1.
GV ARMY TRUCK WITH SOLDIERS ON BOARD PASSING
0.06

2.
GV ANOTHER TRUCK WITH CIVILIANS COMES TO HALT
0.10

3.
SV CIVILIANS OUT OF TRUCK
0.13

4.
SV ARAB WOMAN PASSES
0.15

5.
SV SOLDIERS WITH TOOLS OUT OF TRUCK
0.18

6.
GV PEOPLE AWAY FROM TRUCKS AND TOWARDS WORK-SITE
0.23

7.
GV SOLDIERS MARCHING IN SINGLE FILE
0.26

8.
SV TROOPS CARRY TOOLS
0.29

9.
GV LONG LINES OF CIVILIANS
0.33

10.
SV GROUP OF ARAB WOMEN
0.38

11.
SV COLUMN PASSING PILE OF TOOLS
0.42

12.
SV SOLDIER BEING LOADED WITH SAPLINGS
0.46

13.
GV PEOPLE PLANT TREES
0.49

14.
CU SAPLING BEING PLANTED
0.53

15.
SV DITTO
0.59

16.
SV WOMAN PASSES CARRYING SAPLING
1.02

17.
SV PRESIDENT BOUMEDIENNE GREETED ON ARRIVAL
1.07

18.
SV PRESIDENT'S PARTY PASSING
1.11

19.
SV WORKERS HURRY BY
1.14

20.
SV PRESIDENT PLANTING TREE
1.18

21.
GV WORKERS
1.21



Initials PW/VS/RM/ES



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Background: A FULL-SCALE CAMPAIGN AIMED AT PREVENTING LARGE AREAS OF FERTILE SOIL BEING ERODED, HAS BEEN LAUNCHED BY THE ALGERIAN GOVERNMENT. LARGE AREAS OF LAND ARE NOW BEING PLANTED WITH TREES TO STOP SOIL BEING WASHED AWAY BY HEAVY RAINS.

THE WORK OF PLANTING YOUNG TREES BEGAN YESTERDAY (SUNDAY) WHEN HUNDREDS OF TROOPS AND CIVILIAN VOLUNTEER GROUPS ARRIVED IN AN AREA EAST OF ALGIERS.

ALGERIAN PRESIDENT BOUMEDIENNE WAS PRESENT WHEN WORK STARTED, AND HE PLANTED ONE OF THE FIRST TREES.

UNTIL NOW, THIS AREA AND MANY OTHERS SUFFERED SERIOUS SOIL EROSION DURING RAINY SEASONS. DURING THE PRESENT CAMPAIGN, LARGE NUMBERS OF VOLUNTEER WORKERS WILL TURN OUT EVERY SUNDAY MORNING TO HELP PLANT TREES IN THE AFFECTED AREAS.