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Series

Series Name: British Movietone News

Issue

Issue No.

1183

Date Released

4 Feb 1952

Date submitted

29 Jan 1952

Stories in this Issue:

Story

Story No. within this Issue

4 / 6

Summary

MOVIETONE CARD TITLE: Algerians Greet Governor-General. DESCRIPTION: Algerian Greeting - Algerians have a picturesque way of greeting a Governor-General, as could be seen during Monsieur Leonard’s recent tour of the Southern Territories. SHOTLIST: Cut story - KS. GV Algerians doing rifle dance. Several shots of Governor General M Leonard, arrives, inspects guard of honour. Presents flag to Algerians - at Adrar. Thousands of tribesmen doing rifle dance on the square. Leonard walks along ranks as they dance & at same time fire their rifles. Cut-in of the fort.

Keywords

Politics and government; Buildings and structures; Music and dance; Weapons; Ceremonies; Military

Locations

Algeria

Footage sources

France

Card file number

56705

Credits:

Commentator: Leslie Mitchell

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