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Soldiers guard refugees in Korea; President Kennedy inauguration speech
Soldiers guard a group of Korean refugees during the Korean War. The refugees sit on the ground. Hungarian rebels shoot behind a building between Károlyi and Cukor Street (Budapest, Károlyi utca 9, 1053 Hungary) in Inner City, Budapest during the Hungarian Revolution in 1956. In a devastated street, a tank rolls in, with Soviet soldiers sitting on top. Burned and abandoned tanks along Andrassy Avenue. Newspaper article titled “Khrushchev Hails New African States”. United States President John F. Kennedy delivers his inaugural speech from the East Portico of the U.S. Capitol in Washington, D.C. “We shall not always expect to find them supporting our view. But we shall always hope to find them strongly supporting their own freedom--and to remember that, in the past, those who foolishly sought power by riding the back of the tiger ended up inside.” President Kennedy said.
Konrad Schumann jumps over barbed wire Berlin Wall to escape communism
Cuban leader Fidel Castro meets Nikita Khrushchev and other Soviet politicians. Nikita Khrushchev and Fidel Castro leaves with their entourage. The Brandenburg Gate as seen from the West Berlin side at the height of the Cold War. Barbed wires on the border of East and West Berlin. The construction of the Berlin Wall. East German soldier guards the border between the two Berlins. East German guard Konrad Schumann jumps over the barbed wire while dropping his PPSh-41 submachine gun as he escapes to West Berlin during the construction of the Berlin Wall. Schumann runs towards and boards a West Berlin police van. Host or narrator of the film shows photographs of Fidel Castro with Nikita Khrushchev and the “Leap into Freedom” photo by West German photographer Peter Leibing. “The communists are the true colonialists, as a matter of fact.” The narrator said as the show reaches its conclusion.
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.
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.
A flamboyant show of strength by Fidel Castro results in demonstrations in Havana.
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.
