Cambodia | Prince Sihanouk | This Week | 1969

The Ruler of Cambodia the then Prince Silanouk (later restored as the king of Cambodia) Speaks to 'This weeks John Morgan about the problems facing Cambodia and its people especially with the ensuing troubles in the neighboring countries of Laos and Vietnam.
First transmitted - 20/11/1969
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[@xaviereanglee5624]

This was probably the most amazing yet haunting film I’ve ever seen. Knowing that they prepared so much for an attack from the outside, not knowing the outside would be attacking from within. Seeing all those people with smiles on their faces just a few years later would be traumatized or die from the most heinous civil war and atrocities in human history. It’s so sad to think that could have been my grandfather or grandmother in the background of this video. But I wouldn’t know because only 2 of my grandparents survived past 1979. And the ones that are still alive don’t talk about the past. It’s too hard. But in this video I see hope in their eyes. Those people. Those soldiers. Those kids. That all wanted to protect the Khmer way of life. We are a empathetic, rich and beautiful people. Abundant in tradition, humility and strength. Against all the odds we still here. Our people have been through hell and back. The Cambodian people and so many others like us, are a true testament to the resilience of the human spirit. We may try to destroy one another, but when it comes down to it we are all people cut from the same cloth. We all want to live doing what we love doing with the people we love. We may be a small community, but are ideals and values are universal. Be strong, because even if the worst happens it will be okay. Can’t wait to share this with my family.

[@SawSkooh]

Don't forget the key role that Sihanouk himself played in helping the Khmer Rouge come to power.

[@notamoonraker]

Well Sihanouk himself played with fire.. had not he gave up Cambodian territory to appease the communists and supported Khmer Rouge.. militarists in Cambodia wouldn't be mad and toppled him in 1970. Even his royal relative Sirik Matak was behind the coup. On the other hand, Lon Nol pathetically managed the country.. unsuccessfully.. that it led to the fall of Cambodia to Khmer Rouge hands in 1976. Sihanouk, who didn't have the hindsight when he cooperated with the Khmer Rouge, was shocked to find that his royal relatives were killed by the revolution of Khmer Rouge.

[@pierremarel]

Thank you 🙏

[@d.c.3534]

@@SawSkooh Yes, let's also not forget the US involvement in driving people to join the KR.

[@d.c.3534]

@@SawSkooh and what is the key role of the US?

[@reighfreuden6473]

This is heartbreaking. Lee Kuan Yew said that the Prince Sihanouk was a congenial and humorous man before the Khmer Rouge, and after it he was a shattered man. Never has such a tragic thing befallen so gentle a people. Thank you for this interesting insight into Cambodia before tragedy befell it.

[@franckdebzh7608]

True facts : The Khmer Rouges were supplied by the NVA and the Vietcongs since 1970 and those last ones fought against the Cambodian Army since 1970. Keep your propaganda for you. Source: my father fought the communists here.

[@cambodiaremyzero]

He broke like a beaver-dam.... so tragic, so shameful of the Nixon/ Kissinger demons.....

[@kongong180]

@@cambodiaremyzero 6

[@bmcsavin3927]

See if

[@TheLocalLt]

The Khmer Rouge rising to state power was partly Sihanouk’s fault, as he first basically sold his country down the river to the Vietnamese Communists, and after that backfired he aided and abetted the rise of the Khmer Rouge If he hadn’t first dealt with the Vietnamese Communists and broke off relations with America, the coup against him would not have happened. Sihanouk (a beloved “enlightened despot” himself) idiotically thought he could keep his country out of war if he played nice with the Vietnamese communists. If the coup wouldn’t have happened and he remained pro-American, the people would have been behind the war effort against the Communists that had infiltrated the country. Instead the people were apathetic towards Lon Nol’s dictatorship and saw him as an American puppet (which he basically turned into, he was a very weak guy with no backbone, not unlike Sihanouk but without any of the charm or charisma). When Sihanouk, flush with Chinese Communist cash and living in Beijing, then took the Khmer Rouge’s side in the war, Cambodia was doomed.

[@luckm8852]

Unfortunate famous last words: "And short of war, there is small sign that the civilisation will be disturbed." I am glad after all those horrific decades, Cambodia is doing well again.

[@phillipshepard6917]

I lived in Cambodia 2002-2017. This is a very interesting film. Sihanouk managed to live throughout a whole era of turbulence, wars and into the recovery from the Khmer Rouge disaster.

