- Title: ALGERIA: ALGIERS: EUROPEANS WAIT AT AIRPORT TO RETURN TO FRANCE
- Date: 20th May 1962
- Summary: 1. GV. CROWD OF EUROPEANS WAITING OUTSIDE AIRPORT BUILDINGS. 0.06 2. SV. WOMEN AND CHILDREN ON LUGGAGE. 0.11 3. SCU. PEOPLE SEATED ON LUGGAGE. 0.14 4. SV. YOUNG GIRLS AND CHILDREN. 0.18 5. GV. PEOPLE WAIT OUTSIDE BUILDING. 0.23 6. LV. ADULTS SHOW PASSES, TO TROOPS BEFORE ENTERING BUILDING CARRYING CASES. 0.30 7. TGV. CROWD INSIDE AIRPORT BUILDING. 0.35 8. LV. PEOPLE QUEUE AT RECEPTION CENTRE. 0.40 9. STV. PEOPLE SEATED ON LUGGAGE. 0.44 10. SV PAN.. WOMEN WITH BABIES PAN TO LUGGAGE. 0.49 11. STV. PEOPLE SEATED ON STAIRS. 0.52 12. STV. PEOPLE WAITING. 0.55 13. TGV PAN..DITTO. 0.59 Initials DR/S/WS/AW/PB Script is copyright Reuters Limited. All rights reserved
- Embargoed: 4th June 1962 13:00
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- Location: ALGIERS, ALGERIA
- Country: Algeria
- Reuters ID: LVA35EVMAIJ2PUIBOOWE1IZOLP7N
- Story Text: THOUSAND OF EUROPEANS LIVING IN ALGERIA ARE QUEUEING EVERY DAY AT MAISON BLANCHE, ALGIERS'S CIVIL AIRPORT, HOPING FOR AN OPPORTUNITY TO FLY TO METROPOLITAN FRANCE.
FILM SHOT MAY 21, SHOWS SCENES AT THE AIRPORT, NOW TAKEN OVER BY THE FRENCH AIR FORCE. ALREADY PLANES ARE CARRYING PASSENGERS AT MAXIMUM CAPACITY. THE PEAK OF 1,400 PASSENGERS IN A DAY HAS BEEN REACHED.
FORTY-THOUSAND EUROPEANS HAVE APPLIED FOR EXIT PERMITS, DESPITE ORDERS OF THE O.A.S. (SECRET ARMY ORGANIZATION) TO REMAIN IN ALGERIAN. THE MOVEMENT TO FRANCE IS EXPECTED TO BUILD UP BEFORE THE SELF-DETERMINATION REFERENDUM IN JULY 1.
M. JOXE, MINISTER FOR ALGERIAN AFFAIRS, HAS BEEN SHOWN THE SITUATION AT THE AIRPORT, WHEN HE RECENTLY FLEW OVER MAISON BLANCHE BY HELICOPTER. THE ALGERIAN HIGH COMMISSION HAS ORDERED MORE LANES TO BE MADE AVAILABLE TO SPEED UP THE MOVEMENT TO FRANCE.
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