Mid-1960s....Algeria....Houari Boumédiène ousted Ahmed Ben Bella from power.
So....at the time in Algeria....some movie production crew was filming 'The Battle of Algiers'.
Movie theme? Actual 1950s independence movement...fairly historical.
19 June 1965 comes up....army units under Defense Minister Colonel Houari Boumédiène arrested President Ahmed Ben Bella in a limited action (no deaths).
Tanks and troops moved through the capital with ease....with the public used to the movie being shot.
Most residents assumed the activity was just more movie production.
They all wake up on the 20th....rather shocked....coup completed, and the movie production continued on.
I always thought this was a great movie idea....having a actual coup built around a movie coup.
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