[@kbmjunior8189]

While seeing his face and the style he talking, my tear dropped down and I can say I miss him so much!

[@somrongkps9684]

KBM junior o

[@davidcoleman757]

Fascinating. Sihanouk was one of the shrewdest politicians of the 20th century. Sadly, his country was swept by forces beyond even his control. His documentary movies of Cambodia pre the KR are heartbreaking. They were shown regularly on TV after his death and form a tragic record of what might have been. This contemporary footage of Cambodia in 1969 was truly interesting to watch.

[@TheSeattleGamer]

A lot of it was absolutely in his control. He needed to be firm and not allow the NVA to use his neutral country to move entire armies down to attack South Vietnam. You can't claim to be a neutral party in the conflict while allowing one side to quite literally move their military personnel through your lands unabated to attack the other group in the conflict. You are no longer neutral and an active participant for one side. I also don't know of any country that would willingly allow a foreign military to use their lands to attack another country when they themselves are not fully aligned with them. He had chances to use his military to expel and then to stop the NVA from walking troops through his country. Not doing anything basically turned parts of Cambodia into valid military targets for the South Vietnamese and United States. This in turn led to instability in the country and finally a complete overthrow of the Cambodian monarchy.

[@ilshyf]

When I think about how many in this report were perished during and after the conflict, my heart is just torn down... RIP for those who lost their lives.

[@buntha2350]

ilshyf no zloty

[@tracya4087]

here here

[@PW-le6cr]

I lived in Cambodia for many years. I love the Cambodian people and their nature. My heart will always be in Cambodia. 🇰🇭

[@thefinancevalueguy7099]

Ever thought of asking me how I do make my funds ?

[@thefinancevalueguy7099]

Wat @pp +*➖1*➖2*➖0*➖1*➖8*➖3*➖4*➖4*➖8*➖0*➖6.

[@gustavo320]

​@@thefinancevalueguy7099no

[@lilvith_8135]

What a beautiful era, my grandfather always say that he really missed the 1960s.

[@loreee2001]

People from the past look so different from now. Their personality, looks, lifestyle and many more. I love old Cambodian!

[@johncone4989]

Lore yeah, before the U.N fucked up Asia and brought the NGOs.

[@parisfrance8712]

yes me too, I love Cambodia back to 1950----1960-1970 after that Cambodia country is so terrible until now .

[@newsandknowledge3310]

Lore Yes Dear , Before Is Very Beautiful

[@jfgsfsgg1623]

Yo

[@tachork5399]

@@johncone4989 nnnn

[@zaynmalik9136]

As a Cambodian young generation....I proudly to say "I will protect my country in every situations"

[@user-wz7in1sd2w]

Protect the royal family no matter what

[@zaynmalik9136]

@@user-wz7in1sd2w not really.

[@dkn193]

Love you kzbin.info/www/bejne/mYObaWd3ebyZack

[@amerasia5189]

@@user-wz7in1sd2w You are an ignorant!

[@eliptv6994]

Cambodians have to thank the Vietnamese for driving out the Khmer Rouge.... otherwise all Cambodians would be dead... why would there be any more Silanouk to talk to now?

[@raksmeybong2474]

Cambodians were so very new to modern ideologies during that time. We trusted more on others but not ourselves. According to Sisowath Siri Matak’s last letter, Cambodia, under Lon Nol and Sirimatak himself, was so wrong to trust America. If there is no external involvement, people wouldn’t be suffered. As a young generation of Cambodian people, we will rise once again as long as we are united. I pray his majesty soul to Rest In Eternal Peace. Your dedication to the country will never be vanished, and you will be remembered in our heart as the strongest King of Modern Cambodia’s Golden Era. Long live the King! ជយោ! សម្ដេចតា បីតាជាតិខ្មែរ ព្រះនរោត្តមសីហនុ!

[@kevinkim271]

Raksmey Bong It was Sirik Matak and Lon Nol’s betrayal which put Cambodia through all the suffering. I’m glad Sirik Matak realized his mistake before being executed at the Olympic Stadium but he really screwed up. At least he was a patriot, just a misguided one. Can’t say the same for Lon Nol who fled and died aboard as a coward.

[@cambodiaremyzero]

definitely, you are correct to note Sihanouk`s Naivety and Innocence, and how it played a role in making an easy way for the Greed and Duplicitous schemers to destroy the region.....but Prince Sihanouk was Frantically attempting to avoid the Imminent Destruction that always comes when the USA goes abroad... Always.... the `Goodness` of our Human Family lives on only here and there, and primarily, amongst the Khmer.....

