Customers try Saigon's first escalator since the fall of Saigon in 1975 Prior to the Vietnam War there were a few escalators but most were broken and...
{"Image ImageDescription": "HO CHI MINH CITY, VIETNAM - 1992/03/01: Customers try Saigon's first escalator since the fall of Saigon in 1975.  Prior to the Vietnam War, there were a few escalators but most were broken and never repaired.  The new escalator in the new \"An Dong\" department store is a big crowd-puller since most of the city's residents have never seen nor used a moving staircase and the store even employs helpers (in green shirts) to help get people onto the steps.. (Photo by Peter Charlesworth/LightRocket via Getty Images)", "Image Copyright": "? 1992 Peter Charlesworth"}