Video: 'Vietnam a Television History Episode 1' (Mar. 14, 1954, at 45:42)

(Sunday, March 14, 1954; during the Battle of Dien Bien Phu, part of the First Indochina War) — The Vietminh shelling had destroyed the main airstrip at Dien Bien Phu by today. The French command staff was shocked. Col. Christian de Castries, the French commander, became withdrawn, uncommunicative.

Video: 'Vietnam The Ten Thousand Day War 2of13 Dien Bien Phu' (Mar. 14, 1954, at 17:40)