Algeria : political events, 1960s

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Silent. Algiers, Algeria. People queuing up to vote. Women and children at the door of a building. Placing cards in ballot boxes. Street in Algiers; riots, police, armed guard throwing grenades. Sm...

Silent. Algiers, Algeria. People queuing up to vote. Women and children at the door of a building. Placing cards in ballot boxes. Street in Algiers; riots, police, armed guard throwing grenades. Small explosions. Man using handheld camera to record events. People milling around centre. Helicopter flies over Algerian centre. Police and armed guard presence in square. Armed police stop cars and search Algerian citizens. Soldier talking on radio. Soldiers stopping people in the street, checking identity cards. Women dressed in white walking through back streets. Tanks and soldiers parade through streets. People clap and chant as they pass. More rioting; armed guard with blood on his face, woman leaving hospital with bandaged head, woman on stretcher. The aftermath in Algiers. Damage to buildings and cars. Clean-up operation underway. A return to normality. Cars passing along streets, people shopping in the market. Damage still visible on street. Sound. Algerian Governor General Soustelle addresses press. Sound lost at the end.

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