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Premier Guy Mollet arrives in Algiers and is greeted by violent demonstrations
French Premier, Guy Mollet, steps from airplane upon arrival in Algiers. An honor guard of Algerian troops presents arms. Civilians protest on the streets in Algeria. Guy Mollet moves through the streets in a motorcade. A large unruly crowd of civilians gathered on the streets. Men throw tear smoke bombs on the streets. Smoke and gases arise. The civilians protest. Buildings seen on either side of the streets. Police form cordon in the street.
Major events in various countries during 1961 including Lumumba's death, Algerian and Vietnam War and Congo crisis.
Major events around the world in the year 1961, causing international tensions and crisis after crisis. A large crowd runs on roads during riots in Cairo caused by death of African anti-colonial leader Patrice Lumumba. Fidel Castro strengthens his regime in Cuba. Castro addresses a large crowd of his supporters. Warfare splits newly formed nation of Congo. Katanga President Moïse Tshombe waves hands towards crowd of his supporters. Soldiers fire rifles and advance cautiously in grasslands of Laos and South Vietnam during Vietnam War. War between brothers in Algeria. Soldiers fight on streets of a town.
General Charles de Gaulle arrives in Algeria (WW2)
A plane lands at Bontarick Aerodrome in Algiers, Algeria during World War II. Allied soldiers gather to welcome the arrival of French General Charles de Gaulle. General Henri Giraud welcomes General Gaulle as photographers take pictures. They inspect an honor guard. General Gaulle meets French officers. A staff car drives away.
President of France Charles De Gaulle seeks satisfactory settlement of the Army and the Rebels during his tour of Algeria.
President of France Charles De Gaulle visits Algiers, Algeria. President Gaulle gets off a helicopter. Officers and dignitaries receive the President. Children lined up on the streets. Civilians greet President Gaulle. He seeks satisfactory settlement of the Army and the Rebels in the War with Nationalist Rebels.
British Navy attacks French Vichy fleet at Mers-el-Kebir, Oran, Algiers, during World War II
Opening scene shows ships of the French fleet in the harbor of Mers-el-Kébir, Oran, Algeria, during World War 2. French tricolors seen flying from the superstructure of the French battleship, Dunkerque. A motorboat arrives, delivering a note from British Admiral Somerville, via HMS Foxhound (destroyer) to Vichy French naval officer Marcel-Bruno Gensoul, with final warning ultimatum against siding with the Axis powers. Sailors on the Dunkerque watch over the railing of their ship. The messengers board the Dunkerque. French and British Navy sailors exchange signal light messages between ships. Onboard the Dunkerque, the message is delivered to French Admiral Marcel-Bruno Gensoul. Closeup of the message. More signal light messages between ships. (The French had rejected the ultimatum.) French sailors are seen running across a concrete pier separating small pleasure boats in the foreground, from the French warships on the other side of the pier, in the background. View of sailors running to battle stations aboard French ships. An explosion occurs in the waters of the harbor. Striking shells create explosions near the French warships. The Battleship Dunkerque with heavy black smoke rising from her funnel getting underway. French sailors on a battleship with heavy white smoke surrounding them as they stand near her 13-inch guns. The French battleship, Bretagne, exploding after being hit by British gunfire. French sailors fighting fires on burning deck of a warship. Another view of the exploding battleship, Bretagne. A British warship firing its 15-inch guns. Unidentified French warship hit in its aft section by gunfire and exploding in heavy smoke. French survivors in life vests and lifeboats throughout the harbor. Wreckage of some destroyed French ships. (Note: The attack was part of Operation Catapult, a British plan to neutralize or destroy French warships in Vichy France, to prevent them from falling into German hands.)
USS Quincy CA-71 at Algiers Harbor, it passes through the Strait of Gibraltar and a U.S. cook looks at cakes on a table.
USS Quincy CA-71 at Algiers Harbor, Algiers. Officer looks through binoculars. Wooden logs piled up on wharf. Men stand around a jeep. A view of the city. Apartment houses. Ships at the harbor. USS Quincy CA-71 passes through the Strait of Gibraltar. U.S. officials on the deck. Rock of Gibralter in the background. Cakes on a table. A U.S. cook looks at a cake. Happy Birthday FDR' written on the cake. The cooks hold the cakes in their hands. A sign reads 'Crew USS Quincy'.
