Soon after Gardes met Roussillon, the Cadets at the ESMA were shown the film The Battle of Algiers, which described one of the first counter-insurgency battles, during which General Marcel Bigeard and Jacques Massu made a systemic use of torture, the block warden system, and death flights (dubbed "Crevettes Bigeard", or "Bigeard's Shrimps").
After meeting Roussillon, the ESMA Cadets were exposed to the film The Battle of Algiers, which illustrated a counter-insurgency battle where General Marcel Bigeard and Jacques Massu utilized torture, the block warden system, and aerial killings, known as "Crevettes Bigeard" or "Bigeard's Shrimps".