[@cocamilo22]

​@@kevinkim271 Sirik Matak have many good example just take their mistake to learn he not even try to run away from his mistake just how much he love his country... he not patient enough to play the neutral role

[@d.c.3534]

Sihanouk was selfish, naïve and spineless. China supported the KR with the expectations they got something in return. It was an investment. When the KR came to power, they immediately purged people from cities and towns so they could start cultivating rice and where did the rice go while the population starved? During the KR regime, survivors witnessed Chinese officials in the country. Sihanouk knew a price had to be paid and after all that happened, he still ran to China for shelter. Siri Matak was naïve to trust the US, which was especially foolish considering the carpet bombing, but at least he stayed behind knowing his life was at risk. Can't say the same for Sihanouk. Siri Matak and Lon Nol were puppets to the US government and Sihanouk and the KR were puppets to China. Now look who's back in the country. People like to complain about the Chinese taking over Cambodia but the country gets a lot of trash from the West too. They're not sending their best either.

[@exploringdimensions4all853]

Wow! It's so nice for me to see this video with interviews of King Sihanouk. He looks like he had a very pure heart. Altogether, I've lived in Cambodia for almost 5 years. I do still meet many people here who have pure, authentic hearts and characters.

[@tommymak2038]

my parents lived through this time, oh how optimistic they must’ve been to live in a country that provided just enough, now there are hardly crumbs for the people of Cambodia to fight over. Long live Kampuchea. 🇰🇭

[@cattykonfou6343]

0917

[@thihienmainguyen4314]

Whether we like it or not, geography, destiny, .... have made the fate of people in Cambodia - Laos - Vietnam into 1; that is, if any of those 3 countries is troubled, unstable, war-ravaged, ...., then the rest would go the same way: troubled, unstable, war-ravaged. # It's ONLY WHEN ALL THREE COUNTRIES are stable, peaceful, prosperous, then the people in those 3 countries could enjoy peace, stability and prosperity. # Thus, the people in those 3 countries must safeguard their peace, stable environment, prosperity TOGETHER, UNITED.

[@mohasalthuon1460]

This such a great documentary for our younger generation! Thank for sharing this!

[@engleng9763]

Thuon Mohasal idol cmt

[@kHHistorical]

Thanks for sharing the great documents

[@leroyybrown]

What an awesome doco of pre Khmer Rouge Cambodia. Sihanouk comes across as very charming.

[@autismobinch135]

Leroy B Pre Lon Nol

[@viraksoum7862]

Excellent demagogue personality resulting < the killing field > , oh ...poor Cambodian .

[@sunsarykeo3195]

Thank you so much for sharing I wont forget

[@hengsokleap1950]

2020​ who watched? មានអ្នកមេីល​ 2020?

[@simplifiedman]

What a precious documentary!

[@channaryhim7503]

Thx u so much for sharing the video 👍✌🙂

[@jamesbuck2378]

What a fabulous people, culture and royalty. As an monarchist and loyal officer of the Royal Australian Army, I deeply wished the crown would further their efforts to reach to the people and rally public support. Respect Cambodia

[@cambodiaremyzero]

dear God, save the `Crown` ;)

[@tracya4087]

here here from lancashire

[@jamesbuck2378]

@Nathan Hoffman Good for you, mate. Your life has no focus or meaning, you waste your time making juvenile comments to other people, who you have no sort of background information to better understand their point of view. But if you have to know, I am a Monarchist, cause my family has served the current royal house of Windsor for many generations, and it’s deeply interconnected with many of my great grandparents. I’m not a Monarchist because I don’t believe in public representation or equality, but because my Queen has a deep impact on my ancestry, and it’s a personal union of loyalty to our joint history.

[@jamesbuck2378]

@Nathan Hoffman Wrong, the Queen is my representative, and your opinion is irrelevant to who I choose as my representative. You can challenge my position, but you must respect my choice, as I will respect yours.

[@stephenchappell7512]

​@@jamesbuck2378 There isn't a Royal Australian Army just like there isn't a Royal British Army however there are individual 'Royal' regiment's

[@IsaacSeylaPoy]

The world changes, people change, life changes, beauty changes but "love" has never changed. Cambodian people are still lovely people. No matter what, how, who, why.... we still love each other. We wish to share love to the world. Fool to those who tried to kill Cambodians, Fool to those who tried to destroy Cambodia. God is fair, God is faithful, God is balanced. Cambodians are still alive. We are now fighting the new war of some invasions from the outside!

