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Submarine telephone cable laid between Havana and Key West off the Cuban shore.
A 100 mile submarine telephone cable laid between Havana and Key West off the Cuban shore.
Communist Ernesto Che Guevara and Celia Sanchez join Fidel Castro's rebels in the Sierra Maestra Mountains.
The Cuban Revolution against Batista in years 1957-1958. A Cuban Revolutionary writes a note to be taken across by Fidel Castro's courier. A soldier watches as a courier gets onto a horse and rides away. Refuge area for the rebels in the Sierra Maestra Mountains. A professional Communist from Argentina, Ernesto Che Guevara, joins Fidel Castro's men. He rides a horse as he smokes a cigarette and talks to another man. Soldiers clean and prepare arms and ammunition, they make bombs. Castro's rebels bomb buses and railroad trains. Charred cars and trucks. Buildings on fire from rebel guerrilla strikes. Oil tanks and factories set on fire by them. Black smoke arises from fires as firefighters try to put out fires. Men on horses cross a stream as they bring supplies. Castro talks to new recruits and pro-communists. Celia Sanchez, who was part of the Moncada Barracks attack, talks to a rebel. Che Guevara smokes a cigar as he inspects rockets. Soldiers ready the rocket. Soldiers sit and talk, climb uphill on foot and on horses. Soldiers inside a dimly lit camp. The rebels attack and fire. A rebel doctor operates upon a soldier in a make shift operating room. The rebels attack and fight police and Cuban military forces loyal to Batista. Soldiers fire in standing and prone positions. Soldiers walk down a path in the jungle. They gather around a man seated on the ground as he takes notes. Women rebels take pictures of prisoners for publicity purposes. A rebel with a camera. 1958: Batista's men search for Castro. Soldiers walk uphill and cross a stream. A soldier in a deserted village. People near wrecked buildings and houses. A woman soldier speaks into a microphone for the rebel radio. A man adjusts the knob of a portable transistor radio.
Fidel Castro riding through Havana and addressing the people after overthrowing the Batista government
Scenes of jubilant Cubans celebrating Fidel Castro and his rebels seizing power and evicting the Batista government in January 1959. Citizens talking happily in a doorway with bullet-ridden glass panes. Crowds gather around Castro and his rebels as they enter the city. The crowds of men, women, and children follow him walking on foot, and then cheer him as he rides atop a jeep waving to citizens. Excerpts of Castro giving a speech, gesturing forcefully, and the gathered crowd cheering his words. (Note: Sound is present only in final 20 seconds of clip during Castro's speech.)
Fidel Castro organizes a civilian militia and blames the United States for blowing up a ship carrying arms in Havana.
Cuban Prime Minister Fidel Castro speaks over a microphone. He organizes a vast civilian militia. Cuban women and student militia march with rifles. March 1960: A French ship named 'La Coubre' loaded with Belgian arms catches fire at the Havana Harbor. Fire engines arrive. Fire fighters try to put out the fire. Smoke arises due to the explosion of arms and ammunition on board. The fire fighters use water hoses as people run away from the fire. Black and white smoke shrouds the helicopter from which Castro is surveying the scene. Charred and wrecked buses. Fire fighters and civilians carry and help the wounded. Wrecked equipment and ship. A tube in the water. Ernesto Che Guevara looks on. Fidel Castro addresses Cuban sailors and civilians, blaming United States agents for blowing up the ship. A large crowd demonstrates on the streets.
Prime Minister Fidel Castro, Ernesto Che Guevara and President Osvaldo Torrado address a May Day rally in Havana.
1st May 1960: top officials turn out for a communist rally in Havana. Prime Minister Fidel Castro, National Bank President Ernesto Che Guevara and Cuban President Osvaldo Dorticos Torrado address the rally. They denounce the United States in their speeches. Girls with rifles. Officers, young boys and girls in the rally. People wave the Cuban flag. Soldiers on a tank. Police officers on motorcycles.
Diplomats announce treaty in Havana
Officials and military officers wait for arrival of diplomats, Roman Catholic Bishop or Cardinal is present. Diplomats sit at table and read official statement.. Honor guard of Soldiers march past crowd lining grounds. Automobiles parked in background. Crowd swarms over grounds after honor guard passes. Officials pose for pictures outside the Palace.