Bulgarians cheer and hold Communist posters in Russian during May Day Parade in Sofia. Prime Minister and General Secretary of the Central Committee of the Bulgarian Communist Party Valko Chervenkov raises his hand and smiles at audience. Cheering Bulgarian youth during May Day Parade. Bulgarian Communist official waves small bouquet of flowers from review stand.
Soldier arrange small bombs in ruins of an old building in Poland. Soldier takes out small bombs from cellar and neatly arrange piles of bombs. Polish soldier uses detector to look for bombs on the ground. Soldier digs a hole using bare hands after detector found a bomb. Soldier extracts bomb from the ground. Soldier hands bomb over to comrade. Soldier digs for more bomb and hands over to his comrade. Soldiers carrying bombs on their shoulders. Bombs of various sizes lying down are neatly arranged. Soldiers arrange bombs into piles rectangular hole. Soldier places a detonator device over bombs. Explosion in bomb detonating site. Soldiers detonate bombs in a deserted and devastated Polish town.
Czechoslovakian Chief of Police swears in new officers in Prague’s Old Town Square (Staroměstské nám., 110 00 Josefov, Czechia). Police troops parade around Old Town Square and surrounding streets. Czechoslovakian Interior Minister Vaclav Nosek meets Security-Service General Frantisek Janda. Vaclav Nosek speaks to assembled officers and Catholic priests.
Yugoslavians celebrating the Sixth anniversary of the founding of the Socialist Federal Republic of Yugoslavia in Belgrade. Prime Minister of Yugoslavia, Josip Broz Tito, and other officials in review stand with date “23 August”. Yugoslavian participants march in anniversary parade, some of them hold rifles. Josip Tito waves at parade.
A streetcar seen as a celebration is underway in Belgrade, Yugoslavia. A Communist, Brutalist building in the background. A large poster of Yugoslavian Prime Minister Josip Broz Tito hanging in front of a building. Large posters of important communist figures in Belgrade. A communist rally in Eastern Europe. Eastern European woman listens to speech. Eastern European politician, possibly Valko Chervenkov, delivers a speech in front of Soviet symbol and large communist personality’s poster.
Title card reads, "The United States Breaks Diplomatic Relations with Cuba." View of the United States Embassy building (55 Calzada, La Habana, Cuba) in Havana, Cuba. Crowds gathering outside the United States Embassy in Havana, Cuba. Family of African descent outside American Embassy. A woman of African descent holds her baby outside the United States Embassy. Two women in the American Embassy. A door in the American Embassy written in Spanish reads, "Aviso Cerrada-La Seccion De Visa Hoy" (Attention, Visa section closed today). Women leaving the American Embassy. A Catholic nun leaves the American Embassy. American citizens leave the United States Embassy. Staff load boxes into truck as Americans leave the United States embassy. Americans follow a man, with shades, outside United States Embassy. Americans board bus as they depart Havana. A Cuban female soldier guards the United States Embassy building.
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