L'Algérie pays de la qualité
Documentary short (1948)
Producer:
Office Algérien d'Action Economique et Touristique du Gouvernement Général de l'Algérie
V.Prouteau (Scénario et Commentaires).
Jean Hudelot (Images).
Suzanne Meunier (Montage).
Documentary about Algerian agricultural and agri-food production in 1948.
Douglas DC-4-1009
Registration F-BBDL, c/n 42989. Delivered new to Air France in June 1946, named Ciel d'Alsace. Written off in July 1948 at Paris Orly (ORY). Crashed on landing and caught fire.





Lockheed L-749-79-46 Constellation
At Aéroport de Paris-Orly Terminal Orly Nord.
Registration F-BAZL, c/n 2538. Delivered new to the SGACC-Secrétariat Général à l'Aviation Civile et Commerciale in September 1947. Transferred to Air France in February 1951. Withdrawn from use in November 1960. Leased to Air Inter in March 1961. Withdrawn from use in October 1961. Stored at Paris Orly. Stored to République du Sénégal in March 1966, registered 6V-AAR, named Flèche des Almadies. Sold to Aéro-Club Air France in October 1973. Broken up at Toussus le Noble,France in July 1979.
Same aircraft seen in other films IMPDb: Frequently Seen Aircraft (Civil Fixed-Wing).

Douglas DC-4-1009
At Aéroport de Paris-Orly.
Uncertain registration. Named Ciel de..., therefore a DC-4 not a C-54.



Douglas C-47A-70-DL Skytrain
At Aéroport d'Alger-Maison Blanche ((nowadays Aéroport d’Alger-Houari Boumédiène/Algiers Airport/مطار هواري بومدين الدولي/Maṭār Hawwārī Būmadyan al-Duwaliyy (ALG/DAAG)).
Registration F-BEIA, c/n 19211. Delivered new to the USAAF in 1943, registered 42-100748. Sold after WWII to KLM Royal Dutch Airlines, registered PH-TBR. Sold to Aigle Azur, registered F-BEAI. Leased to Air Laos in April 1954. Crashed on the company's first commercial flight Vientiane-Luang Prabang, Laos on the 12th April 1954.
In the background, Douglas C-47A-70-DL Skytrain from CGTA-Air Algérie.

Various Airliners
At Aéroport d'Alger-Maison Blanche.
1 - SNCASE SE.161 Languedoc of Air France.
2 - Douglas C-47 Skytrain or Douglas DC-3 of Aigle Azur.
3 - SNCASE SE.161 Languedoc of Air France.
4 - Lockheed L-12 Electra Junior.
5 - Unidentified Aircraft.
6 - Douglas C-47 Skytrain or Douglas DC-3.
7 - Douglas C-47 Skytrain or Douglas DC-3.
Douglas C-54 Skymaster
At Aéroport d'Alger-Maison Blanche.






Douglas C-47-DL Skytrain
At Aéroport d'Alger-Maison Blanche.
Registration F-BBBE, c/n 6212. Delivered new to the USAAF in 1943 for Africa Middle East Wing ATC and Central Africa Wing ATC, registered 41-38753. Sold to Air France in July 1946, registered F-BBBE. Sold to Air Bangui in July 1966, registered TL-AAD. Sold to Air Centrafrique in 1971, then Inter-RCA.
Crashed on the company's first commercial flight Vientiane-Luang Prabang, Laos on the 12th April 1954.
In the background, Douglas C-47A-70-DL Skytrain from CGTA-Air Algérie.




Ready to leave the tarmac.
Amiot AAC.1 Toucan in the background.

Douglas C-54A-DO Skymaster
Registration F-BDRI, c/n 3079. Delivered new to the USAAF in 1943, registered 41-37288. Sold to Netherlands Government Air Services in 1945, registered NL-308. Transferred to KLM Royal Dutch Airlines in December 1945, registered PH-TAI. Sold to TAI-Transports Aériens Intercontinentaux in September 1947, registered F-BDRI. Written off at Deurne Antwerp Belgium (EBAW/ANR) in July 1951, crashed on takeoff.

Taking off from Aéroport d'Alger-Maison Blanche.





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