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British Prime Minister Winston Churchill expresses his gratitude to the Cuban President, Ramon Grau, and to the Cuban people in his speech during his tour in Havana, Cuba
British Prime Minister Winston Churchill addressing the people of Cuba during his tour after the end of World War II in Havana, Cuba. Winston Churchill thanks the Cuban President, Ramon Grau, and to the Cuban people for the kind welcome to him on his holiday. Winston Churchill describes Cuba as a “Beautiful island”, expressing the sentiment “¡Viva la Perla de las Antillas!”
The Castro-led revolution in Cuba.
Film opens with bongo drummer playing and other Cuban musicians playing instruments while dancers in fetching costumes dance and enjoy themselves. Scene shifts to view from water of Havana skyline and then to automobile traffic on a busy street in a commercial district of the city. A Busy street crowded with pedestrians on sidewalks. Cuban workers leaving an industrial plant at shift end. Smoke pouring from three tall smoke stacks in background. Large machines employed in a factory. A construction worker in the cab of earth moving equipment. A field worker rotating a long wooden boom by hand. Men cutting sugar cane with machetes. A farmer opening gate to allow water into an irrigation network. View of water rushing into the irrigation ditches and entering the area of crops. A farmer using cattle to pull his plow. Cattle entering a stockyard. Shoppers at an open-air market filled with all kinds of fruits, vegetables and other agricultural products. Families of poorer people in rural areas outside of Havana. They live in shacks ahd are photographed with their small children. Next, two uniformed members of the Cuban National Police (Policia Nacional de Cuba) are seen. (The narrator mentions that Cuban people lived for 60 years under a succession of corrupt and often dictatorial leaders.) View of men in a line being monitored by a National policeman. Fulgencio Batista y Zaldívar is seen next to his wife, Marta Fernández Miranda, as they cast ballots in the 1952 Presidential election. Glimpse of several Cuban National Police lined up looking over a wall. Next, members of Fidel Castro's resistance movement are seen silhouetted against the sky, as they walk, carrying arms, in the mountain regions of Cuba. Fidel, himself is silhouetted as his men walk past him. Views of Castro's men moving through the rugged mountain terrain as shots are being fired. The combat becomes more intense. The views are from the Castro forces as they engage in fire fights with Batista forces (unseen). Machine guns are heard, and an explosion occurs. More views of the Castro forces using a machine gun and small arms. Scene shifts to a public square in Havana as it fills with people celebrating the downfall of Batista on 1s of January, 1959. Crowds surround Fidel Castro as he arrives in Havana. The crowds cheer him wildly. as the hero, and liberator of the Cuban people. Castro addresses the crowds from a balcony, promising them elections, land reform,freedom and the rights guaranteed under the Cuban Constitution of 1940. Glimpse of a copy of that document. View of Manuel Urrutia raising his hands to acknowledge the crowd, when he was named President on January 3rd, 1959. Fidel Castro arriving in New York City and greeted as a Cuban Nationalist hero. Castro waving to crowds of admirers. In Washington,DC, he is seen placing a memorial wreath at the Statue of Abraham Lincoln in the Lincoln memorial. Castro speaking at a press conference in Washington,DC. Speaking from a podium, in English, he states emphatically that he is not a communist. Castro is seen later, back in Havana at a large political gathering, where he and Che Guevara along with other revolutionaries, engage others in publicly broadcast discussions and debates. A barefoot boy is brought into the center of the proceedings, where he points an accusing finger toward someone (not clear who that person is). View inside a newspaper printing plant, as Narrator states Castro began attacks on the Press resulting in the demise of the Free Press, and its takeover by government run newspaper "HOY." View of Hoy sign in front of a newspaper building. Communist propaganda seen dominating papers and magazines at a news stand. Small bust of Lenin seen for sale.
Castro visits Venezuela and New York City and the trials and executions of Batista supporters in Cuba.
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 Premier Anastas Mikoyan visits Cuba and Fidel Castro's government takes over Cuban agriculture and land.
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.
Fidel Castro addresses the people, and his military trials in Cuba.
Prime Minister of Cuba Fidel Castro speaks passionately on the microphone. Adolf Hitler delivers an impassionate speech during World War II. Scene of burning of books by the Nazi party in Germany in 1933. Man tossing forbidden books in pyre. Crucifix and Roman Catholic religious items are burned in Cuba. Statues of Catholic saints are being burned. Large group of women outside the Cuban military prison. People in prison. Cuban officers sit and speak during military trials. Prisoners sit on floor and a boy denouncing a prisoner. Soldiers during military trials. Castro soldiers with a Black prisoner in forest. Castro firing squad executes the prisoner.
Military prison riots in Cuba, Fidel Castro and Ocvaldo Dorticos Torrado meets People's Republic of China Foreign Minister Lu Chung
Aircraft after landing on airstrip. Delegates disembark from plane. A man speaks to a reporter after the delegates’ arrival. Military prison riots in Cuba. Cuban soldiers in prone position. Prisoners stand of roof and tower of prison. Black Cuban rioters march inside the prison. Prisoners standing on top of prison tower. Men at prison. Man shooting with a machine gun. A tank rolls in the center of Havana during the Cuban Revolution. A star-shaped light on top of a control tower. Delegates from the People’s Republic of China arrive in Cuba. People’s Republic of China Foreign Minister Lu Chung shake hands with Prime Minister Fidel Castro. Minister Lu Chung meets President Ocvaldo Dorticos Torrado. Chinese delegates during meeting. View of the Potala Palace in Lhasa, Tibet (35 Beijing Middle Rd, Lhasa, Tibet, China, 850000). Lines of trucks driven in Tibet.