The Cuban Revolution against Batista in years 1957-1958. A Cuban Revolutionary writes a note to be taken across by Fidel Castro's courier. A soldier watches as a courier gets onto a horse and rides away. Refuge area for the rebels in the Sierra Maestra Mountains. A professional Communist from Argentina, Ernesto Che Guevara, joins Fidel Castro's men. He rides a horse as he smokes a cigarette and talks to another man. Soldiers clean and prepare arms and ammunition, they make bombs. Castro's rebels bomb buses and railroad trains. Charred cars and trucks. Buildings on fire from rebel guerrilla strikes. Oil tanks and factories set on fire by them. Black smoke arises from fires as firefighters try to put out fires. Men on horses cross a stream as they bring supplies. Castro talks to new recruits and pro-communists. Celia Sanchez, who was part of the Moncada Barracks attack, talks to a rebel. Che Guevara smokes a cigar as he inspects rockets. Soldiers ready the rocket. Soldiers sit and talk, climb uphill on foot and on horses. Soldiers inside a dimly lit camp. The rebels attack and fire. A rebel doctor operates upon a soldier in a make shift operating room. The rebels attack and fight police and Cuban military forces loyal to Batista. Soldiers fire in standing and prone positions. Soldiers walk down a path in the jungle. They gather around a man seated on the ground as he takes notes. Women rebels take pictures of prisoners for publicity purposes. A rebel with a camera. 1958: Batista's men search for Castro. Soldiers walk uphill and cross a stream. A soldier in a deserted village. People near wrecked buildings and houses. A woman soldier speaks into a microphone for the rebel radio. A man adjusts the knob of a portable transistor radio.
Fidel Castro and Che Guevara attack Havana. The Presidential Palace in Havana, Cuba. A soldier keeps vigil from the roof. President Fulgencio Batista with the press and other dignitaries in the palace. Batista's soldiers atop and near tanks. A Batista's Chief of Staff General Francisco Tabernilla talks to the soldiers. The bazooka teams prepare to advance. Fidel Castro seen recording his broadcast for the rebel radio in the Sierra Maestra Mountains. Close up view of a reel to reel tape player running. 1958: Rebels prepare arms and ammunition. Close up views of Che Guevara. Heads of other major revolutionary fronts meet in Caracas. The rebels advance towards Havana. A rebel fires a rocket, an explosion on a hill. The rebels climb uphill and take cover. They jump over fallen trees and across the hills. Batista government Air Force planes drop bombs and fire at the rebels. Explosions due to the bombardments. A man fires a machine gun, while another fires at the aircraft. They fire in sitting and prone position. Castro revolutionary men attack houses on the outskirts of Santa Clara. Batista's men surrender. December 1958: The final assault. The rebels near a building. A large crowd gathered outside the National Guard Police Section. Guevara's men march in a single file on the streets. The Air Force planes continue bombardment. Soldiers in trucks. Townspeople flee to shelters. Explosion due to bombardment. Aircraft in flight. Cars on the road. Women and children take refuge. A doctor checks wounded civilians lying on beds. Women rebels with rifles. Women welcome and greet Che Guevara. Top rebel commander Camilo Cienfuegos among others. Rebels on a building roof. A man buries a relative. Fidel Castro talks to the rebels during a strategy meeting. Fidel Castro's brother, Raul Castro, drinks from a cup. Rebels and civilians in a Willys jeep. A large crowd gathered outside a building around same time that Batista flees Cuba.
January 1, 1959: People on the roof with flags. Cuban people come out onto the streets to celebrate the fall of President Fulgencio Batista. People in cars cheer and celebrate and on balconies they wave. They break and burn the belongings of the Batista government, raiding government buildings and burning government material. They attack and destroy buildings and casinos run by Batista loyalists. View of smashed and wrecked casino equipment. Unrest among a crowd. A man smashes a telephone. A stampede on the streets. Anarchy takes over with no government in place. People fight in the streets. A woman is lifted and restrained by two men. Men from mobs and gangs fire weapons from behind pillars. Medics and civilians help the wounded. Castro names Manuel Urrutia Lleo as the President of the Provisional Government of Cuba. Urrutia at a press conference. Photographers and cameramen capture the event on film. A reporter questions him. Wrecked building, aircraft and bridges. People celebrate on the streets. The number '26' for the 26th of July Movement painted on people's foreheads, helmets and clothes. The rebels enter Havana. Che Guevara is seen. A convoy of captured tanks and trucks. Fidel Castro arrives on 8th January 1959. The civilians hail and welcome him and his men. Fidel Castro waves out to the people from an open jeep. Photographers and cameramen record the event. Fidel Castro promises democracy and elections to the people of Cuba. People applaud. Castro write on a paper on the hood of a car. Castro spends the nights at Camp Columbia. Castro with his bearded anti-communist rebel commander Camilo Cienfuegos at the podium. Castro drinks during the celebrations. He addresses a large crowd. Rebels on trucks and tanks pass through the crowd as they cheer and welcome them. The rebels wave to the enormous crowd.
