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Fidel Castro sworn in as Prime Minister of Cuba.
Communist leader Fidel Castro and Prime Minister Jose Miro Cardona with others in Havana, Cuba. Women and nurses in dresses marching in a parade. Fidel Castro watches the parade. Argentinian Marxist revolutionary Che Guevara is also seen with Castro. Fidel Castro attends the first Congreso Latinoamericano de Juventudes at the Cerro stadium (Estadio Latinoamericano, 4J9F+FJ6, La Habana, Cuba) in Havana. Castro comes on stage. Castro announces the decision to nationalize North American companies in Cuba as a response to United States’ economic sanctions. Fidel Castro sworn in as Prime Minister of Cuba. People carry banners in a procession.
Fidel Castro and his revolutionaries take over Cuba
People parading in streets of a city in Cuba, carrying a banner reading: "llega Fidel huyo Batista" (Batista fled Fidel arrives). They celebrate the succcess of Fidel Castro's revolution. Some demonstrators remove items from building displaying a sign reading: "Confederacion Concejales de Cuba, DPN Guas ICLAN Alcalde Oficinas." They pile items on a car parked by the building and set it on fire. They destroy gaming tables in casinoes. Uniformed police respond to the violence and gun fights ensue. Civilians are wounded (and possibly killed) in the melee. Fidel Castro is seen in the company of former President, Carlos Prío Socarrás,and Camilo Cienfuegos Gorriarán, making his way through a crowd of newsmen and reporters. Scenes of destruction from bombing by the Batista military. Crowds of Castro supporters parading with banners, including some referring to the July 26th movement. Some persons have "26" written on their foreheads. People cheer Ernesto "Che" Guevara. Revolutionaries parade a captured army tank and other items through the streets. Castro and Guevera along with others of their band, ride through the streets on an open vehicle as throngs cheer them.The people welcome Castro-style Democracy. Fidel Castro speaking over a public address system.The Monument to the Abolition of Slavery located in Matanzas, Cuba, is adorned with a flag. A sign reading "Fidel: te Saluda." In Miami, Florida, an exiled Batista supporter is attacked by a man and is restrained by local policemen. Fidel Castro and his revolutionaries pose. An armed revolutionary poses by an army tank.
Fidel Castro addresses the crowds after the fall of the Batista government
Major events of the year 1959. A large crowd gathered in Cuba to celebrate the rise of Fidel Castro to power after the fall of Batista's government. Cubans holding banners and placards to celebrate the fall of the Batista government. Fidel Castro arrives and addresses the crowd as they cheer him loudly.
Soviet Premier Anastas Mikoyan visits Cuba and Fidel Castro's government takes over Cuban agriculture and land.
Soviet First Deputy Premier Anastas Mikoyan visits Cuba. A Soviet airliner arrives at the airport. Mikoyan emerges from the aircraft and waves. A large crowd of people gathered to witness the event. The press awaits his arrival. They click photographs. Mikoyan meets President Osvaldo Dorticos Torrado and other Cuban dignitaries. Ernesto Che Guevara takes snapshots of Premier Mikoyan in a native hat that reads 'Cuba'. A gathering of Cuban officials and dignitaries. Revolutionary leader Fidel Castro among the guests. The Russian Premier with Prime Minister Fidel Castro at a reception. People eating. Castro drinking wine. 'National Institute for Agrarian Reforms' sign board. A sugarcane plantation. Farmers load the harvested sugarcane into trucks. A farmer drives cattle. People on the cart. Fidel Castro with other officials in the building from where the National Institute for Agrarian Reforms is run. Men and women farmers applaud and greet him. Castro talks to a little girl. Castro's men work with wooden planks to build homes for workers. An unfinished East Havana Housing Project. 'National Institute of Savings and Housing' board.
Unrest following Fidel Castro's Communist takeover of Cuba
Wreath adorned with Communist Hammer and sickle, on the statue of José Martí in Central Park, Havana, Cuba. Members of a crowd of anti-communist Cubans burning Communist literature and materials in a city street. Soldiers controlling access in a street as Communists take control of Cuba. Americans opposed to the Castro revolution. Sign outside a building in Miami, Florida, reads: "Christian Anti Communist Group,America for the Americans,Liberty and Democracy." Local Miami police stand near the building, where Fidel Castro is hung in effigy. President Manuel Urrutia addressing press in Miami. People conversing. A woman types on typewriter. Riots going on streets. People fight with each other. Blood comes out from a man's head. Scene of Hotel Riviera and Hotel Capri. Fidel Castro addresses press. Camilo Cienfuegos and other prominent dignitaries. People carry signs in a procession. Signs read 'Hitler y Franco Asesinos' and 'Fuera el Embajador Falangista'. Machines print newspapers.
Fidel Castro riding through Havana and addressing the people after overthrowing the Batista government
Scenes of jubilant Cubans celebrating Fidel Castro and his rebels seizing power and evicting the Batista government in January 1959. Citizens talking happily in a doorway with bullet-ridden glass panes. Crowds gather around Castro and his rebels as they enter the city. The crowds of men, women, and children follow him walking on foot, and then cheer him as he rides atop a jeep waving to citizens. Excerpts of Castro giving a speech, gesturing forcefully, and the gathered crowd cheering his words. (Note: Sound is present only in final 20 seconds of clip during Castro's speech.)
