Thursday, 06/12/2012 09:25 (GMT+7)
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The exhibition attracts many visitors
(Photo: H.H) |
“I tell this story” exhibition, held by the Hanoimoi (New Hanoi) Newspaper and former journalist Nguyen Ngoc Tien from the Investigative Report Department, opened at the Exhibition Hall, 29 Hang Bai, Hanoi on December 3.
The exhibition is opened on the occasion of the 68th founding anniversary of the Vietnam People’s Army (Dec 22) and 40th anniversary of the “Dien Bien Phu in the air” victory. The opening ceremony attracted crowds of the elderly, witness to the war itself, as well as others interested in the message.
The 52 artefacts on display in the exhibition aim to recall the resounding victory of the army and people in carrying out a war of resistance against the aggressor in the 20th century.
They also commemorate the 12 days and nights of late December 1972, when Hanoi’s army and people resiliently defeated the US B-52 warplanes in the resounding ‘Dien Bien Phu in the air" victory. Four decades later, the historic event is still not forgotten. The brave sacrifice of Vietnam’s air force soldiers and the endurance of Hanoi’s residents are fresh in the memory of people today.
These objects have been collected by journalist Nguyen Ngoc Tien for many years. The objects are made from war waste and military equipment manipulated into everyday goods. There are many items made of the shells of French tanks which were set on fire at Dien Bien Phu in 1954, but most were made in the anti-American resistance war.
“I tell this story” is the first exhibition of personal effects manipulated from weapons of the enemy to serve daily needs, such as a table, desk, farmer’s pipe, ashtray, oil lamp, slipper, flower vase, and more.
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The slogan “Khong co gi quy hon doc lap tu do”
(Nothing is more valuable than independence and freedom) written on the shell
of a B52 warplane, which was shot down at Phu Lo, Dong Anh on Dec 1972. |
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US army food boxes used by drink vendors to hold ice |
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Four glasses made of B52 warplane shell |
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A decorated night lamp made from an artillery casing |
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An ashtray made from a 'pineapple bomb' |
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This Vietnamese two-string fiddle was made from
pieces of military refuse |
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In the anti-America resistance war and the subsidized period,
many sports competitions used high calibre antiaircraft shells
to make the cup for winning athletes |
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A copper tray was made from a 130mm shell |
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Many families and motorbike repairmen used 12 mm bullet box
to carry and store their tools |
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A set of furniture and a farmer’s pipe made from the B-52 warplane shell
shot down at Ngoc Ha in December 1972 |
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Army ammunition boxes used to hold the clothes of students and residents |
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Transforming bullets and a bomb shell into a flower vase |
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These combs are made from a B-52 warplane shell |