USAF Major General Reuben Columbus Hood Jr. visits Cuba during his goodwill tour. General Hood and VIP's. VIP has General Hood's helmet on. USAF Lockheed T-33 Shooting Star, a jet trainer aircraft in the background. Several views of dignitaries preparing for demonstration flight. Flight tower in the background. Written on tower: 'Aeropuerto Batista'. Tail section of Cuban B-45. Written on the tail section: Fuerga and Aerea Jercito de Cuba. USAF F-84 Thunderbirds making a fly-by. A group of personnel. Photographers in the foreground. Several of General Hood and Cuban officers exchanging greetings. Severa1 of officers and civilians during the air show.
VIP on a T-33 Flight in Cuba during USAF Major General Reuben Columbus Hood Jr's goodwill tour. General Hood's Lockheed T-33 Shooting Star, a jet trainer aircraft, Cuban personnel in the foreground. One of the Cuban VIP returns from a demonstration ride. Cuban VIP as he puts on flying suit and dons General Hood's helmet. The VIP in the cockpit of the aircraft. Flyover of formation of three USAF T-33s. A certificate and wing, certificate reads: La Fuerga Aerea Ejercito, Cuba.
Fidel Castro addresses gathering in Cuba in the year 1962. Large crowd of civilians gather at the street square. Prime Minister of Cuba, Fidel Castro addresses the gathering. United States aircraft in flight spot the missile installations in the Western hemisphere. President of the United States John Fitzgerald Kennedy addresses the nation during the Cuban Missile Crisis. The Russians remove their bomber aircraft, ships and missiles.
Huge crowd of Catholics meet for devotions marking the Convocation Eucharistic Congress at Santiago de Cuba. 60,000 Catholics gather to attend the ceremonies. Coronation ceremony of the Patron Saint of Cuba follows.
1st United States Volunteer Cavalry “Rough Riders” headed by Lieutenant Colonel Theodore Roosevelt prepare for departure to Santiago, Cuba during the Spanish-American War. The soldiers move boxes towards a steamship on a dock in Tampa, Florida.
Scenes of activity around the Iglesia de la Cathedral in Old Havana, Cuba. People entering and leaving the church. A man standing with a loaded cart. Military officers relaxing at table under tree in Old Havana. Soldiers marching into the ancient "Castillo De La Fuerza" (Castle of Strength) in Old Havana. A military officer walking in the area of the military garrison Castillo De La Fuerza located on the water in the port of Havana. Street scenes of Old Havana showing the Prado Promenade, with automobiles, pedestrians and a little black dog. Views of spectators crowding the Oriental Park Race Track, Marianao, Havana, Cuba. Horses and riders seen in various phases of horse racing: Going to starting gate, and finishing a race.