Algiers - Explosive City

Series

Series Name

British Movietone News

Issue

Issue No.

1710

Date Released

12 Mar 1962

Date submitted

7 Mar 1962

Stories in this Issue:

1. 1Blackpool - Fashion on Top
2. 2Newmarket - Stallions on Show
3. 3Richmond - Rugger into Rag
4. 4Algiers - Explosive City
5. 5West Country - After the Floods
6. 6Austria - Snowfall

Story

Story No. within this Issue

4 / 6

Summary

MOVIETONE CARD TITLE: Algiers - Explosive City. DESCRIPTION: Algiers is still a city of tension. On this occasion, over a hundred plastic bombs had been set off before dawn, and scores of Moslem shops and apartments were wrecked. SHOTLIST: Key scene. MS street. Algerian police. (2 shots) car wrecked. MS boy walking along street. (2 shots) pan damaged house. MS sign OAS. MS pan street (3 shots). Pan damaged homes.

Keywords

Weapons; Terrorism

Locations

Algeria

Footage sources

France

Card file number

84024

Credits:

Commentator

Leslie Mitchell

Length of story (in feet)

65

Story extras:

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