Cuban Prime Minister Fidel Castro speaks over a microphone. He organizes a vast civilian militia. Cuban women and student militia march with rifles. March 1960: A French ship named 'La Coubre' loaded with Belgian arms catches fire at the Havana Harbor. Fire engines arrive. Fire fighters try to put out the fire. Smoke arises due to the explosion of arms and ammunition on board. The fire fighters use water hoses as people run away from the fire. Black and white smoke shrouds the helicopter from which Castro is surveying the scene. Charred and wrecked buses. Fire fighters and civilians carry and help the wounded. Wrecked equipment and ship. A tube in the water. Ernesto Che Guevara looks on. Fidel Castro addresses Cuban sailors and civilians, blaming United States agents for blowing up the ship. A large crowd demonstrates on the streets.
Cubans react to the realization that Communism has come to Cuba. A crowd gathered for a demonstration. People set fire to things during the demonstration. Soldiers keep a vigil on the streets. A meeting of Anti-Communists. Key West, Florida: Demonstrations by the Christian Anti-Communist Group. Cuban Prime Minister Fidel Castro's effigy hanged from a pillar. Various Anti-Castro groups form the Democratic Revolutionary Front in Miami. It is led by Manuel Antonio de Varona, the former Prime Minister of Cuba. He addresses a meeting of the Front. The U.S. and Cuban flag on either side of the table. The Front officials during a discussion. They blame Castro for taking over Cuba, terror, political murder, and call for his overthrow. A woman types the charges made on Castro. They work towards their goal through the means of radio programs. A radio announcer speaks over a microphone. New York City: Anti-Castro exiles stage a rally near the statue of Cuban nationalist leader Jose Julian Marti Perez in Central Park. They get into a scuffle with Castro's supporters. The police try to control the fighting mob.
Hotel Riviera in Havana. The staff at the hotel entrance. Hotel Capri. The deserted reception. Prime Minister Fidel Castro hosts his own television program called 'The Television World Asks'. Castro looks at a passport. He speaks over a microphone, points to a paper, makes long speeches. Evidence of sabotage on the table. The audience. Castro seated at the table. He responds to people's questions. He launches an attack on the Spanish ambassador. The ambassador reaches the studio and accuses Castro of slandering. Castro's men try to control him. Castro orders the ambassador out of Cuba. Castro's supporters follow the ambassador and shout slogans against him. People demonstrate with banners and boards. The Government takes control of all media and implements censorship. Workers inside a printing press. The Radio Continental building. The Ministry of Labor takes over the nation's tobacco and cigarette industry. The Cuban flag hung from a building. Cuba's Farm Minister arrives at an airport to meet Communist leaders. A large crowd gathered. Reporters take down notes. A man and a woman look at a fruit. A photographer clicks pictures. Women in a market. Women pack cartons. Sergei Kudryatsev chosen as the new Soviet Ambassador to Cuba. Czechoslovakian, Polish, Chinese and other Communist delegations in Cuba. They survey a housing complex under construction, and visit factories and industries.
1st May 1960: top officials turn out for a communist rally in Havana. Prime Minister Fidel Castro, National Bank President Ernesto Che Guevara and Cuban President Osvaldo Dorticos Torrado address the rally. They denounce the United States in their speeches. Girls with rifles. Officers, young boys and girls in the rally. People wave the Cuban flag. Soldiers on a tank. Police officers on motorcycles.
July 1960: Russian oil tanker “Peking” at dock in Havana, Cuba. Sailors stand on deck of the ship. Man looks at the Soviet ship through binocular. Car arrives and dignitaries get off. Delegation of People’s Republic of China Federation of Trade Union meet dignitaries of Cuba including President Osvaldo Dorticos Torrado. President Osvaldo and Chinese Foreign Minister Lu Jung sit with other dignitaries and discuss about sugar trade and steel import.
26th July 1960: Fidel Castro Prime Minster of Cuba calls for celebrating 7th anniversary of 26th July movement. Castro watches the rally with Osvaldo Dorticos Torrado and other dignitaries. Girls carry a star and walk in rally, holding their hands. Crowd gathers in celebration. Poster of Fidel Castro. He arrives in 1st Latin American youth conference, waves his hat and greets people. Castro addresses conference and pronounces death sentence to American business, crowd claps. Card of 'Cuba Siempre, Yankees No' pasted on wall. Cuban people at rally with symbolic coffins of American business. Crowd carries bouquets, Wreaths, banners and flags in rally.
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