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Famous paintings at the Whitney museum of American Art in New York City.
Views of various famous paintings at Whitney Museum of American art, New York City. Paintings displayed includes 'The Red Studio' by Henri Matisse, 'Ophelia' by Stanley William Hayter, and 'Attic' by William de Kooning.
Eisenhower briefing Generals, D-Day invasion, Views of Paris liberation, German prisoners, Adolf Hitler during World War 2
General Eisenhower standing in front of a large wall map briefing officials in front of large wall map, view of newspaper headline of New York Post announcing D-Day Invasion of Europe in June 1944. Allied soldiers storming the beach at Normandy. U.S. soldiers fall to the ground after being hit by enemy fire on a Normandy beach on D-Day. German soldiers with hands up in surrender seen approaching Allied forces on beach. Body of a dead German soldier seen on the roadside as soldiers march by. Aerial views of gathering around Arc de Triomphe in Paris as Allies enter Paris and French citizens cheer during liberation of Paris in August 1944.Adolf Hitler seated with other Nazi soldiers listening to an unseen speaker. Views of French citizens lining roads in Paris and cheering as Allied forces enter the city.
The Castro-led revolution in Cuba.
Film opens with bongo drummer playing and other Cuban musicians playing instruments while dancers in fetching costumes dance and enjoy themselves. Scene shifts to view from water of Havana skyline and then to automobile traffic on a busy street in a commercial district of the city. A Busy street crowded with pedestrians on sidewalks. Cuban workers leaving an industrial plant at shift end. Smoke pouring from three tall smoke stacks in background. Large machines employed in a factory. A construction worker in the cab of earth moving equipment. A field worker rotating a long wooden boom by hand. Men cutting sugar cane with machetes. A farmer opening gate to allow water into an irrigation network. View of water rushing into the irrigation ditches and entering the area of crops. A farmer using cattle to pull his plow. Cattle entering a stockyard. Shoppers at an open-air market filled with all kinds of fruits, vegetables and other agricultural products. Families of poorer people in rural areas outside of Havana. They live in shacks ahd are photographed with their small children. Next, two uniformed members of the Cuban National Police (Policia Nacional de Cuba) are seen. (The narrator mentions that Cuban people lived for 60 years under a succession of corrupt and often dictatorial leaders.) View of men in a line being monitored by a National policeman. Fulgencio Batista y Zaldívar is seen next to his wife, Marta Fernández Miranda, as they cast ballots in the 1952 Presidential election. Glimpse of several Cuban National Police lined up looking over a wall. Next, members of Fidel Castro's resistance movement are seen silhouetted against the sky, as they walk, carrying arms, in the mountain regions of Cuba. Fidel, himself is silhouetted as his men walk past him. Views of Castro's men moving through the rugged mountain terrain as shots are being fired. The combat becomes more intense. The views are from the Castro forces as they engage in fire fights with Batista forces (unseen). Machine guns are heard, and an explosion occurs. More views of the Castro forces using a machine gun and small arms. Scene shifts to a public square in Havana as it fills with people celebrating the downfall of Batista on 1s of January, 1959. Crowds surround Fidel Castro as he arrives in Havana. The crowds cheer him wildly. as the hero, and liberator of the Cuban people. Castro addresses the crowds from a balcony, promising them elections, land reform,freedom and the rights guaranteed under the Cuban Constitution of 1940. Glimpse of a copy of that document. View of Manuel Urrutia raising his hands to acknowledge the crowd, when he was named President on January 3rd, 1959. Fidel Castro arriving in New York City and greeted as a Cuban Nationalist hero. Castro waving to crowds of admirers. In Washington,DC, he is seen placing a memorial wreath at the Statue of Abraham Lincoln in the Lincoln memorial. Castro speaking at a press conference in Washington,DC. Speaking from a podium, in English, he states emphatically that he is not a communist. Castro is seen later, back in Havana at a large political gathering, where he and Che Guevara along with other revolutionaries, engage others in publicly broadcast discussions and debates. A barefoot boy is brought into the center of the proceedings, where he points an accusing finger toward someone (not clear who that person is). View inside a newspaper printing plant, as Narrator states Castro began attacks on the Press resulting in the demise of the Free Press, and its takeover by government run newspaper "HOY." View of Hoy sign in front of a newspaper building. Communist propaganda seen dominating papers and magazines at a news stand. Small bust of Lenin seen for sale.
