A hurricane causes heavy damage in Cienfuegos, Cuba. A wrecked jeep parked on the middle of a road. Deserted streets with fallen trees. Houses and huts along the coastline are destroyed by floods. Hurricane winds of 165 mph cause damage to buildings and sugar cane fields of Cienfuegos.
Revolt spreads in Havana, Cuba. The government announces a state of war. Federal troops march against students. Revolutionary strike grips the nation. People gather on the streets. Exterior of a building. Cars parked outside a building. Soldiers fire rifles and machine gun. Ammunitions lying on the ground.
President Fulgencio Batista takes strong measures to quell revolution in Havana, Cuba. President Batista walks with other officers. A huge crowd in the background. He addresses the crowd. President Batista meets several people.
Soldiers and cavalry parade in celebration of Independence Day, in Havana Cuba. Reviewing stand with awning set up in front of section of the Capitol, near the Gran Teatro . The front two rows of officers and dignitaries seated next to a railing. Numerous military personnel stand behind. Central figure in reviewing stand is Cuban Army Chief of Staff, Colonel Fulgencio Batista. People standing outside the railing. Cuban Flags fly. Soldiers with rifles march in formation. Officers holding flags behind the soldiers. A huge crowd on steps and in front of the Capitol. People watch the march from balconies and roofs of buildings along line of march. Sign on one reads: El Diario de la Marina. Few men with bugles and drums in front of the crowd. Parade includes: troops with pack animals, and Cavalry, led by officer on side-stepping horse. A small dog is seen on street, and a sailor on a motor cycle cuts across the line of march, at one point.
Independence Day parade in Havana, Cuba. Crowds fill steps of the Capitol building and sidewalks along line of march. Reviewing stand, covered by awning, set up in front of Capitol Wing nearest the Gran Teatro The parade includes, among other things, motorcycle riders and mounted cavalrymen demonstrating fancy-stepping maneuvers, singly and in formations; A Navy band led by goose-stepping drum major; Women's Army and Nurses; Marines; and Sailors with rifles.
The members of the Cuban Cabinet at the Capitol building in Havana, Cuba. The Capitol building in Havana. A motorcade drives through an archway at the entrance to the Capitol building. A crowd gathered on the side of the road. Guards on the road. The members of the Cuban Cabinet climbs up the stairs and enters the Capitol. Guards on either side of the stairs. The officials inside the building, for the new Cabinet, formed by President Carlos Manuel de Cespedes y Quesada, meet on debt crisis. The officials on a large balcony on the Capitol. The crowd gathered outside the building wave to the officials. President Carlos Manuel de Cespedes y Quesada and other officials, seated and standing in two rows, pose for photograph. View at harbor with ship at dock and armed military or militia gathered at stern of ship. View from a moving boat of various ships anchored in Havana harbor including the U.S. Navy Destroyer USS Claxton (DD-140).