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Cuban revolutionaries Fidel Castro, Che Guevara, Raul Castro, and Camilo Cienfuegos advance towards Havana.
Fidel Castro and Che Guevara attack Havana. The Presidential Palace in Havana, Cuba. A soldier keeps vigil from the roof. President Fulgencio Batista with the press and other dignitaries in the palace. Batista's soldiers atop and near tanks. A Batista's Chief of Staff General Francisco Tabernilla talks to the soldiers. The bazooka teams prepare to advance. Fidel Castro seen recording his broadcast for the rebel radio in the Sierra Maestra Mountains. Close up view of a reel to reel tape player running. 1958: Rebels prepare arms and ammunition. Close up views of Che Guevara. Heads of other major revolutionary fronts meet in Caracas. The rebels advance towards Havana. A rebel fires a rocket, an explosion on a hill. The rebels climb uphill and take cover. They jump over fallen trees and across the hills. Batista government Air Force planes drop bombs and fire at the rebels. Explosions due to the bombardments. A man fires a machine gun, while another fires at the aircraft. They fire in sitting and prone position. Castro revolutionary men attack houses on the outskirts of Santa Clara. Batista's men surrender. December 1958: The final assault. The rebels near a building. A large crowd gathered outside the National Guard Police Section. Guevara's men march in a single file on the streets. The Air Force planes continue bombardment. Soldiers in trucks. Townspeople flee to shelters. Explosion due to bombardment. Aircraft in flight. Cars on the road. Women and children take refuge. A doctor checks wounded civilians lying on beds. Women rebels with rifles. Women welcome and greet Che Guevara. Top rebel commander Camilo Cienfuegos among others. Rebels on a building roof. A man buries a relative. Fidel Castro talks to the rebels during a strategy meeting. Fidel Castro's brother, Raul Castro, drinks from a cup. Rebels and civilians in a Willys jeep. A large crowd gathered outside a building around same time that Batista flees Cuba.
Fidel Castro welcomed in Havana while refugees stream into Miami, and Batista's son gets into a scuffle at the Florida Airport.
Rebel leader Fidel Castro in Havana, Cuba after taking power following fall of Batista government in January 1959. A statue in Havana. Throngs of people on the streets. The welcome and cheer for the Cuban revolutionary Fidel Castro. Fidel Castro greets and acknowledges the crowd from an open jeep. A monument in the city square. Civilians with the Cuban flags and 26th of July Movement flag. Refugees of the Batista government and anti-Castro Cubans stream into Miami to escape reprisal in Cuba. They emerge from a building and leave in cars. The son of exiled Cuban President Fulgencio Batista gets into a fist fight with an anti-Batista Cuban at the Florida Airport. The police interfere and drive the men apart. The police officer shows the confiscated pistol. A man atop a tank before the Presidential Palace in Havana. Dignitaries applaud at a 26th of July Movement meeting. Fidel Castro and his men on stage. Castro with fellow rebel Celia Sanchez who serves as his private secretary.
Fulgencio Batista ousts President Carlos Prio Socarras; resistance and revolution against Batista begins in Cuba
1952: Fulgencio Batista seizes power in Cuba. Batista and his men enter Camp Columbia and win over the garrison. The soldiers pick up arms. The convoy leaves for the Presidential Palace in Havana. A pilot climbs into the cockpit of an airplane. Rafael Salas Canizares, the new Chief of Police, directs his men in his office. He goes into a building and talks to his radio operator. Obsolete ships of the Cuban Navy in the bay. Officers converse before a map on the wall. Cars and tanks on their way to the Presidential Palace. President Carlos Prio Socarras takes sanctuary in the Mexican Embassy. The Republic of Cuba flag, and the Democratic constitution suspended. Ousted President Carlos Prio Socarras leaves for Mexico with his family. The Presidential Palace in Havana. Batista during a meeting with his Cabinet. University of Havana students carry out a mock funeral of the Cuban constitution. Police officers and officials inside the Fifth National Police Station. Seeds of revolution against Batista are sown: Leader of the student movement, Jose Antonio Echeverria, encourages his fellow students to act. A pro-Batista faction smears the statue of a student hero with red paint. Students gather and demonstrate on the streets. The police try to control the demonstration. Explosions during the demonstrations. A wounded student leader protesting against Batista is taken to a hospital, where he dies. Students carry his casket down the steps of a building. Student demonstrators hang Batista in effigy. Police arrests students in the University campus. The students are defended by a former Senator in court. Newspaper headlines about the various shootings. A man killed during a police raid. Rafael Salas Canizares is made Brigadier. Proceedings underway in the Department of Investigation. The Minister of Interior meets with radio executives and publishers and orders censorship. People around a car with the words 'Censored' and 'Censorship' painted on it.
Celebrations in Havana Cuba as rebels under Fidel Castro evict Batista and take over the government
Celebrations in Havana, Cuba as Cuban rebels led by Fidel Castro take over the city. Citizens marching in the streets carrying 26th of July banners (date in 1953 the coup began). Jubilant throngs of people. Newspaper man selling papers with large headline "Se Fue Batista" indicating that Batista has fled the country. Crowds smashing gambling machines in the streets. Hoards of students streaming from the University of Havana joining the celebrations. U.S. tourists leaving a hotel with packed luggage and taking refuge at the U.S. Embassy (being taken there in U.S. Military cars), and then leaving Havana on airplanes to return to the USA. Rebel fighters with beards entering the city. Views of Fidel Castro, a number of his lieutenants, and rebel fighters somewhere in the mountains. The Cuban flag flying.
Crowd in Cuba demonstrates against reminders of the ousted Batista regime, as first rebel units of Fidel Castro enter Havana.
A crowd demonstrates in Havana, Cuba after the overthrow of dictator Fulgencio Batista. Fidel Castro in his stronghold with his unit. Men armed with rifles listen to Cuban revolutionary Fidel Castro as he speaks. The first rebel forces of Castro enters city of Havana. A crowd marches on the streets of Havana. It demonstrates against reminders of the ousted regime by attacking parking meters, casinos and wealthy homes.
Castro rebel troops victory parade, Fidel Castro talks to crowd, visit of foreign dignitary in Havana, Cuba
Castro rebel troops (Also known as the “M-26-7”) march in a street in Havana, Cuba. Air force planes strafing. Cuban residents evacuate the bombings and attacks from planes. Plane firing at night with tracer rounds. Castro rebel troops on rooftop of building with bullet holes. A female Communist rebel, likely Celia Sanchez, holding a machine gun (likely an AKM). Fidel Castro hugs and talks to Cuban women. Castro rebel troops, on top of trucks and tanks, parading in Havana street after Castro takeover of Havana. A man, likely Che Guevara, smokes a cigarette outside a crowded estate. Fidel Castro speaks to crowd. Fidel Castro converses with U.S. Ambassador Earl E. T. Smith. Fidel Castro speaks with a woman. Crowd gathers around a Cubana Airlines plane. Closeup of Cuban provisional president Dr. Manuel Urrutia. President Urrutia conversing with Castro. Cuban flag is hoisted aloft. President Urrutia acknowledging applause from crowd at outdoor gathering. President Urrutia seated in the stands with his wife.
