Title Summary:
Biography of Fidel Castro Ruz. Great 20th century historical & cultural footage of Cuba. Covers Batista's coup in 1933 & subsequent rise to power, Cuban Revolution of 1959, Bay of Pigs, Cuban Missile Crisis, etc.
TLSs several U.S. battleships in docked in harbor, sailors cleaning bow on one warship. MS host of U.S. sailors & marines getting off a boat, stepping onto dock. MSs Cuban night club signs (shot during the day): Sam Souci Nite Club Casino; Tropicana. MS uniformed US sailors sitting & drinking beer at an outdoor bar; CU sailor sporting waxed moustache & manicured goatee sipping beer, winking to pal. LS/MSs rural Cuban peasant farmers toiling in cane field, harvesting sugar cane with machetes.
Clip Description:
Biography of Fidel Castro Ruz. Great 20th century historical & cultural footage of Cuba. Covers Batista's coup in 1933 & subsequent rise to power, Cuban Revolution of 1959, Bay of Pigs, Cuban Missile Crisis, etc.
