Nighttime in Buenos Aires, Argentina. Plane taxis to a stop during Premier Fidel Castro's visit to Argentina. Premier Castro comes down the ramp and puts on his coat. The Cuban premier is greeted by a huge crowd. Fidel Castro speaks to Argentinian reporters in the middle of the crowd.
U.S. troops moving into position along the southern Atlantic coast. A girl is pulled through window of transport train, saying goodbye to troops. Rail crossing at night, man with signal light. Train past carrying military equipment and United States troops toward Southern Atlantic coast. Formation of United States fighter planes in the sky. Views at Naval Air Station Florida, with fighter jets landing and missiles loaded on planes. Aerial views of airfields showing massed aircraft and hospital equipment and ambulances on airfields by October 20th, particularly in Florida bases.
The end of the Cuban Missile Crisis. Russian ships underway in the Atlantic Ocean as they withdraw after the Cuban Missile Crisis. U.S. Navy aircraft in flight overhead. The ships with rockets aboard them withdraw.
Geographical map depicts New Orleans as a world port. Ocean going vessels connect New Orleans with the ports of the world. Freight trains are loaded on ships and carried to Cuba. Workers unload bunches of banana from the ship through conveyor belts. Workers unloading sacks of grain from the ship.
(Sound present only at end of clip beginning around 3:10 mark). Scenes of Ward Line passenger ship, the SS Morro Castle, engulfed in fire during its return to New York from Havana, Cuba. Coast guard boats, fishing smacks, big liners stand by to rescue travelers from the ocean liner. Local citizens and police assembled on the coastline to retrieve the dead and nurse the wounded. Scenes of grief stricken and shocked survivors including men, women, and children. Some scenes from rescue ships which included the SS Andrea F. Luckenbach, the SS Monarch of Bermuda, and the SS City of Savannah. Three survivors recount their stories (sound is present at this point in the clip, starting around 3:10 mark).
Ship at sea in Veracruz Mexico. Large crowd on pier. People standing with flower bouquet. Army officials and workers give enthusiastic welcome to Colonel Fulgenicio Batista, Cuba's "Strong Man". Colonel Fulgenicio Batista with officials. People welcome Colonel Fulgenico when he arrives on Mexican soil to start a two week tour as a guest of President Cardenas. He addresses the crowd. Large crowd, holding the banners.