"), but he insisted as "[he] had to be there to testify" as he planned to give his film to the pilots, after the battle, as an homage. However, nobody saw this footage since he destroyed his own camera and all his 60-second-films on May 7, except for six of them which were confiscated by the Viet Minh during an aborted escape and ended up in the hands of Soviet cameraman Roman Karmen.
"), but he insisted as "[he] had to be there to testify" since he intended to give his film to the pilots after the battle as an homage. However, no one saw this footage because he destroyed his camera and all 60-second films on May 7, except for six of them which were taken by the Viet Minh during a failed escape and ended up in Roman Karmen's possession.