1.
GROUND TO AIR.. OF PETROL CONTAINERS.
0.05

2.
NEARER V.. DITTO.
0.09

3.
GROUND V.. CONTAINERS AND WASTE OIL BURNS FROM STACKS.
0.12

4.
CU. STACKS WASTE OIL BURNING.
0.15

5.
LV. SILHOUETTE OS SMOKE GOING AWAY.
0.18

6.
SV PAN.UP.. SMOKE AND FLAME.
0.22

7.
LV. DITTO.
0.26

8.
LV. CAMELS IN DESERT.
0.29

9.
LV. HELICOPTER ON GROUND.
0.32

10.
TRAVEL SHOT.. SHOWING BUILDINGS ETC.
0.35

11.
LV. BUILDINGS.
0.38

12.
SV. BUILDING.
0.40

13.
TRAVEL SHOT.. ALONG ROAD IN DESERT.
0.48

14.
CU. SIGN "NO SMOKING" PAN TO BUILDING OF ANOTHER OIL CENTRE.
0.49

15.
LV. PIPES AND VALVES.
0.52

16.
CU. VALVES.
0.54

17.
PAN.. ONE VALVE TO ANOTHER.
0.58

18.
CU. OIL GAUGE.
1.00

19.
TRAVEL SHOT.. PAST OIL COMPANY BUILDING.
1.02

20.
SV. ENGINEERS WORK.
1.07

21.
ANGLE V.. LOOKING UP OIL DERRICK.
1.10

22.
CU. ENGINEERS EMPTY SLUDGE.
1.14

23.
SV. ENGINEER WITH HANDS ON VALVE.
1.17

24.
CU. ANGLE SHOT OF DERRICK.
1.22

25.
GV. OIL DERRICK.
1.23

26.
GTV. OIL CONTAINERS AND GAS BURNING FROM STACKS.
1.30



Initials PGR/V/JH/FG KJ/V/JH/ES



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Background: FOR FIVE YEAR THE WASTES OF THE SAHARA HAVE GUSHED OIL IN GROWING SPATE FOR THE NEEDS OF THE MODERN WORLD. NOW, ALGERIAN F.L.M. SHALL BELONG TO ALGERIA. THEY SPURN THE FRENCH REMINDER THAT FOUR YEARS AGO, W???THE FOUNDING OF THE JOINT ORGANIZATION FOR THE SAHARA REGIONS, FRANCE DIVIDED THE SAHARA INTO TWO SEPARATE DEPARTMENTS, INDEPENDENTS OF ALGERIA. BY THE ALGERIANS ARE ALSO MINDFUL OF THE FRENCH DECLARATION THAT OIL DISCOVERIES SHOULD BENEFIT ALL STATS BORDERING THE SAHARA, INCLUDING ALGERIA.

IT WAS IN 1959 THAT THE FIRST-DRILLED SAHARA OIL WAS PUMPED 412 MILES ALONG A PIPELINE FROM THE VAST WELLS AT HASSI MESSAOUD THROUGH HOSTILE ALGERIAN TERRITORY TO THE MEDITERRANEAN PORT OF BOUGIE. OIL PRODUCTION AT HASSI MESSAOUD IS NOW 10 MILLION TONS A YEAR.

AS YET, IT IS IMPOSSIBLE TO ESTIMATE THE SAHARA'S OIL POTENTIAL - NOT TO MENTION THE WEALTH OF NATURAL GAS, IRON AND OTHER METALS. BUT ONLY A PEACEFUL SOLUTION BETWEEN FRANCE AND ALGERIA'S NATIONALISTS WILL MAKE IT POSSIBLE TO FULLY EXPLOIT THE DESERT RICHES.