Fidel Castro visits New York City, April 15, 1959, and gives a speech to large crowd in New York's Central Park. Back in Cuba, revolutionaries show officials and members of the press, a prison cell and injuries suffered by a former prisoner. They display instruments of torture used by the Batista regime. Colonel Cornelio Rojas, Chief of Police in Santa Clara, is seen in jail cell. He is walked under guard by revolutionaries and stands against a wall before a firing squad who execute him on orders of Ernesto "Che" Guevara. Revolutionaries bringing charges against Batista officials. People testify against them. Accused Lieutenant Enrique Despaigne Noret appears before a judgment panel. He is later seen, handcuffed, stepping from a vehicle at San Juan Hill,Santiago de Cuba, January 12, 1959. He stands before a firing squad and is allowed to write something on a paper. He is then shot and falls into a ditch or grave behind him.
A passener airplane crashes in East River in New York, while en route from Boston to New York. A boat and a helicopter come to rescue passengers and crew. A wing of the plane seen in the river.
A large crowd visits outdoor gallery of needy artists in Greenwich Village, New York City, during the Great Depression. The scene emulates a Paris street scene of people viewing and purchasing art. Crowd viewed from the street as they look at works of artists displayed for sale, on a wooden fence enclosing a construction site in Greenwich Village, New York City. Closeup of a painting depicting an Arab on horseback. View of crowd further along the street, where paintings are displayed on fences of residences in foreground and others on kiosks near trees in Washington Square park in the background. Closeup of a man at work on a canvas and another of a woman working on a still life with fruit. More visitors and paintings are seen and a view of Washington Square Arch at end of street in background. View from second story of a building, looking down on crowd looking at artwork displayed on easels set up in front of a building. A man making a purchase from a woman artist. He holds it up for the camera.
Mayor of New York Fiorello LaGuardia addressing striking members of International Brotherhood of Electrical Workers (I.B.E.W.) outside New York City Hall. The striking workers carry posters and placards supporting liberal working hours and conditions. 1937.
A large crowd of Hawaiian dignitaries gathers to witness the christening of cruiser Honolulu in New York. Among the crowd are Mayor of New York Fiorello La Guardia along with his wife. The crowd watches Miss Poindexter christen cruiser `Honolulu' by smashing a specially decorated bottle across the bow of ship. The captain of the ship acknowledges the honors. The ship slides down from its dry dock and into the water. 1937.
The campaign of the Fusion party for the election of Mayor of the New York city at the Manhattan Opera Center, New York City. The chairpersons invite the candidate Fiorello LaGuardia on the stage and welcome him. Whole assembly sings campaign song to melody of Marine Hymn. 1934.
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