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1937 ca - Abbe Lambert, Fascist Priest, In Paris; El Okbi; Algeria; Algiers Arabs & Prostitutes

Reel Number: 221658-03

Color: Black and White

Sound: SIL

Year / Date: 1937,1930s

Country: Algeria,France

Location: Algiers,North Africa,Paris

TC Begins: 00:21:30

TC Ends: 00:34:14

Duration: 00:12:44

Abbe Lambert, Fascist Priest, In Paris; El Okbi; Algeria; Algiers Arabs & Prostitutes, ca 1937 Abbe Lambert in car pulls away & thru rural town street. 00:21:46 Int. Chef overseeing men cooking large pots of soup. 00:22:00 MCU Fascist priest, Abbe Lambert speaking (MOS), gesturing seen from low angle w/ dramatic lighting. View of large group of men listening & taking notes w/ Lambert in front on podium speaking, gesturing. CU. 00:24:02 Abbe Lambert in priest robes & pith / colonial helmet walking, smoking past camera on Paris street. MCU talking w/ man (MOS), traffic behind. Entering ??, greeting guard; crossing street & entering same gate. Into building 00:25:18 Unid. man w/ goatee & glasses at desk w/ aides & others, signs & stamps paperwork. Portraits of Arabs on wall. 00:26:00 MCU & CU of Sheik / sheikh el Okbi speaking & gesturing (MOS). 00:27:20 At dock, el Okbi saying goodbye to men & waving as ship leaves. 00:27:40 Man in fez at office counter, another enters & gets form from secretary; fills out w/ date of birth etc. 00:28:13 Room w/ Arab Muslim men on one side & woman w/ veils on other side; Arab men enter. MCU women, one holding baby. 00:28:46 French man counting sheep boarding/leaving ship (?)_. 00:29:01 Store window w/ European & Arab women passing, look at underwear. 00:29:22 Arab soldier walking up street w/ prisoner tied at wrist walking past. 00:29:45 Polygamy in Algeria. Narrow Algerian street, prostitutes in doorway hide from camera. Arab men, women & children on steps. European prostitutes hid faces. Arab men beside burros w/ bags of leaves. Women in veils walking past; prostitutes parade. Fat prostitute in dress blows raspberry to camera, turns & shows butt to camera. Pedestrians walking. 00:31:28 Women playing cards in courtyard, another cooking. Woman belly dancing as women clap & drum. 00:33:12 Woman having make-up applied / eyebrows painted & hair put in place. 1937; 1930s; North Africa; French Colonialism; Prostitution; Dance; France; NOTE: Abbe Lambert thought to have taught French sign language to the deaf. Founded RNAS (National Union of Social Action).

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