Rebel activity against Batista in Cuba in 1957: Leader of the student movement Jose Antonio Echeverria and rebel Frank Pais are shot
Rebel uprising against Batista government ongoing in 1957: Tanks on the streets. Officials enter a building. Cuban President Fulgencio Batista greets dignitaries. 13 March 1957: Leader of the student movement, Jose Antonio Echeverria, organizes an attack on the Presidential Palace. Batista escapes and the student leaders are shot. The fighting spills on to the streets. Soldiers keep a vigil on the streets amidst the demonstrations and rioting. People and cars on the street. A policeman runs across a street. A man carries a wounded woman. Bullet holes. The police shoot down Jose Antonio Echeverria. A man and a woman grieve. Supplies including food, arms, ammunition and medical supplies reach the Sierra Maestra Mountains. A jeep driven on a dirt road in the jungle. A soldier drinks water. One checks another's blood pressure. A soldier patrols on a roof. 12 July 1957: Fidel Castro issues a manifesto. He talks to his soldiers and other revolutionaries. Havana: Buildings and high rises in the city. Anti-Batista opposition increases. Soldiers and officers. A man shows a bullet ridden car to an officer. Santiago De Cuba: People carry casket of underground rebel Frank Pais. A large crowd gathers to join In the procession. Women mourn his death and chant "Vengeance." A police officer and his soldiers inspect dead bodies of revolutionaries lying on the sidewalk. A framer suspected of aiding Castro's men is hanged in the jungle. Men seated in a court as a woman testifies. A woman prays at a grave.
Cubans react to Castro's Communism in Cuba, Florida, New York, and Manuel Antonio leads the Democratic Revolutionary Front.
Cubans react to the realization that Communism has come to Cuba. A crowd gathered for a demonstration. People set fire to things during the demonstration. Soldiers keep a vigil on the streets. A meeting of Anti-Communists. Key West, Florida: Demonstrations by the Christian Anti-Communist Group. Cuban Prime Minister Fidel Castro's effigy hanged from a pillar. Various Anti-Castro groups form the Democratic Revolutionary Front in Miami. It is led by Manuel Antonio de Varona, the former Prime Minister of Cuba. He addresses a meeting of the Front. The U.S. and Cuban flag on either side of the table. The Front officials during a discussion. They blame Castro for taking over Cuba, terror, political murder, and call for his overthrow. A woman types the charges made on Castro. They work towards their goal through the means of radio programs. A radio announcer speaks over a microphone. New York City: Anti-Castro exiles stage a rally near the statue of Cuban nationalist leader Jose Julian Marti Perez in Central Park. They get into a scuffle with Castro's supporters. The police try to control the fighting mob.
Cuban soldiers receive medal from Chinese PLA officials; Antonio Núñez Jiménez with Castro and meeting Khrushchev
Chinese People’s Liberation Army (PLA) officers present medal to Cuban soldiers in Cuba. A man takes pictures with a camera. Cuban soldier embraces the PLA official. Men shake hands. Cuban revolutionary soldiers at a camp talk, they have rifles with them. A straw hut behind them. One man with beard smokes cigar and handles rifle. Men march with Instituto Nacional de Reforma Agraria (INRA) banners calling for agrarian reform. Men march and wave knives. Oxes pull a wagon of prisoners. Cuban Prime Minister Fidel Castro sits in an ornate wooden chair in a room with various marble busts. Cuban revolutionary Captain Antonio Núñez Jiménez speaks at a microphone there with Castro seen on his left. Next scene shows Captain Antonio Núñez Jiménez meeting Russian Prime Minister Nikita S. Khrushchev (location not confirmed). The two men shake hands and other officials accompany them.