Celebrations in Havana, Cuba as Cuban rebels led by Fidel Castro take over the city. Citizens marching in the streets carrying 26th of July banners (date in 1953 the coup began). Jubilant throngs of people. Newspaper man selling papers with large headline "Se Fue Batista" indicating that Batista has fled the country. Crowds smashing gambling machines in the streets. Hoards of students streaming from the University of Havana joining the celebrations. U.S. tourists leaving a hotel with packed luggage and taking refuge at the U.S. Embassy (being taken there in U.S. Military cars), and then leaving Havana on airplanes to return to the USA. Rebel fighters with beards entering the city. Views of Fidel Castro, a number of his lieutenants, and rebel fighters somewhere in the mountains. The Cuban flag flying.
A dignitary steps down in Havana, Cuba. He meets Prime Minister Jose Miro Cardona. Woman work in a factory. The dignitary visits factory. Fidel Castro addresses large crowd. Other dignitaries address. Parade includes children, tanks, women and motorcyclists.
A large ship in Havana, Cuba. People see from other boats. Prime Minister Jose Miro Cardona discuss issues with Chinese delegates.
A crowd demonstrates in Havana, Cuba after the overthrow of dictator Fulgencio Batista. Fidel Castro in his stronghold with his unit. Men armed with rifles listen to Cuban revolutionary Fidel Castro as he speaks. The first rebel forces of Castro enters city of Havana. A crowd marches on the streets of Havana. It demonstrates against reminders of the ousted regime by attacking parking meters, casinos and wealthy homes.
The Cuban Revolution in Havana, Cuba. Peasants at work in sugar cane field. Clusters of huts in city slums. Poor people in the slums. Small huts along the slums. A girl bathing a child in front of a hut. Fidel Castro, a revolutionary leader, with other guerrillas in a hilly area. Castro, who supports the middle class people, in a crowd. People on streets applaud. Castro with Cuban people. His brother Raul Castro and his associate Che Guevara during a revolution in Guatemala. Castro speaking in a microphone. Other officials beside him. A large crowd listens to him and applauds. Fidel Castro with Cuban Prime Minister Jose Miro Cardona, former Soviet Premier Nikita Khrushchev and other officials after the overthrow of the Batista government. A Cuban firing squad executing a prisoner.
Castro rebel troops (Also known as the “M-26-7”) march in a street in Havana, Cuba. Air force planes strafing. Cuban residents evacuate the bombings and attacks from planes. Plane firing at night with tracer rounds. Castro rebel troops on rooftop of building with bullet holes. A female Communist rebel, likely Celia Sanchez, holding a machine gun (likely an AKM). Fidel Castro hugs and talks to Cuban women. Castro rebel troops, on top of trucks and tanks, parading in Havana street after Castro takeover of Havana. A man, likely Che Guevara, smokes a cigarette outside a crowded estate. Fidel Castro speaks to crowd. Fidel Castro converses with U.S. Ambassador Earl E. T. Smith. Fidel Castro speaks with a woman. Crowd gathers around a Cubana Airlines plane. Closeup of Cuban provisional president Dr. Manuel Urrutia. President Urrutia conversing with Castro. Cuban flag is hoisted aloft. President Urrutia acknowledging applause from crowd at outdoor gathering. President Urrutia seated in the stands with his wife.