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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.)
U.S. President Dwight Eisenhower answers a query on Communist menace in Cuba during a press conference in Washington DC.
U.S. President Dwight Eisenhower's 175th press conference in Washington DC, United States. One of the pressmen asks the President that a note delivered to the Cuban Government had a discussion on the menace of communism. He asked the President as to why it was included in the note. The President says that he thinks Communism to be a very obvious subject to bring up whenever there is a troubled area where it might take hold. Everybody knows that the Communists like to fish in troubled waters and there are certainly troubled waters in Cuba. He says that he thinks it wouldn't have been right if anything had not been mentioned to call attention to the seriousness of the Communist menace.
Che Guevara talks and Cubans receive Red Chinese Guns and Anti Aircraft guns in Cuba.
Che Guevara talks with his fellows. The United Nations office at New York. Brief shot of Fidel Castro greeting Soviet leader Khrushchev in New York City in 1960. Cuban man holds rifle. Cubans receive Red Chinese arms including Chinese submachine guns. Cuban soldiers receiving instruction in use of the submachine gun. Fidel Castro talks with his men. Cuban rebels soldiers on the alert by an Anti Aircraft gun (AA Gun). Cuban soldier traverse AA gun. Cuban women in a line with weapons, including one carrying a sub machine gun with a round ammunition drum mounted beneath it. Fidel Castro speaking.
Batista sympathizers and families imprisoned by Fidel Castro, execution of prisoner by firing squad in Havana, Cuba
Opening title “Purge of Batista War Criminals Continuing”. View of the La Cabana Fortress. Castro soldier with wearing cross and carrying rifle standing guard. Sympathizers of former Cuban President Fulgencio Batista in prison. Batista sympathizers standing behind bars. A child of a Batista sympathizer looks at the camera behind bars. A family of Batista sympathizers behind bars, one of the women holding a baby. A panelist during a revolutionary tribunal trial against Batista sympathizers in La Cabana Fortress. A prisoner speaks before the revolutionary panel. A prisoner, wearing a hat, is marched to a wall. Prisoner waves his left arm. Prisoner is executed.
Guerrillas doing activities near shore area.
Scene of boats at a coastal area in Cuba. Aerial view of shore. Guerrillas coming to shore area. A guerrilla wears hat. Guerrillas doing some activities and gather near a hut. A guerrilla loads a box on a boat. A ship going into the river.
A flamboyant show of strength by Fidel Castro results in demonstrations in Havana.
Fidel Castro talking and discussing with Cabinet persons. Demonstrations against 'Fidel Castro's resignation' as a Premier. Factory workers and university students in street demonstrating and President Urrutia with other Cuban dignitaries. The Premier Fidel Castro.