Category: The Black Star Collection
Photographer: SULLY, Francois
Event Date: ca. 1954
Medium: gelatin silver print
Dimensions: approximately: 5 x 7 inches; 12.7 x 17.78 cm
Accession Number: BS.2005.283139

Inscriptions:
Recto, [no inscription]; Verso, handwritten: Battle of Dien Bien Phu; handwritten: 48; stamped: SERVICE PRESSE INFORMATION / Section Ciné-Photo / Reportage No. NVN 54//49 [number handwritten] / Photo No. 55 [number handwritten] / Date; typed label: The paratroop “Mafia”: (left to right) Guiraud (1st BEP), Botella (5th BPVN), Bigeard / (6th BPC), Tourret (8th Assault), Langlais (GAP 2), and Séguin-Pazzis (Chief of Staff). / (Photo French Army); stamped: [star shape] / Credit: / Sully [handwritten] / from BLACK STAR / GRAYBAR BUILDING, NEW YORK

Credit Line: The Image Centre, Black Star Collection.
Black Star Subject: MILITARY CONFLICT / VIETNAM
Retouching: N