:05:03
The time elapsed from the first
to the lastshot was seven seconds.
:05:08
In all, more than 140 shots were fired.
:05:12
Several bullets pierced the President's car.
:05:15
One came within an inch of his head.
:05:17
But, as if by a miracle,
neither he nor anyone else was hurt.
:05:24
Six months later:
:05:27
Most of the conspirators
have been caught and tried.
:05:29
Their leader, Colonel Bastien-Thiry,
has been sentenced to death.
:05:33
At the last moment, his lawyer
tries one more time for a stay of execution.
:05:54
The appeal for clemency
has been turned down.
:05:57
There is nothing more one can do.
:05:59
I am sorry.
:06:01
There is no need.
:06:02
For heaven's sake,
don't you realize you're going to be shot?
:06:06
You don't understand.
:06:08
No French soldier is going to raise
his rifle against me.
:06:18
Fire!
:06:20
Here is the 8:00 news for today,
March 11, 1963.
:06:24
An hour ago, in the courtyard
of the Fort d'Ivry, outside Paris...
:06:28
...Lieutenant Colonel Bastien-Thiry
was executed by firing squad...
:06:32
...for leading the attempt on the life
of General De Gaulle last August.
:06:36
The OAS now seems
completely demoralized...
:06:38
...by the splendid performance
of our national security forces.
:06:42
Already it is known that
the new chief of operations of the OAS...
:06:45
...Colonel Mark Rodin, a former
paratroop commanderin Algeria...
:06:48
...is on the run
and hiding somewhere in Austria.
:06:52
Today's execution must surely mean
that the OAS is finished...
:06:55
...once and for all.