Armed Forces Day; Algerian War w/France 1956/5/21

1) Armed Forces Day at AFB in Michigan features new Redstone missile; Scorpion attack plane fires rockets at old B-17 in Florida; crash landing of jet on USS Essex, pilot rescued by helicopter
2) "France Digs In for Total Algerian War" - 400,000 French troops pinned down by guerilla attacks - armed depots dot Algeria landscape
3) 4 survivng Dionne quints open flower shop in Ottawa
4) hospital workers carry small pagers
5) Preakness horse race won by Fabius, not Needles who had won Kentucky Derby; Nashua wins his race (complete newsreel)

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[ahmedghiat]

im from algeria

[mathius2500]

france called its self a democracy during that war,,,what a joke

[56LC]

I know, before TV and the Internet movie theaters showed them during movie screenings. Today, they are a reminder of how much the world have changed certainly not for the better.

[s0undActivist]

i like those old classy news :)

[steffygurl333]

i love the dionne quintuplets

[iowa61]

You're quite right. The downside is the rebellion ensured Algeria's devolution back to the 9th Century. Hmmm. History is repeating. Welcome to Islam!

[jkrspecnet]

A true Classic! Someone should send this video to the White House, Attention: Bush/Cheney, with the comment that the France in Algeria clip should be mandatory viewing. 51+ years later, another Western military power again bogged down in the Muslim world, and some people still don't get it. In the immortal words of the great Lawrence "Yogi" Berra, "It's deja vu all over again"!!