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Algeria Aflame (1957) Pt. 2 of 4

Reel Number: H1906-02

Color: Black and White

Sound: SIL

Year / Date: 1957

Country: Algeria,Tunisia

Location:

TC Begins: 01:17:16

TC Ends: 01:37:07

Duration: 00:19:51

Continued... Pt. 2 of 4 Bugler & French soldiers raising flag on flag pole. Army trucks entering camp of 153rd Regiment, 11th Division. Guard post; men washing up, shaving after patrol. Eating under trees. CUs. Drinking & relaxing. 01:18:42 Half-track trucks w/ army leaving on patrol. Piper cub plane taking off to accompany, aerials over mountains, pilot on radio; ground soldier on radio - telephone; trucks along tree-lined road. Soldiers jump out & crawl up embankment & put on arm band. Run up to heavily damaged building & search, throwing grenades. Patrol runs forward, piper cub low overhead. Soldiers w/ dogs to nearly empty village, women & children. Arrested one limping man. CU inspecting wounded, swelled knee; bandaging & boarding truck. CU troops. French flag; building sign: Mairie des L-eni Miscera. Arab women & children in yard of ??. Building w/ sign: Section Administrative Specialisee aka SAS w/ officer past. 01:24:06 David Schoenbrun shaking hands w/ SAS officer in village; native village irregular troops at attention. 01:24:27 CUs civilians, Harka / Harkis, of the village. Native people watching Schoenbrun & VIPS talking to Muslim Arab defense forces w/ shotguns. 01:25:12 Interior & village council men sit down at table w/ French officer; talk, listen. 01:25:32 - 01:26:47 MCU Eric Sevareid; in front of map; Correspondent Frank Kearns DO NOT SELL. 01:26:47 Large group of Algerian refugees, barefoot women, children & old men, moving into Tunisia; w/ Red Cross workers - doctors & nurses treating feet, etc. Pass out food. 01:28:58 Sevareid. DO NOT SELL. 01:29:22 Correspondent on mule w/ FLN troops / rebels leading across grassy mountains. CU feet. Thru olive orchard / grove. Algerian troops at attention, drilling. Reading, cleaning rifles under trees. CU cooking pot, dishing into mess kits. 01:30:50 Woman in village kneading bread in large stone bowls. 01:31:12 Soldiers w/ rifles run down steep slope; gather w/ others under trees; MCU soldiers sleeping, one w/ pistol; sentries. Men leaving. Men praying together on dirt. Men dancing & singing for camera. MCU of women soldiers. 01:33:01 Young soldiers eating, smiling. 01:33:08 Group of soldiers w/ rifles drilling; MCUs of Captain & men. Captain picks up orphan boy, shows him pistol. Officer drilling troops. CU woman soldier; nurse; taking care of children. 01:35:34 Men marching w/ flag & rifles & machine guns. Airplane over, men run into trees. Rebels w/ camouflage of branches under trees, move forward. 01:36:54 Frank Kearns speaks to camera. DO NOT SELL. Continued... Insurgents; North African Revolution; Independence; French Algerian War; 1957; National Liberation Front; NOTE: Any continuous ten minutes of entire film sold at per reel rate.

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