1.
GV HILLSIDE WITH OLD HOUSES AND SHACKS ON IT
0.04

2.
GV CROWDS
0.06

3.
MV BEN BELLA ARRIVES BY CAR, AND WALKS TOWARDS SLUM AREA.(2 SHOTS)
0.27

4.
CU BEN BELLA AND OTHERS START TO DEMOLISH SLUM HOUSES
0.34

5.
SV THE ARMY ARRIVES TO HELP TO CLEAR SLUMS
0.39

6.
SV SOLDIERS KNOCKING DOWN OLD HOUSES (3 SHOTS)
0.54

7.
SV BEN BELLA AND PARTY WALKING ROUND SLUM AREA (2 SHOTS)
1.04



Initials PC/S/CR/SGM



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Background: BUILDING IN THE WORST OF ALGIERS'S SLUM AREAS ARE GRADUALLY BEING DEMOLISHED AND THE PEOPLE RESETTLED IN FLATS BUILT BY THE CITY COUNCIL.

AND OUT IN THE STREETS LENDING A HAND YESTERDAY (SUNDAY) WAS PRESIDENT BEN BELLA. HE LEFT HIS CAR AT THE SUBURB OF CLOS-SALEMBIER, WHERE SOLDIERS WERE DEMOLISHING A SHANTY TOWN, AND HELD PULL DOWN AN OLD HOUSE.

THE ALGERIAN PRESIDENT, WHO NATIONALISED ALL FRENCH-OWNED LAND WHEN HE TOOK OFFICE, THEN CONTINUED HIS TOUR OF THE CONDEMNED AREAS. THIS REHOUSING SCHEME IS PART OF STRONG GOVERNMENT MEASURES TO REMEDY ALGERIA'S SERIOUS HOUSING SHORTAGE.