[@samuelparker9882]

Isaac Seyla Poy Very family oriented and lovely people. My neighbors at 7th and Wolf Street were Cambodian. And thier little girl, who's about 4 or 5 years old called me Mr. Brother. I would melt everytime. I haven't seen them in a decade or more after I moved. But, I wish them PEACE LOVE AND PROSPERITY! TRULY!

[@Ngim905]

@Isaac Seyla Poy Touched comment brother

[@SS-yv9cq]

Cambodia rates number 1 in gang rapes. Yeah such lovely people indeed

[@Ngim905]

@Kool Aid Even Cambodia is poor, but its raping rate is not that high as number 1. It’s India brother

[@piepie5757]

Very touched comment bro! Thanks

[@NarithJames]

I moved to America when I was 13 and always wondered what the royal family does and this document really made me understand why we love the King. Amazing documents.

[@cheathyrith7517]

I am so lucky that I can watch this good video.

[@user-teddmefrommydoor]

our late king father was very very gracious, i personally really like the way he talk, it’s like he take us back to centuries ago because no one really talk like the way he did anymore. we miss you your majesty ❤️

[@finleyandoliviasworld750]

So grateful to be able to see Cambodia in all of its glory before its horrific nightmare in 1975. Sihanouk... Our great king 👑

[@KingOdin1028]

Our “great king” back the Khmer Rouge during their regime. They used him as a figurehead to gain the support of the villagers (majority of khmer rouges soldiers). Although he and had family was held hostage. He still didn’t rebel against anything the Khmer Rouge was doing.

[@kosalmey5028]

My Dad was lost during this time, i were poor boy after pol pot but through this difficult life. I try to make my life is better and have small Library which collect many document of history that you can come for reading.

[@adellewilliams3266]

How can I enter to your small library?

[@ratheanyK]

what a fantastic video about the old day of Cambodia.

[@sereyvy_0079]

Rest in peace my king we will always remember you. 2019 comment

[@buythaiproperty]

Good documentary insight on King Sihanouk before the Khmer Rouge and greater external powers over came Cambodia. His style and the way his people adore him is similar to King Bhumibol of Thailand.

[@newsandknowledge3310]

In That Time , Cambodia Has Grown Up Before Thailand . About Education Industry And People Also Respect The King . But Now Everything Has Gone

[@thefactisfactis]

@@newsandknowledge3310 💯🎯

[@chatphongsendong8656]

Sihanouk, a man of artistic eloquence is one of the characters who contributed greatly to the disaster that came to the Khmer people. A man who can change his tongue at any time to maintain his status. But the people are all the sufferers.

[@jeanphilippe1496]

Pas étonnant, il y a un grave problème de compréhension du monde chez ces gens, qui ne connaissant pas la différence entre le pourvoir temporel et l'intemporel. Leurs pays sont les berceaux de révolutions communistes, et quand elle n'est pas là, c'est que l'idée en ancrée dans la société, donc il n'y a pas de fruits...

[@fartknocker31]

I wonder how many of those students gathered there @16:45, including those students interviewed, died during the Khmer Rouge years. That particular group of students appeared to be from the educated class.

[@hcjaipatel6511]

I wonder to.

[@bruceben198]

@@hcjaipatel6511 this is not khmer rough year. it's norodom sihanouk generation 1950 to 1960, and khmer rough was in 1975 to 79

[@hcjaipatel6511]

@@bruceben198 I was talking about the future

[@jackytang3683]

Spoken fluent English and well educated, no chance for them to survive in that periods

[@deandeifir9515]

This is a fascinating documentary. Was there this year & was thinking same about how many people in this were exterminated a few short years later.

[@rathanahul1511]

When the surroundings can leave Cambodia in peace, so they can focus to create something great again for humanity. So far, this sorrowful bright nation has just been trying to survive from one cause to another. May strength be upon the good and innocent hearts out there. ❤️🕊️

[@vichet8700]

I love Cambodia 🇰🇭❤❤

[@oliverweinreich4160]

Grüße aus Berlin 😁 nach Kambodscha 🇰🇭🙏 ich liebe Kambodscha für immer ❤️

[@rukaikyu]

Me too 🇰🇭 ខ្ញុំក៏ស្រលាញ់កម្ពុជាដែរ 🇰🇭

[@gimabmc9888]

@@rukaikyu x me

[@tenlaten4140]

campuchia ăn cháo đá bát cuối cùng bị vn dạy cho bài học.nhớ đời chưa kẻ phản phúc.

