Several people look down from a fortress-like wall. A tank rolls into the city. People run in the streets. Some soldiers of the junta, dressed in leather jackets, are seen in a relaxed group. Standing with them is Colonel Armas. Some of the soldiers discuss their rifles. Some people looking down from the top of a building.
Camera focuses on a 1954 Chevrolet ambulance as it approaches, driving across an airfield in Guatemala. It pulls up next to a Guatemalan Air Force DC-3 aircraft, where it is met by several Guatemalan soldiers. One of them converses with the pilot, who is wearing a flight suit. The camera shifts focus, momentarily, to a North American T-6 aircraft taxiing onto the runway for takeoff. Then it focuses, again, on the soldiers , ambulance, and parked DC-3 aircraft. As the pilot approaches the ambulance, several soldiers remove a patient on a litter and carry it to the door of the aircraft, where they place it on the ground and assist the patient to climb a few steps up and into the aircraft cabin. He holds up his right leg, which is bandaged, as he is helped by a crew member. Scene shifts to view from the aircraft cockpit as it departs from the airfield and proceeds over rugged hilly countryside. Aerial view of buildings in a town on the water. More views of fairly barren land below. View is interrupted and then resumes with more aerial views from the aircraft cockpit. Pilots are seen in the cockpit. The remainder of the film shows aerial views of Guatemala City (probably the destination of this air evacuation mission).
City view of Guatemala. People gathered across the street from a prison compound. Sign on compound contains words "Guatemala Libre."A man with flowers is allowed inside prison compound. A soldier with machine gun from a window keeps a watch on the people coming in the building. A crowd behind bars of a building. Prisoners in striped uniforms stand in a formation. Workers exhume bodies from mass grave.
Rebellion against Pre-Communist regime of President Jacobo Arbenz. Aerial views of Guatemala. Transport plane in flight. Rebel parachute troops land. Rebel troops under command of Colonel Castillo Armas Thrust at the capital city. Woman with two children outside her home shows a white flag. Rebels board a truck. Armed rebels walk in town.
Vice-President Richard Nixon and his wife, Pat Nixon step down from a U.S. Military Air Transport Service C-121 airplane at Guatemala City Airport. They are surrounded by well wishers and greeted with flowers. An honor guard of Guatemalan troops presents arms, in salute.
Scenes of new prisoners, in striped garb, being interviewed during investigations of alleged atrocities by the government of former President Jacobo Arbenz Guzman. Interviewer takes notes as he questions Muguel Angel Duque, former Chief of the Guatemala City Civil Guard. Guatemalan Civil Guard soldiers are seen throughout the compound.
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