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").
Soon after Gardes encountered Roussillon, the Cadets at the ESMA were presented with the film The Battle of Algiers, which depicted one of the first counter-insurgency battles, during which General Marcel Bigeard and Jacques Massu employed a comprehensive use of interrogation, the block warden system, and aerial killings (referred to as "Crevettes Bigeard", or "Bigeard's Shrimps").