Algiers Casbah Combed For Terrorists 1957

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Unissued / unused material - dates and locations may be unclear / unknown.

Algiers, Algeria

MS Armed French Military Police (MP) searching suspected nationalist terrorists on the lower Casbah hill before a threatened country-wide strike called by Algerian nationalists on the eve of...

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Cataloguer:
Heather
Stock:
Black & White
Sound:
Mute
Media URN:
82880
Sort Number:
UN 2926 D
Time in/Out:
01:26:02:00 / 01:27:23:00
Canister:
UN 2926 D
Film ID:
2848.08
Issue Date:
1957

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