[@kc_1018]

Cambodia 1950s-1960s so beautiful with only 6 million people. Strong culture, religion, and society. Hun Sen era so terrible. 35 years under Hun Sen, Cambodia at the bottom of everything.

[@flowerblooming143]

Love doc. Thank

[@ericpineiro2427]

I’m so sorry that the US supported Lon Nol to remove this guy. I’m not Khmer, but I can tell by looking at his eyes that Sihanouk is a very kind and happy man. I went to Cambodia this summer and I was very sad to see what the Khmer Rouge and the US did to Cambodia. However, Cambodia will rise again!

[@yumyou8381]

Eric Pineiro not really. The King wasn’t that nice since he had people assassinated and party dissolved. Secretly helped the communist Khmer Rouge and allowed North Vietnamese troops to send hundreds of thousands of supplies to South Vietnam, which, consequently led the USA to bomb eastern Cambodia.

[@kevinkim271]

The U.S. support was minimal and most came in the form of aid and munitions. Even that was short lived. The U.S. wanted Cambodian support in the early 60s when they thought the conflict was still worth fighting. The coup in 1970, was too late and rather pointless.

[@kevinkim271]

Yum You The King knew how to be a leader and put up a image. The people he may have had assassinated and their parties dissolved...you guessed it were communists. Any monarch knows the greatest threat to them is communism. At least under republicanism, you can still be a constitutional one. He didn’t allow the North Vietnamese to use the Ho Chi Minh trails in Cambodia. He just couldn’t stop them because the country was ill equipped to go to war. We would see this spectacularly unfold when Cambodia went to war in 1970 and they started losing from the start even with American aid. So Sihanouk did the pragmatic thing and turned a blind eye to the Americans bombing the trail. If he can’t deal with his enemies, he let someone else would could instead.

[@cambodiaremyzero]

amen....

[@cambodiaremyzero]

@@yumyou8381 you are so muddled.... good luck to you....

[@tommymak2038]

Also, what a well spoken king!

[@panhasong4062]

Tears of joys and hurtful at the same time

[@tommymak2038]

This is so sad, to see what my homeland was once was, before the atrocities. May Kampuchea rise again.

[@luvmakforever]

I wish Cambodia will come back stronger! 💪🏻💪🏻💪🏻💪🏻

[@thefinancevalueguy7099]

Wat @pp +*➖1*➖2*➖0*➖1*➖8*➖3*➖4*➖4*➖8*➖0*➖6.

[@thefinancevalueguy7099]

Ever thought of asking me how I do make my funds ?

[@AmokTrey]

At 17:00 Those students had a really good education. Aside from their accent, they are well articulated. Can't say it's like that today, not even for the Cambodian-Americans.

[@veritasr6836]

i agree

[@Madam_Boonn]

Not even for the Cambodian-Americans? You sound like you're basing this on the Cambodians you see probably in the ghettos and automatically assume that ALL Cambodian-Americans are like this and this generalization is typical of someone who has a pessimistic, narrow-minded view on his own Cambodian people. We have Cambodians who graduated from Harvard, one is serving in Congress and even ones that are successful as writers.

[@paulthe2mikolajdupontsrens586]

Boonn Hem really? That’s cool.

[@cit982]

@Amok Trey ..... Can't say it's like that in today's USA either. America's public education was infiltrated decades ago by Socialist Progressives whose aim has always been to destroy the American Constitution & Bill of Rights by dumbing down the public. Think it's becoming more an more evident everyday that they are well on their way to achieving that goal.

[@cambodiaremyzero]

it is certainly rare, now that the society as a whole was thoroughly Decimated by blood and horror....we humans lost so much when we tried to invade Vietnam ....

[@Previalegend]

He was a great king who led Cambodia through many wars but wasn't prepare for US backed government which over threw him then left him when Pol Pot took over. Luckily he lived. Some of his family perished.

[@krolandbunong]

do you have the film or the video clip the same this video, i am so interesting with this video,

[@peterchan5742]

I did see the king when I was kid I'm now sixty four so handsome great king missing everything

[@maoayouwath581]

I'd like this regime so much and i liked my prince Norodom Sihanouk even I am a young generation but I saw the policy, people respect each other, independent, situation living was hight compared with the neighbors.

[@chhmar99utube]

the reference to the chief of monks, is to Samdech Chuon Nath who died in September 1969. so this doco was made just months before the country was engulfed by war.

