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1950s
A view of Algiers. Men carrying flags push through a thick crowd of people. A large crowd is gathered at the Monument to the Dead. Military leader Raoul Salan, General Jacques Massu and other members of the military are cheered by the crowd. Close up of Massu. A crowd attacks the Algerian Ministry building. Men climbing up ropes to reach the windows of higher floors of the building. People shaking a gate, trying to break it down. A truck batters down the gate as the crowd cheers. A huge crowd storms the building. Young people throwing items across a small body of water. People running past parked cars and up steps.