Members of the Holiness snake handler movement gathered. Religious preacher lifts rattle snake above his head. People play music and clap. Man begins to preach, speaking about the baptism of Jesus. Woman and girl dance with eyes closed in a trance. (Possibly a fundamentalist, charismatic, or Pentecostal gathering.)
Fidel Castro talking and discussing with Cabinet persons. Demonstrations against 'Fidel Castro's resignation' as a Premier. Factory workers and university students in street demonstrating and President Urrutia with other Cuban dignitaries. The Premier Fidel Castro.
Deputy Premier of Soviet Union Anastas Mikoyan in Havana with other officials at speakers stand. View of crowd cheering. Fidel Castro and Soviet Premier Mikoyan with others at the ceremony. Fidel Castro looking into telescope.
End of the Cuban revolution. People celebrate as the Cuban revolution comes to an end. Revolutionaries load onto a tank as people cheer them. Provisional President Manuel Urrutia Lleo speaks to people. Fidel Castro on a jeep during his triumphal march across the island. Castro being welcomed by the people as they celebrate the end of Batista's rule. Castro addresses a gathering from the balcony of a building.
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.)
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.