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North Vietnamese Soldiers Train Pathet Lao near Sam Nuea, 1970

The North Vietnamese Army (PAVN) invade eastern Laos in 1955 in order to expand the Ho Chi Minh Trail. Thankfully for them, Laos is a joint government that can't make decisions, so the communist Pathet Lao chilling by the eastern corridor were more than happy to help the North Vietnamese expand the trail into their country. The Royal Laos government while not fighting Neutralists, complain to the United Nations about Vietnamese invaders. The UN launched an investigation with countries that could care less about Indochina and found nothing. Footage description: The Vice-Chairman of the Pathet-Lao, Sithon Kommodam, and the head of the Pathet-Lao Liberation Army, General Sithabath, recently visited Pathet-Lao and North Vietnamese soldiers training near Sam Neua, in eastern Laos. Representatives from both sides in the Laotian conflict are preparing to meet at Khang-Khai, just south of Sam Neua, to discuss the possibility of a formal ceasefire. The visit of the two high-ranking Pathet-Lao members comes at a time when their forces, with the North Vietnamese, have launched a major offensive in the country, overrunning at least seven Government outposts. This film, released by the North Vietnamese authorities, is the first to show the North Vietnamese aiding Pathet-Lao soldiers. Sithon Kommodam and General Sithabath took part in pistol shooting with the troops before a small exercise took place. In their training, the Pathet Lao use real bullets, mortars, and grenades. One platoon of twelve men attacks an "enemy" position using grenades and mortars. Another platoon attacks the position with fixed bayonets one by one -- a tactic used successfully against the French at Dien Bien Phu in 1954. Pathet Lao Infantry soldiers are aged between 14 and 31 and practice every day. After their exercise, they relax playing volleyball against the North Vietnamese technical unit which is aiding and training them in engineering and weaponry. Prince Souvanna Phouma, the Premier of Laos since 1962, and his half-brother Prince Souphanouvong, who heads the Pathet Lao, are negotiating a date for the December talks in Khang-Khai, the former neutralist base in what is now Pathet Lao territory. Chapters: 00:00 CU Sithon Kommodam firing pistol 00:04 SV Sithon Kommodam and General Sithabath fire pistols 00:13 LV Troops look on 00:17 SV Sithabath firing at a target 00:21 CU Soldiers 00:23 SV soldiers examining target (3 shots) 00:34 CU Troops march out with rifles - fixed bayonets 00:44 CU Soldier using walking-talkie 00:47 SV Soldier with a machine gun in the grass 00:50 CU Soldiers wearing camouflage running across a field 01:00 GV Explosion and troops running forward, attack "enemy" position (2 shots) 01:09 CU Soldiers marching along a road 01:18 GV Pathet-Lao and North Vietnamese soldiers play volley-ball (2 shots) 01:26 SV Soldiers clapping (2 shots) 01:31 SV Soldiers playing volleyball and a crowd clapping All content belongs to their respective owners and not myself.