Cuban rebels against the Batista government work in exile in the U.S. and Mexico in 1956. New York encircled on the U.S. map. View of papers fluttering all around baseball field as the freedom fighters' leaflets cause a delay in a baseball game at Yankee Stadium in New York. Players on the baseball field view the scene. Miami encircled on the U.S. map. Castro raises funds for the revolution in Miami. Police and officials inspect arms confiscated from the revolutionaries. Close up scene of a payoff, with money changing hands between two men. Mexico City and Quintana encircled on a map. A huge war chest is raised in Mexico City. Castro buys arms and a 58 foot yacht equipped to carry fourteen people in Quintana. Ammunition dumped into a carton. Aerial view of an island. Wheel house on Castro's boat, the Granma, that goes aground. Officers and men on the boat. The radio operator sends a message dictated by an officer leading to ambush of the rebels by troops and police loyal to Batista. Soldiers load ammunition, stand guard, and enter gates. Some of Castro's men escape to the Sierra Maestra Mountains. A woman lays flowers on a revolutionists' grave, killed during the ambush by Batista's men. Men with load on horses. They cross a stream. A man with a machine gun. Soldiers advance in the jungle, talk to civilians and rest. Soldiers eat fruits, including girls who have joined Castro's movement. Fidel Castro seated in a chair while a man trims his hair. Soldiers shoot at a plane in the sky. A soldier loads his rifle. A woman stitches a shirt with the name 'JULIO' on it. A woman dries clothes on a clothes line.
Former Soviet leader Leon Trotsky, in exile in Mexico City, Mexico. His study room at his house in Mexico City where death attempt on Leon Trotsky was made. Things in the room and the study table disturbed by the attempt. The killer Ramón Mercader lay injured at a hospital in San Francisco, California.
Shows Aztec sculptures located near Mexico City, Mexico. Close view of Aztec Jaguar sculpture.
Aviator Charles Lindbergh in Mexico. Lindbergh visits Xochimilco Lake near Mexico City. Lindbergh with officials aboard a boat in the lake. Mexican flower sellers in boats. A banner on a decorated bridge in honor of Lindbergh's visit. A woman gives a bouquet to Lindbergh. Decorations and flowers at the venue.
Various views of man and woman dancing at a rodeo event while the musical instruments are played by the bandsmen. Man and young girl dancing. Footage from Mexico City, Mexico.
25th anniversary celebrations of the revolt of 1914 in Mexico City, Mexico. Mexican troops parade at a ceremony to mark the 25th anniversary of the revolt of 1914. A stone statue of the father of the revolt, Don Venustiano Carrauza. Troops march at the parade.