[@kheang4560]

16:30 "This amateur but enthusiastic force may never need to fight." Sadly everyone including children were conscripted to fight just 6 years later

[@cheahan9518]

Good very good video 👍👍👍 👍

[@nigelblaymires4668]

love Cambodia love the people been there 64 times. go u won't be disappointed

[@neakponneakhoss4433]

i am very proud of you កូនខ្មែរ, i love so much

[@thihienmainguyen4314]

Wish everyone view again the bloody and chaotic, hellish scenes everywhere in Cambodia's pre-1975, due to American bombing and overthrowing of Norodom Sihanouk (America's "side show"). Then view again the Pol Pot's years with deserted cities, forced march, execution fields, Tuol Sleng's photos of children, women and men, with their terrified eyes, waiting to be tortured and executed. # Then view the scenes of today's Cambodia BURSTING WITH LIFE. # Then pause a little and honestly, impartially ask: "Thanks to whom for this revival?"

[@measrothanak1327]

We really really miss him 😥

[@yutagami1082]

16:41 it's sad to imagine that those students probably didn't survive the Khmer rouge regime since they were intellectuals, spoke another language, and the first student even wore glasses

[@harukrentz435]

The one with glasses? He wont make it unless hes managed to escape.

[@mohdnoorazli7998]

HM Norodom Sihanouk are great leader.. during his period 1953 - 1970 Cambodia among fastest growing nation. If Sihanouk still in office until today Cambodia will be far develop potentially most prosper in south east Asia region. He has clear wisdom and brilliant mind. The previous war conflict between American and North Vietnam / Soviet, he did wisely chosen North Vietnam. He is no communist side but neutralist. Even local communist was not given chance to disrupt Cambodian peace and stability. During his power communist was no place in Cambodia. Why he choose North Vietnam? Because he knew North Vietnam and Soviet will won this conflict. Proven 5 years from 1970 (lon nol regime begin) at 1975 North Vietnam won this war. As Sihanouk still in power, he could demand Hanoi leadership to reclaim lost Cambodian old empire koh tral and land from khmer krom to Cambodia as a good cooperation for supporting Hanoi during previous war. Today even Cambodia recover but still left behind and far away if compare during Sihanouk period. Agree as pol pot devastating nation completely destroy until so called year zero, but despite of this cause should all realize of khmer rouge not strong if opportunity not come. Should blamed Lon Nol and Prince Srimatak as their power hunger cause opportunity for Khmer rouge to enlarge their power. If all Cambodian and Khmers united on 1 great leadership Cambodian will not damaged worst until today. I believe if coup 18 march 1970 not happened, Cambodia will different on today. With excellent leadership HM Norodom Sihanouk still in power Cambodia will be successful nation developing strong economic and rich of art and culture.

[@Ronin-go1xn]

monoli87, you must have believed that he's GOD as well. LOL He was the same shitzu who went into the jungle and collaborated with Khmer Rouge and called for the nation to join forces with Pol Pot which resulted in 2 million dead.

[@Madam_Boonn]

Norodom Shanouk literally threw his people in the hands of the Khmer Rouge. The young Cambodians you see at the 17:00 were willing to die for their Prince but their Prince threw them into their graves to protect his own ass.

[@SSeyhaa]

I feel sad for cambodian :'( Cambodian shouldn't be like today 😢 Cambodian always suffer until today, we can't talk the truth word

[@channphanable]

You're an idiot!! This king main focus was being a celebrity, not worthy of a king

[@kevinkim271]

Look at the United Kingdom, Japan and Thailand. Their people stuck with their monarch and have enjoyed prosperity. I will never understood those who supported the Khmer Republic. They were traitors who promised false liberty. Sihanouk was always pragmatic. But Lon Nol and Sirik Matak were power hungry traitors. The traitors have all died broken while Sihanouk was restored as King. That is the destiny of traitors. They made an oath of loyalty to their King. By breaking that oath the people of Cambodia paid the ultimate price. Current day Cambodia has yet to match that of Sihanouk’s Cambodia. When was the last time Cambodia was said to be better off than her neighbors? The King did not throw his people away. Internal traitors did that. The Khmer Republic was losing with American support from the start. That’s how rotten they were. Don’t be fooled.

