Bay of Pigs Invasion of Cuba. A Cuban Air Force B-26 aircraft in Cuba. Cuban pilots participated in revolt and then take refuge in Florida. Pilot surrounded by a large number of people. In Havana the acting Foreign Minister shows fragments of shells to the diplomats. The United Nations conference. Cuban Foreign Minister accuses U.S. of committing aggression against Cuba. U.S. Ambassador to the UN, Adlai Stevenson, denies the charges. Training site in Guatemalan foothills where Cuban rebels allegedly were trained. Soldiers with their guns. More troops train. Fidel Castro addresses a large crowd of people.
Scene of sea shore. A star shell falls on ground. A needle on a meter indicate some figures. Ramon Gonzalez Sugo stands at coast and sees a boat going. A boat full of soldiers comes near coast. Soldiers in boat fire with their guns. Soldiers on land fire to answer. A man talks with another. Both go through a passage. Firing going on between American and Cuban sides.
12:00 Midnight, Playa Giron shown on a map. A woman with two children. A jeep comes. The jeep stops at a house. Firing starts and men fall from the jeep. A man falls in a pit. A car comes there. People get out of car and take the man from the pit.
Cuban people extinguish fire during Bay of Pigs invasion in Cuba. Scene of a building. Helicopters on a ship. Soldiers stand on field. Guerrillas in trucks with children. Fidel Castro waves. Raul Castro and Che Guevara also seen. A military post. Cuban tanks on street. Helicopter flies overhead.
In Miami, Florida, relatives of Cuban invaders gather at the Revolutionary Democratic Front Headquarters to seek news of their husbands, sons and brothers who were captured in the failed Bay of Pigs Invasion in Cuba. Women weep as they await news of their relatives who may face death in Cuba. Fidel Castro, a Cuban revolutionary leader, threatens a firing squad for all the captured insurgents. Fidel Castro makes his first public appearance on television since invasion, and speaks for four and a half hours denouncing the United States.
Title card "Castro's Call for Continued Executions Applauded by Cubans." Huge crowd in Havana, Cuba. Cuban President Fidel Castro waves at people. Man affectionately touches head of boy, wearing military uniform, being carried by soldier. Huge crowd gathered to listen to Fidel Castro’s speech. Fidel Castro passionately talking behind podium. Crowds cheer at Fidel Castro’s speech. A prisoner, dressed in white, is passed overhead from person to person, protesting as he is pulled feet first towards the podium by Castro's men. Fidel Castro continues to speak to crowd.