Rebel leader Fidel Castro in Havana, Cuba after taking power following fall of Batista government in January 1959. A statue in Havana. Throngs of people on the streets. The welcome and cheer for the Cuban revolutionary Fidel Castro. Fidel Castro greets and acknowledges the crowd from an open jeep. A monument in the city square. Civilians with the Cuban flags and 26th of July Movement flag. Refugees of the Batista government and anti-Castro Cubans stream into Miami to escape reprisal in Cuba. They emerge from a building and leave in cars. The son of exiled Cuban President Fulgencio Batista gets into a fist fight with an anti-Batista Cuban at the Florida Airport. The police interfere and drive the men apart. The police officer shows the confiscated pistol. A man atop a tank before the Presidential Palace in Havana. Dignitaries applaud at a 26th of July Movement meeting. Fidel Castro and his men on stage. Castro with fellow rebel Celia Sanchez who serves as his private secretary.
Early activity of rebel leader Fidel Castro in Cuba, soon after overthrow by rebels of the Batista government. February 1959: A monument in Venezuela. Cuban rebel leader Fidel Castro arrives in Venezuela. He is greeted as he disembarks from the aircraft. An enormous crowd gathered to welcome him as the Cuban liberator. He greets the people from an open jeep. A large crowd in the University auditorium. Fidel Castro receives an honorary degree at the University. Castro receives a public welcome in Central Park, New York. Castro addresses the crowd. Back in Cuba: Executions by Castro's men begin. People gathered on the streets. A rebel points out to bloody marks made on walls and ceilings during executions. A man shows torture marks on his back. Castro's rebels talk to a lawyer during the trial against Fulgencio Batista. The rebels display evidence in the form of instruments for torture, weapons, skulls and remains. A rebel talks to the press. Colonel Cornelio Rojas, Batista's Commander in prison. He is led out of the prison and onto the streets by soldiers. He salutes and shouts as the rebels shoot him. The rebels stand and observe. Rojas lying on the ground after his execution. Fidel Castro's men pass verdicts during trials of Batista's supporters. Men testify and are interrogated. Batista's Lieutenant on trial, his appeal is heard and denied, the death sentence stands. He is taken to a secluded place, he writes a note to his wife and son, and asks permission to give the orders to fire, himself. He is led away for execution. A large crowd gathered to celebrate the success of the revolution. People wave the Cuban flag. A monument in Havana. Cuban flag on a building. Antonio Nunez Jimenez takes charge of the Agrarian Reform Institute. He addresses a gathering. Castro seated listens to him. Farmers demonstrate to express their joy at the agrarian reforms. The decree signed by Fidel Castro. Ernesto Che Guevara with his comrades. Communist supporter, and the new President declared by Castro, Osvaldo Dorticos Torrado, talks to a crowd.
Soviet First Deputy Premier Anastas Mikoyan visits Cuba. A Soviet airliner arrives at the airport. Mikoyan emerges from the aircraft and waves. A large crowd of people gathered to witness the event. The press awaits his arrival. They click photographs. Mikoyan meets President Osvaldo Dorticos Torrado and other Cuban dignitaries. Ernesto Che Guevara takes snapshots of Premier Mikoyan in a native hat that reads 'Cuba'. A gathering of Cuban officials and dignitaries. Revolutionary leader Fidel Castro among the guests. The Russian Premier with Prime Minister Fidel Castro at a reception. People eating. Castro drinking wine. 'National Institute for Agrarian Reforms' sign board. A sugarcane plantation. Farmers load the harvested sugarcane into trucks. A farmer drives cattle. People on the cart. Fidel Castro with other officials in the building from where the National Institute for Agrarian Reforms is run. Men and women farmers applaud and greet him. Castro talks to a little girl. Castro's men work with wooden planks to build homes for workers. An unfinished East Havana Housing Project. 'National Institute of Savings and Housing' board.
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