[@nosubscriber7855]

My poorly country! I always love you! I'll be with you forever!😍❤️🇰🇭❤️💕

[@ttcuong2180]

Hoolee sheet i love cambodia ,from Việt nam

[@kuonkreal2389]

Long Live the King. I lived and went to school in Cambodia at the time. I missed it so much

[@cedricliggins7528]

Why don't you go back. Sihanouk is dead the Khmer Rouge is out of power

[@cocamilo22]

@@cedricliggins7528 King is Dead but his legacy live on... stupid dog will not understand this

[@camads6221]

I really miss him. My king Norodom Sihanouk ♥️

[@hroomos5822]

Golden age of Cambodia, long live the king ...

[@kiyya1000]

5 years later....the dark time beginning...for Cambodia

[@pemburumkts6826]

i love cambodia people's i love history.... love from malaysia.

[@douayang2163]

We know this is a very guy he love his people so much.

[@paulhiggins8662]

"How long can it be now before destruction and death move along the Mekong River and overwhelm this enchanted land." It wasn't very long at all which makes this film all the more poignant. Indeed it wasn't even an "enchanted land" at the time this film was shot given that the North Vietnamese had already annexed the eastern part of Cambodia adjacent to the border with South Vietnam, where they had established sanctuaries and supply lines that the Americans were secretly and relentlessly bombing. Just months later in April 1970, the pressure cooker finally blew when Sihanouk was overthrown in a pro American coup led by Lon Nol and Cambodia did indeed become engulfed by both the Vietnam War and a ghastly civil war of its own. But ultimately the worst thing to happen to Cambodia was not the external invasion talked about in this film but the internal rise to power of the Khmer Rouge and that might never have happened if the charismatic, popular Sihanouk (as depicted so vividly but far too uncritically in this film) had not sided with the Pol Pot after being overthrown by Lon Nol. I too doubt that the beautiful, intelligent, well educated teenagers interviewed in this film survived the Khmer Rouge terror. That is the saddest aspect of this film and the most bitter irony is the fact their deaths were largely attributable to the man they were worshipping here back in 1969.

[@cambodiaremyzero]

truly, it was probably weeks until the Prince innocently traveled to France and was overthrown by those Deep-geo-thinkers over at the CIA....

[@tracya4087]

north vietnam the real trouble maker

[@stupidboy18zi]

I proud of Cambodia 🇰🇭

[@preevlog5836]

I love this time

[@tingaming3841]

I miss him so much ❤️❤️❤️❤️❤️❤️

[@derichdragons6254]

I miss the old kind of me and my people

[@chunlynhean9202]

May God bless my former country--- the story of the wear and many sadness had caused to Cambodian and also -have left me no parents, and no close love from my family at one time I used to have.

[@sarean2869]

It is very unfortunate and heart-broken that our neighbour did not and does not share our peaceful and peace loving nature.

[@PW-le6cr]

If all of our leaders were like that we’d have peace on Earth

[@parisfrance8712]

I was born in Cambodia, I love Cambodia ...

[@fhcghvb7203]

I miss him so much

[@mikachetra1]

I can't believe that I can see something like this

[@hengma6556]

ព្រះបិតា​ជាតិ គួរឲ្យ​គោរព​គួរឲ្យ​ស្រលាញ់​ខ្លាំងណាស់​។​ ជាទីស្រឡាញ់​របស់​កូនខ្មែរ​គ្រប់​រូប។​នឹក​ទ្រង់ខ្លាំងណាស់

[@urdadhot9959]

When I was kid I really want to meet him one day but in 2012 he past away :((

[@jjofstayc2250]

i miss My king so much 😥💜

[@sherado]

I miss my king 👑 ❤️🙏🏼

[@augawm4846]

Hero❤️😭 Respect king father🙏💕

[@cedricliggins7528]

0:31 what a pretty song. Such pretty voices

[@peempon6271]

🙏🙏🙏🇰🇭🇰🇭🇰🇭⚘⚘⚘ ខ្ញុំបាទជាកូនខ្មែរជាតិខ្មែរស្រឡាញ់ ព្រះមហាក្សត្រ ខ្ញុំបាទ Yes, I am a Khmer child, I wish the nation prosperity forever, success in the Khmer nation.

