The French national archive released a clip from a documentary that features an interview with John McCain as a war prisoner. The video has McCain in a bed, shirtless and smoking, being interviewed by French reporter Francois Chalais and talking about being shot down over Hanoi and parachuting into a lake.FOX News: French Archives Release Footage of McCain's Vietnam Captivity
The documentary rights belong to the interviewer's widow, Mei Chen Chalais, and some broadcasters have used the footage without permission. McCain's web site also features a few seconds of the footage without approval.FOX News: French Archives Release Footage of McCain's Vietnam Captivity