Hanoi Philharmonic Orchestra
Narrator : Pierre Schoendoerffer (Dien Bien Phu veteran) French Army Cinematographic Service (S.C.A.) Master Corporal
7:15p.m. shaken by the bombing, demoralized, their officers dead,
the Algerian and Morrocan sharpshooters (3/3 R.T.A. and 1/4 R.T.M.)
abandon the Dominique 2 and Eliane 1 hills in disarray.
In 1 hour, the Viet Minh will be on the Nam Youn river...
It's screwed Mamadou.
Ah son, join Simame's platoon !
Is it screwed ?
I don't know...
Simame !
Pick up as much as you can of these runaways
and add them in your platoon !
Now go kid ! Yes, Lieutenant !
Maxime ! Maxime ! You're all alone. There is nothing we can do for you.
Fall back on the other side of the river ! Do you copy ?
From Maxime, this is foolish ! The Viet Minh will take everything in the wake...
What about my cannons ? Answer me !
No discussion ! Blow up your cannons !
Fall back behind the Nam Youn ! This is an order !
Clear the channel ! Over.
Them *** !
Them ***...
What a bunch of fools !
They think it's screwed...
To blow up my cannons...
For the very first time in my soldier life, I refuse to obey an order...
This is tonight or never...
No way son ! We are not going to follow this stupid order.
You, what are you doing here ? You should be with Simame in the trenches...
Now run ! We will need everyone...
And find me some of your P.O.W.s (prisoners of war)
to help my gunners. Haha !
Hey son ! We're going to apply the great universal law to them...
Good old Isaac's law ! (Newton's law of universal gravitation)
Servo aux flèches ! Gisement 1,500 carreaux ! Débouché à 1-0 !
Maximum charge ! Fire at will !
Come on kids ! Come on maolên ! Maolên !
Come on kids ! Come on there ! A bit on the left !
Come on maolên ! Go on !
Up there, here they come ! Come on ! We will knock over them !
Fire !
Well done kids, well done !
A bit on the left ! A bit on the left !
That's it !
Fire !
Yeah ! Yeah, it stopped them now.
9:00p.m. Huguette 7 hill
Entrenched in the southern area of the strongpoint,
the defenders are waiting for the Viet Minh assault.
Floralie to Ludovic ! The Viet Minh are here,
as planned you'll fire all that you can on my strongpoint's northern area
when you get my "top" signal. Got it ?
From Floralie, roger !
Time On Target artillery, ready ! Time of impact, 30 seconds !
You'll have to head down there Ludovic...
Floralie to Ludovic... ...top !
From Floralie, shots fired. 3 salvoes of 4 hits on target.
Coming to you in...
...25 seconds !
20 seconds...
15 seconds...
10 seconds...
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Forward !! (En avant !!)
R.I.P. Pierre Schoendoerffer (1928-2012)
Closed Captions : E-E WebTV (2013)