[@EmuOTX3]

ទាហ៊ានសម័យនោះអង់អាចក្លាហាន ខ្ញុំមានមោនភាពខ្លាំងណាស់ និយាយភាសាបរទេសឡូយណាស់ ។ សិល្បៈចំរៀង ភាពយន្ត ក៏ល្អឥតខ្ចោះ តែគួរអោយស្តាយដោយសារសង្គ្រាមបរទេសឈ្លានពាន ធ្វើអោយប្រទេសខ្ទេចខ្ទីគ្មានសល់

[@zvra]

veasna dy bruh

[@ytremixcambodia7478]

សូមចាំសុីហនុអ្នកផ្តេីមទេីបយេីងរលាយស្ទេីទាំងអស់

[@newsandknowledge3310]

veasna dy គាំទ្របង មនុស្សសម័យនោះមានចំនេះដឹង នឹងការនិយាយស្តីឡូយណាស់

[@HungNguyen-xi8bt]

Vua sihanouk là người có học nói tiêng anh ok. Người rất tốt với dân và sư sãi. Người có tâm với đất nước và quốc tế rất được lòng dân

[@hanhlam2955]

Video kia sai sai làm sao á.... Năm 1969 quốc kỳ campuchia đâu giống như trên..mà là năm 1979 sao khi VN giúp Campuchia giải phóng Campuchia mới có quốc kỳ như trên.

[@attackontitan5696]

@@hanhlam2955 1979 vn xâm chiếm cpc không phải giải phóng mặt cpc.

[@hanhlam2955]

@@attackontitan5696 xâm chiếm cc..

[@sambolambo5414]

Back when Cambodia was a prosperous nation, developed nation, hard working nation, happy nation, civilized nation.etc. So heartbreaking to see all of that came to nothingness because of war…😔

[@harukrentz435]

Oh come on!

[@zusk8556]

17:15 broke my heart when she said that their prince would protect them the best he can, and that the Cambodian people would do their part too. Also, this is totally unrelated, but Sihanook has a lot of parallels with Chiang Kai-shek, in the roles they played in their countries' communist takeovers.

[@harukrentz435]

The interviewer asked her feeling about potential invasion from vietnam. Little did they know vietnam invasion would be the only thing that savedi cambodia from hell.

[@khmer4ever666]

@@harukrentz435the vietnam saved cambodia from what the vietnam did. the vietnam didn't saved cambodia from hell. If only vietnam had respected cambodia's peace khmer republic and khmer rouge wouldn't have existed.

[@cocamilo22]

@@khmer4ever666 its useless to talk to communist dog that educated by propaganda communist dog will steal whatever then can when you are weak

[@jamiezhu1831]

នឹកព្រះអង្គណាស់❤️🌹

[@sophanithhok2198]

Love my country!

[@ttcuong2180]

I love the country of the Cambodian people .. the country suffers from many losses due to war. From Vietnam

[@cambodiaremyzero]

what drove Vietnam out of their own land? the USA.....2 PEOPLE in the USA....

[@Nao_Poy]

Yêu cái cc . Xem chúng nó có coi mình ra gì không

[@BOSIBA]

Watch 12:53 onward, he's a very smart and very pragmatic person and his prediction all correct and come true.

[@dinhdand4107]

if some people they have a brain wash it hard to understand what 's going on in the world ...

[@qeentoch1718]

Williams B LEE อ Pp

[@BOSIBA]

@@dinhdand4107 អាលន់នល់ជាឆ្កែក្បត់ជាតិទាំងល្ងើ១០គត់

[@paul_the_merciful]

Just hearing that title music . at the end... brings back memories. What a fascinating documentary.

[@user-lk2zd1lx5g]

2020 now ❤️

[@medianewstravel4694]

This is a nice video but still on it to make my country to meet a war

[@tracya4087]

north vietnam make war

[@a.m.armstrong8354]

This is heartbreaking. Can't watch.

[@likekh618]

💖💖💖💖💖💖💖

[@ithona5625]

I love 1955_1970 of King norodom sihanouk 's leading.

[@apsarasayondanikoluvmeas9741]

IN THE MEMORY OF OURS BELOVED 👑🇰🇭❤️‍🔥🇰🇭👑KING NORODOM SIHANOUK👑R.I.P.👑…(🎼🎶GOODBYE 🌾🇰🇭CAMBODIA🇰🇭🌾🎶🎼) 🇫🇷PPA🇫🇷 PARIS PEACE AGREEMENT 23, OCTOBER 1991🇫🇷…🌾🇰🇭🙌🏻🇰🇭🌾 🙏🏼🙏🏼🙏🏼

[@PGTuber]

🥰🥰🥰

[@visavileam2841]

I’m very very pity my country and regret also 😭😭😭😭😭😭😭😭😭

[@violetamv2418]

This is not a movie or just a film we pasted it without knowing tomorrow