1960’s Saigon through the lens of a French journalist
VOV.VN - French journalist François Sully recorded the daily life of Saigon people in the 1960s which is preserved through his black and white photo collection.
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François Sully was a famous French journalist during the past war in Vietnam. He spent 24 years working in Indochina. He travelled to Saigon in the 1960s to record the daily life of local people. |
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This photo was taken in front of Rex Theatre in March 1964. |
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Traffic on a road on the outskirts of Saigon in summer 1964 |
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A Saigon street corner in autumn 1964 |
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Local people gathered on the street during Tet in January 1966. |
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The flower market in the centre of the city in 1966 |
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Citizens queue in front of the Air Vietnam ticket booth, the sole commercial airline from 1951-1975. |
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Xa loi Pagoda in March 1964 |
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A group of people on the way to a village festival in June 1968 |
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Before becoming a journalist, Sully was a farmer. He joined United Press International in 1959 and covered articles for Time Magazine. |
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Sully died in February 1971. He was aboard a command helicopter as it turned west towards Cambodia. As the helicopter was nearing its destination it burst into flames. Sully alone leaped from the burning craft and plunged seventy five feet to the ground. All others died in the crash. Sully later died from the injuries he suffered in the fall at Long Binh hospital. He was buried in Mac Dinh Chi Cemetery in Saigon. He left his insurance policy of 18 million piasters to Vietnamese orphans. |
