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School children in sailor uniforms enjoy carousel and other rides. Fulgencio Batista and wife Elisa give gifts to children.

Children in sailor uniforms ride on carousel, ferris wheel, ponies, and other amusements during a fair in Havana, Cuba. A double amputee without lower arms demonstrates his agility. Fulgencio Batista, in the uniform of a Brigadier, assists his wife Elisa, distributing fruits,food packets, and toys to small children, at a table. Small children dressed in sailor outfits come in line to collect the gifts. Boys in sailor uniforms (Sea Scouts?) parade. Batista and his wife appear in a makeshift reviewing stand with other officials, watching the parade. Men dressed in various costumes, as cock, joker, gorilla, and other costumes, plus one on stilts, also parade. View of the gift line, again, where Batista and his wife are now joined by several military officers and two more ladies. Girls line up and clap showing their gifts.

Date: 1938
Duration: 3 min 42 sec
Sound: No
Color: Monochrome
Clip Type: Unedited
Language: None
Clip: 65675024197
Famous 1930's boxer, James Braddock, teaching boxing techniques to young boys

Famous boxer James Braddock, wearing boxing gloves, appears talking to a group of young boys. He teaches young boys boxing techniques. Boys practice boxing in front of him. He kneels on one knee and teaches a boy boxing punches. A crowd surrounds them.

Date: 1938
Duration: 2 min 13 sec
Sound: No
Color: Monochrome
Clip Type: Unedited
Language: None
Clip: 65675024198
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.

Date: 1938
Duration: 4 min 3 sec
Sound: No
Color: Monochrome
Clip Type: Unedited
Language: None
Clip: 65675024199
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

Date: 1938
Duration: 2 min 40 sec
Sound: No
Color: Monochrome
Clip Type: Edited
Language: Spanish
Clip: 65675024200
Night view of shops displaying goods for Christmas in Havana, Cuba, Lighted names of shops. Articles on display

Illuminated sign advertising ice cream. Automobile traffic on highway at night. Night view of a shopping area in Havana Cuba. Names of shops lighted. Christmas season decorations. Lamp shades, candle holders and other articles in display in a shop. A manequin of a woman displaying clothes. Manequins of babies in corner of a shop. Price tags are placed at base near the articles. Street scene in shopping district. Street car seen. Womens dress featured in window. Store window filled with baby dolls. 'Sloppy Joes Bar' letters lighted.

Date: 1938, December
Duration: 2 min 55 sec
Sound: No
Color: Monochrome
Clip Type: Unedited
Language: None
Clip: 65675024201
Daytime views of city center, Havana, Cuba. Cars, pedestrians, tourists, peddlers, buildings

Daytime views of city center, Havana, Cuba. Traffic and pedestrians. A Cuban street peddler trying to sell maracas to American tourists in an open car. A tourist gives him money but does not want the maracas. Peddler walks away angrily. Sign on a shop reads 'Baizan' . Street cars operating. Scene of park with people seated on benches. Government buildings in background. Silhouette artist seeking customers and several bystanders at street corner, with the Capitolio Nacional building in background.

Date: 1938
Duration: 1 min 7 sec
Sound: No
Color: Monochrome
Clip Type: Unedited
Language: None
Clip: 65675024202