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Go to HomepageReel Number: 221680-04
Color: Black and White
Sound: SIL
Year / Date: 1956
Country: Algeria,France
Location: North Africa,Oran
TC Begins: 18:19:13
TC Ends: 18:22:24
Duration: 00:03:11
1956 - Algeria, French Officials Inspect Military & Tour Industrial Plants MS Arab crowd watching two French (taller probably Prime Minister Maurice Bourges-Maunoury) officials off plane & greeted by French officers. Row of Arab men holding flags, nearest says Oran (faded). 18:19:30 Reviewing French troops along roadside standing in convoy of military vehicles. Crowd of civilians applauding. MCU French VIPs walking & mounting review stand; military band of Foreign Legion (?) leading troops passing. MCU of VIPs; troops; crowd watching. 18:20:05 Tanks in review; half track troop carriers. VIPS. Tanks. Arabs applauding. Europeans. Tanks. Military parade moving thru central city, man throws flowers (?) from balcony; people applauding (GOOD). 18:20:46 Limousine in motorcade passing people lining street. People wave in front of College Moderne De Jeunes Filles. 18:21:02 VIPs walking outside factory w/ businessmen. Inspecting interior of glass bottle manufacturing plant - VIPs shakes hands w/ Algerian Arab inspecting bottles. Inspect other plant w/ large control panel. Ext. talking to workers (MOS). 18:21:50 Given tour of steel mill; steel bars rolled; steel poured. Handshaking. North Africa French Colonialism; NOTE: GOOD picture & event coverage.