12:00 Midnight, Playa Giron shown on a map. A woman with two children. A jeep comes. The jeep stops at a house. Firing starts and men fall from the jeep. A man falls in a pit. A car comes there. People get out of car and take the man from the pit.
Ships and boat moving in water. Crated Russian farm equipment on transport vehicles on road. Close view of propaganda pamphlets. Cuban children in a classroom are taught Russian language by teacher. View of children and guard wearing military uniform. Supplies unloaded by workers from cargo ship, 'Shirley Lykes'. Supplies as ransom for Fidel Castro's war prisoners. Refugees who are mostly relatives of prisoners boarding the ship. Wounded refugees are carried on litters. View of large number of wounded refugees. Refugees disembarking from 'Shirley Lykes' at USA.
7th anniversary of Cuban revolution. Men and women at a parade during the7th anniversary celebrations of the Cuban revolution. People march past Fidel Castro as he stands on the review stand. Castro's heir and brother Raul Castro delivers a speech in Moscow during his reception.
Adlai Stevenson addresses the United Nations Security Council regarding the build up of missiles in Cuba. United State Navy ships form a blockade to stop further missile delivery to Cuba. In Cuba, soldiers operate anti-aircraft guns that have been set up on the waterfront Cuban soldiers hold their posts on streets, tops of buildings, and on posts all along sea shore. Fidel Castro addresses a public demonstration. Cubans seen marching. Signs in the crowd include, 'Apoyamos Lucha Contra El Imperialismo' and 'Adelante Fidel Venceremos' High powered reconnaissance cameras are fitted to a plane. A plane flies to take reconnaissance photos of Soviet bases in Cuba. Views of aerial photographs showing aircraft landing strips and missiles in Cuba. United States Marines arrive at Guantanamo bay. C-124 Globemasters in background. View of the Organization of the American States Building. U.S. Secretary of State Dean Rusk addresses the gathering. Exterior view of the United Nations building. Soviet representative Valerian Zorin address the Security Council.
Prime Minister Fidel Castro delivers a passionate speech from a podium. Cuban revolutionary troops march with their rifles. Castro troops camping in the forest. They bring a skinless animal tied on stick to roast over fire. rifles standing in pyramids. Fidel Castro surrounded by his men. He points and talk to them. A man drinks from a cup. Fidel Castro talking.
Ongoing parade on Cuban Independence day. Cuban Chief of Army Staff Colonel Fulgencio Batista in grandstand reviews parade. Troops march on road. Cuban crowd gathered to watch the parade. Artillery towed behind vehicles.