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Early revolution in Cuba against Batista: The 153 attack on Moncada Barracks and the arrest and release of Fidel Castro in 1955.
26 July 1953: Cuban political leader Fidel Castro sends his men to the Moncada Barracks manned by the military garrison. His men are massacred and gunned down by the officers. The garrison Colonel Alberto, followed by his men. A crowd surrounds them. Officers with the uniforms of the killed revolutionaries who died in the 26th of July attempt, which becomes the rallying event for the revolution. An officer at a table while others stand around him as he is rewarded the General Star. Officials sign documents. The wounded from the barracks in a military hospital. Officers and officials attend the military honors ceremony for the dead officers and soldiers. Police keep a vigil and search cars on the streets. General Rafael Salas Canizares leads the hunt for conspirators and rebels. The General with other officers pose with the arms found during a search. Buildings bombed and wrecked by rebel saboteurs and guerrillas. Police Officers ocomb the island. Castro surrenders and is tried in 1953 along with his men. 1954: Other revolution fronts operating. A man signs a document surrounded by officials. Students demonstrate on the streets. A wounded on a litter and another on a hospital bed. 1955: Batista signs an appeasement and Castro, his brother Raul Castro, Melba Hernandez, Haydee Santamaria, and Castro's men are released. The brothers are greeted by their sister Lydia. Fidel Castro announces that he will leave the country to organize an invasion. People rejoice on the street.
Army soldiers and sailors march and captured weapons during a short battle on display in Saigon, South Vietnam.
Ngo Dinh Diem's Nationalist troops fire during a short battle in Saigon, South Vietnam. Wounded natives. Captured weapons on display. Nationalist Vietnamese soldiers stand and march. Vietnamese Army soldiers and sailors marching in South Vietnam, Indochina.
Saigon City Hall in Saigon, Vietnam.
The Saigon City Hall in Saigon Vietnam. A large picture of Premier Ngo Dinh Diem can be seen over the front entrance of the city hall (Số 86 Đ. Lê Thánh Tôn, Bến Nghé, Quận 1, Thành phố Hồ Chí Minh 710212, Vietnam). Motorists and cyclists pass by the hall entrance.
United Nations Security Council, 1955. Israeli envoy Abba Eban, Turkish envoy Salim Sarper, and UK envoy Sir Pierson Dixon
Turkey's ambassador to the UN, Salim Sarper, strikes a gavel, while seated at the delegate's table of the UN Security Council in New York, United States. Israeli delegate, Abba Eban is seen chatting with others. Abba Eban with British UN delegate, Sir Pierson Dixon, to his left. Scene of council room.
British relief operations to isolated Scottish communities during severe snow storms in 1955
An aircraft being loaded with fodder to be dropped to Scottish Highland communities isolated by snow storms and in need of feed for livestock. Plane takes off and flies over a snow covered region. Two members of the flight crew throw bales of fodder. from an aircraft hatch. A Royal Navy helicopter Refuels from 55 gallon drum.. Helicopters are seen flying relief sorties back and forth from HMS Glory.
American children being vaccinated against polio in 1955
Children given polio vaccination en masse in the United States. A doctor administers a vaccination. Nurses put ointment on hands of the children to be vaccinated. Mothers carry their children for polio vaccination. A boy smiles after his vaccination. A girl hugs the nurse as she is being vaccinated by a doctor. A nurse takes the medicine into a syringe from a bottle. A nurse applies heat to sterilize syringe needle before extracting vaccine from a vial. The children being vaccinated one after another.
