Report from North Africa

Series

Series Name

British Paramount News

Issue

Issue No.

2678

Date Released

29 Oct 1956

Stories in this Issue:

1. 1Princess Welcomed Home
2. 2Airliner Crashes in Pacific: All Saved!
3. 3News in Flashes
4. 4News in Flashes
5. 5News in Flashes
6. 6News in Flashes
7. 7Report from North Africa
8. 8Royal Diary
9. 9Royal Diary

Story

Story No. within this Issue

7 / 9

Summary

Sultan of Morocco gets enthusiastic reception on visit to discuss Algeria with Bey of Tunisia. Algiers Algerian Nationalist leaders arrested by French on way to above meeting. Mers-el-Kebir Gun running ship is intercepted with cargo of arms from Egypt to Algerian rebels.

Keywords

Royalty; Politics and government; Ships and boats; Weapons; Colonialism; Independence movements; Crime

Locations

Tunis

Library number

25247

Length of story (in feet)

93

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Film Archive

Name

Reuters Archive Licensing: Screen Ocean

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Phone

+44(0)1954 262052

Address

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Notes

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