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Protective measures are undertaken in the United States during the Cuban Missile Crisis of October, 1962.
Events held in the United States during the Cuban Missile Crisis of October, 1962 when the United States and the Soviet Union confronted each other with nuclear destruction. U.S. President John F. Kennedy with Premier of Algeria Ahmed Ben Bella in the White House lawn in Washington DC. Aerial views of Havana, Cuba. Cuban Prime Minister Fidel Castro accompanies Premier Bella in Havana. A U.S. rocket is launched. A man follows the ascent through telescope. Defense department training given in fall out protection to engineers. Surveyors check every building for civil defense. A community fall out shelter being located by the surveyors. Food and water drums, medical supplies and radiological monitoring equipment are taken off assembly lines and are transported by rail to various parts of the U.S. A sign reads 'Naval Supply Center Oakland'. Forklift trucks move goods. A sign erected for a community fallout shelter. An election campaign in the United States shows Harry S. Truman making a speech at an American Legion meeting.
Unrest following Fidel Castro's Communist takeover of Cuba
Wreath adorned with Communist Hammer and sickle, on the statue of José Martà in Central Park, Havana, Cuba. Members of a crowd of anti-communist Cubans burning Communist literature and materials in a city street. Soldiers controlling access in a street as Communists take control of Cuba. Americans opposed to the Castro revolution. Sign outside a building in Miami, Florida, reads: "Christian Anti Communist Group,America for the Americans,Liberty and Democracy." Local Miami police stand near the building, where Fidel Castro is hung in effigy. President Manuel Urrutia addressing press in Miami. People conversing. A woman types on typewriter. Riots going on streets. People fight with each other. Blood comes out from a man's head. Scene of Hotel Riviera and Hotel Capri. Fidel Castro addresses press. Camilo Cienfuegos and other prominent dignitaries. People carry signs in a procession. Signs read 'Hitler y Franco Asesinos' and 'Fuera el Embajador Falangista'. Machines print newspapers.
Fidel Castro during a parade in Havana, Cuba.
A dignitary steps down in Havana, Cuba. He meets Prime Minister Jose Miro Cardona. Woman work in a factory. The dignitary visits factory. Fidel Castro addresses large crowd. Other dignitaries address. Parade includes children, tanks, women and motorcyclists.
Prime Minister Jose Miro Cardona with Chinese delegates in Havana, Cuba.
A large ship in Havana, Cuba. People see from other boats. Prime Minister Jose Miro Cardona discuss issues with Chinese delegates.
The Casino de la Playa Orchestra, led by Guillermo Portela, with singer Miguelito Valdes playing maraccas at the Casino La Playa club in Havana Cuba.
Casino de la Playa Orchestra performing at the Casino La Playa in Havana Cuba. Various musical instruments are played and the orchestra is led by conductor Guillermo Portela . Cuban dance music in which singer Miguelito Valdes, here seen playing the maracas, is featured. (Later, in 1940, Valdes was hired by Xavier Cugat as a singer.) People seen sitting behind the musicians. Nighttime illuminations on buildings. Patrons dining and dancing.
A dance performance and musicians playing Cuban dance music in Casino de la Playa night club, Marianao Beach, Havana, Cuba
Casino de la Playa, a night club in Marianao Beach, Havana, Cuba. People sitting at tables. A man and a woman give a dance performance. Lights focused on the center. Audience cheer the dancers. Musicians of the Casino de la Playa Orchestra under Guillermo Portela play Cuban dance music. Men and women dance. A young Walfredo de los Reyes seen playing trumpet. Trombone, saxophone, and clarinet players also seen in close ups.and maraccas player and singer is Miguelito Valdes who would later be Xavier Cugat star singer in the early forties
