The city of Algiers at the time of colonisation.
MON ALGER (My Algiers)
Jean BÉLANGER
1960
Version : French
Duration : 23'
Format : 16 mm. - Béta Digit. - Mpeg4
Colors
Scriptwriter : Jean POMIER & Jean BÉLANGER
Country France
Duration : 23'
Format : 16 mm. - Béta Digit. - Mpeg4
Colors
Scriptwriter : Jean POMIER & Jean BÉLANGER
Country France
With
Commentaire dit par Jean BÉLANGER
Picture Georges LECLERC
Stage set Algiers
With the participation of Office Algérien d'Action Économique et Touristique
Picture Georges LECLERC
Stage set Algiers
With the participation of Office Algérien d'Action Économique et Touristique
Archive footage
- Bridge of a ship anchored in Algiers, view of the port (pano.),
- Traffic on the port (red bus), port seen from the window of a taxi,
- Trolleybus in a street, travelling car in a street,
- Various busy streets and avenues, stepped streets, gardens,
- City architecture, buildings, building terraces,
- View from above of the Bouzaréa, the port, districts,
- Mosques, neo-Moorish buildings (Prefecture, Post Office),
- Modern buildings (General Government, Town Hall, etc.)
- Gardens with running children, the Summer Garden, lively streets,
- Delicatessen, espadrille maker, milkman, ice-cream parlour, fishermen returning home,
- Old Arab accompanied by his son and sisters in horns,
- Traffic in Algiers,
- Children playing in a park,
- Young athletes (hurdles, high jump, shot put),
- At the beach. Horse show
- Meeting of society ladies,
- Trams passing in front of the theatre, brass band, 2 cinemas (Le Debussy and Le Plaza: exit),
- A man mimes the action of a film,
- Workers on a building site,
- Women working on a machine in a tobacco factory, filling machine, gas factory, railway workshop,
- The harbour at night, boats entering and leaving the quay, quay at a standstill, tugboat in the distance,
- Reflections of the sea on the hull of a boat,
- Harbour atmosphere: returning from fishing, boats moored, tug leaving the quay, shipyard, seagulls flying, cranes, anchors being hauled up, men talking to each other, ships alongside, cargo ships, liners,
- Ships leaving port, bows, propeller wash,
- The port, cargo loading (crates, sheep, wheat, esparto, wood), customs control, traffic, tanker truck.
- Traffic on the port (red bus), port seen from the window of a taxi,
- Trolleybus in a street, travelling car in a street,
- Various busy streets and avenues, stepped streets, gardens,
- City architecture, buildings, building terraces,
- View from above of the Bouzaréa, the port, districts,
- Mosques, neo-Moorish buildings (Prefecture, Post Office),
- Modern buildings (General Government, Town Hall, etc.)
- Gardens with running children, the Summer Garden, lively streets,
- Delicatessen, espadrille maker, milkman, ice-cream parlour, fishermen returning home,
- Old Arab accompanied by his son and sisters in horns,
- Traffic in Algiers,
- Children playing in a park,
- Young athletes (hurdles, high jump, shot put),
- At the beach. Horse show
- Meeting of society ladies,
- Trams passing in front of the theatre, brass band, 2 cinemas (Le Debussy and Le Plaza: exit),
- A man mimes the action of a film,
- Workers on a building site,
- Women working on a machine in a tobacco factory, filling machine, gas factory, railway workshop,
- The harbour at night, boats entering and leaving the quay, quay at a standstill, tugboat in the distance,
- Reflections of the sea on the hull of a boat,
- Harbour atmosphere: returning from fishing, boats moored, tug leaving the quay, shipyard, seagulls flying, cranes, anchors being hauled up, men talking to each other, ships alongside, cargo ships, liners,
- Ships leaving port, bows, propeller wash,
- The port, cargo loading (crates, sheep, wheat, esparto, wood), customs control, traffic, tanker truck.