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Schoendoerffer used a [[Bell & Howell]] 35mm [[Black-and-white]] camera with three teleobjectives mounted on a turel. This model is known for it's highly flamable film but also for "it's remarkable black and grey picture quality never seen again since" ''dixit'' Pierre Schoendoerffer.

The 7thOn May 7th, 1954, withat six hours o'clock PM, a half hour after the French cease fire (except on CRthe strongpoint Isabelle still fighting until theMay 8th 1:00AM) he was ordered to get out of his blockhaus, where he was waiting with Bigeard and Langlais, and became a Viet Minh [[POW]]. Once free, he wasbecame war reporter-photograph for American magazines.

In 1967 he won the [[Oscar award]] with its Vietnam War B&W documentary named, [[The Anderson Platoon]] (La Section Anderson).