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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.

Location: Havana Cuba
Date: 1959, January
Duration: 5 min 51 sec
Sound: Yes
Color: Monochrome
Clip Type: Edited
Language: Spanish
Clip: 65675034277
Anastas Mikoyan, vice-prime minister of the Soviet Union, visits Cuba soon after the Castro revolution.

Statue of José Marti, designed by Enrique Luis Varela and sculpted by Juan José Sicre, at foot of Marti memorial monument in Revolution Square, Havana, Cuba. The Cuban flag on the Ministry of Interior building, across the square. Camilo Cienfuegos addresses people and Fidel Castro smiles in Havana, Cuba. A procession by people. Che Guevara and Camilo Cienfuegos with others sitting. President Manuel Urrutia comes with others. Soviet vice-prime minister, Anastas Mikoyan, steps from Soviet plane. He meets President Urrutia. Mikoyan wearing a straw hat with "Cuba" written on it. Fidel Castro and leading revolutionary figures attend a formal reception for Mikoyan. A signboard reads 'INRA Cooperative Arroceru Jose Smith Comas Zona H-10 Cardenas'. Farmers in field with their cattle. Fidel Castro addresses the press. Cuban workmen handling lumber at a construction site. A board reads'Instituto Nacional de Ahorro y Vivienda,' and announces the construction of a planned city of 300 homes. Women parade holding rifles. The French freighter La Coubre exploding on March 4,1960, while being unloaded in Havana harbor, Cuba. Scenes of explosions and fire as people run to escape the area. Fire fighters trying to extinguish flames, and similar events are captured by the camera. Post accident scenes of Castro speaking to the populace and of mourners walking along the street in Havana. (Note: This French ship was carrying munitions from Antwerp.Approximately 100 people were killed and twice as many injured in this terrible accident.)

Location: Havana Cuba
Date: 1959, February
Duration: 5 min 14 sec
Sound: Yes
Color: Monochrome
Clip Type: Unedited
Language: Spanish
Clip: 65675034280
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.

Location: Havana Cuba
Date: 1959
Duration: 1 min 28 sec
Sound: Yes
Color: Monochrome
Clip Type: Edited
Language: Spanish
Clip: 65675034284
Cuban soldiers firing at enemy and being interviewed during the Bay of Pigs invasion in Cuba.

Cuban soldiers sit in a boat in Canal de Munoz during Bay of Pigs invasion in Cuba. Soldiers walk with their rocket launchers and machine guns. Depiction of a battle (appears to be staged, for propaganda purposes): Soldiers walking on both sides of two Army trucks. Cuban soldiers hide by the side of the road. They fire on enemy soldiers (Cuban exiles trained by the U.S. CIA). Soldiers come from every side. A man fires a rocket launcher. End of apparent staged battle sequence. Soldier holding a rocket launcher is interviewed. Soldiers fire during night time. A soldier talks and gestures during an interview. Night scenes of fires burning, an apparent prisoner of the Cuban forces, a dead man lying on ground.

Location: Cuba
Date: 1961, April 15
Duration: 6 min 41 sec
Sound: Yes
Color: Monochrome
Clip Type: Edited
Language: Spanish
Clip: 65675034336
President John F Kennedy and his wife Jacqueline Kennedy in Paris.

Soldiers in front of the Presidential motorcade in Paris, France. President John F Kennedy with French President Charles De Gaulle in a car. President Kennedy and his wife Jacqueline Kennedy with other dignitaries. President Kennedy addresses an audience, including Secretary of State Dean Rusk, Ambassador Herve Alphand, Ambassador Sonnet, Ambassador James M. Gavin, and Mr. Redmond at Palais Chaillot (1 Pl. du Trocadéro et du 11 Novembre, 75016 Paris, France). “Mr. Secretary of State, Ambassador Alphand, Ambassador Sonnet, Ambassador Gavin, M. Redmond, ladies and gentlemen: I do not think it altogether inappropriate to introduce myself to this audience. I am the man who accompanied Jacqueline Kennedy to Paris, and I have enjoyed it.” President Kennedy said during the introduction of his speech.

Location: Paris France
Date: 1961, June
Duration: 1 min 17 sec
Sound: Yes
Color: Monochrome
Clip Type: Edited
Language: English
Clip: 65675034346
Team of Scientists and Engineers as Uranium is discovered in Saint Sylvestre village in France.

Scene of Saint Sylvestre village as Uranium is found beneath wheat fields in France. A board reads "Debut de Chantier". Three Scientists going. An engineer setting an instrument. Scientist checking with an instrument. Scientist wearing his headphone. Two of the Scientists observe. Scene of a meter. Men in a pit. Engineers and Scientists doing various tests. A pipe throws water out of a pit.

Location: France
Date: 1949, March 7
Duration: 49 sec
Sound: No
Color: Monochrome
Clip Type: Edited
Language: English
Clip: 65675034647
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