1937 - Algeria: Algerian Agriculture & Political Scenes

1937 - Algeria: Algerian Agriculture & Political Scenes Arab man lecturing (MOS) before Muslims in fez in mosque (?) using blackboard. 02:00:36 Man lecturing to wives (?) of man smoking from hookah, wives sitting around on carpets, one reading French newspaper. 02:01:07 Windmill, electrical wires & palm fronds blowing in breeze; man on burro & two boys walking past. 02:01:33 Desert mud village or ruins. 02:01:48 Men digging in field in sun. 02:02:17 LS of dry stream bed w/ aqueduct or ditch crossing on arches, mountains behind. View of village in dry mountain valley. Sheep driven along paved road. Men harvesting barley grain by hand. 02:02:43 High angle of reservoir behind dam. Ditch past orchard. 02:02:58 Tractors pulling combines thru barley field. 02:03;12 CU sign: Contributions Diverses - Recette Entrepot d’ Alger-ville. Caisse 8 a 11h et 14 a 16h. Woman at bank window, man gives coins. Arab man. 02:03:42 Ext. crowd in front of building w/ sign “Um Kalsoum Dance Wedad”. Women in veils leaving concert past police. 02:04:02 Horseman across grain stubble, gives European farmer newspaper & he reads to two others. 02:04:30 Int. French-Algerian government hall w/ Arabs & Europeans. 02:04:50 Man w/ goatee (Georges le Beau?) at desk given papers to sign by aides. Le Beau & ?? out of large Algerian building. 02:05:44 European man standing on table or platform speaking & gesturing to crowd on dirt hillside; people applaud. Low angle MCU of man lecturing & gesturing. 02:06:06 Man in fez w/ mustache greeted by crowd w/ flowers; Arabs applauding. CU man speaking. 02:06:37 MS Sheikh el Okbi (?) speaking below picture of Maurice Viollette. MS Arab men listening; ls standing raising fists. 02:07:10 European men & el Okbi at tables, greet European woman, waiter arrives w/ glasses. 02:08:17 Ext. & men leaving. 02:09:03 El Okbi waving to departing ship. MCU men kissing goodbye. Arabs in room talking, gesturing. 02:09:43 Abbe Lambert standing speaking to Arab men from behind desk. 02:09:57 Men talking to Viollette (?) at desk. Men down stairs, leaving Colonialism; North Africa; 1930s; Muslims; Government; Fascism; Agriculture;