A carnival festival in Havana, Cuba. People arrive in cars at the carnival in Havana. A girl sits on a bench. People on floats in a parade. Women play pipes on a float. Men and women in different costumes on another float. Women portray statues on the float. Women wearing different costumes in cars. View of cruise ship at sea returning from Cuba. View of the New York City skyline and skyscrapers as seen from the ship approaching New York harbor.
New Year’s Eve celebration at a night club in Havana, Cuba. Many formally dressed men and women enter a night club in Havana, Cuba, to celebrate a New Year’s Eve party. The men wear tuxedos or white dinner jackets, and the women wear evening gowns. Men and women enter the night club in pairs.
Beauty pageant contestants compete for “Miss Cuba” contest. Cuban beauty pageant contestants walk along a garden path and pose in their swimwear attire. Contestant number one is chosen as the winner of Miss Cuba- Cuba’s representative at the International Beauty Pageant in Miami, Florida. Male judges stand around her as Miss Cuba smiles and a woman takes her measurements with a tape measure.
Steamship leaving Havana harbor passes Moro Castle. Street scenes of Havana Cuba. The National Capitol Building . The National Theater Building. The Presidential Palace. A windy day in very busy outdoor market at the famous Instituto del Vedado on 23 Street corner to D.
British Prime Minister Winston Churchill addressing the people of Cuba during his tour after the end of World War II in Havana, Cuba. Winston Churchill thanks the Cuban President, Ramon Grau, and to the Cuban people for the kind welcome to him on his holiday. Winston Churchill describes Cuba as a “Beautiful island”, expressing the sentiment “¡Viva la Perla de las Antillas!”
Aerial demonstration in Cuba during USAF Major General Reuben Columbus Hood Jr. goodwill tour. The flight tower, written on tower: Aeropuerto Batista. F-84 flying low then climbing. View of C-47, (Cuban). An USAF F-86 flies very low to ground, then does a fly-by in the background. USAF F-84 Thunderbirds flying in line. Two Douglas C-47s Skytrain (Cuban) stationary on ramp. Diamond-shaped formation of Thunderbirds as they climb and fly. The Thunderbirds fly in single file, climb. A Thunderbird as it taxis on ramp.