A large crowd in front of the Presidential Palace in Guatemala, following coup d' etat. Colonel Carlos Castillo Armas and other important people stand on balcony along with press photographers and journalists. An armed guard on the balcony. Carlos Castillo Armas addresses the crowd. Many in crowd hold banners praising Colonel Armas and denouncing communists. A flag flies on top of the building. Crowd cheers and raise hands. View of Seal on gate of the Mexican Embassy. The crowd in the square wave arms and hats.
Aerial view of a town in Guatemala. Supplies air dropped by parachute from a C-47 (DC-3) aircraft. Armed rebel soldiers retrieve the supplies and stand holding the parachutes, in front of a small Piper airplane.Guatemalan town (Esquipulas) with church at head of road. Armed rebel soldiers outside a building. Rebel soldiers with Colonel Carlos Castillo Armas. Local woman near a flag. Armed rebels climb down from a high truck bed and fire weapons in garrison compound.
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.
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.
Secretary of State John Foster Dulles in several retakes of his broadcast remarks, regarding Guatemala, following the US-aided overthrow of President Jacobo Arbenz Guzman in that country. A large picture of United States Capitol behind him.
Mixed formation of aircraft flies over airport, including DC-3s and a T-6, among others. Guatemalan President Carlos Castillo Armas arrives in U.S. DC-3 aircraft . He is greeted. Crowd cheers. He gets into a car. People with banners and flags cheer. View of Presidential Palace. A large crowd out side the building. Carlos Castillo Armas with others standing at steps. The crowd cheers.