| Cuban Flee Castro: Scores Land In US Daily | ||
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| This clip is not available for streaming at this time. Please contact WPA. | Tape Master: | 1741 |
| Catalog #: | 426798 | |
| Clip Number: | 426798-1 | |
| Orginal Film: | 038-083-01 | |
| Timecode: | 00:13:25 - 00:15:18 | |
| Location: | Flordia | |
| Year Shot: | 1965 (Actual Year) | |
| Audio: | Yes | |
| Color: | No | |
| Headings: | IMMIGRATION: To USA from Cuba LOCATIONS/NORTH AMERICA: USA, Florida TRANSPORTATION/BOATS & SHIPS: Misc WAR & CONFLICT/COLD WAR: Cuba WAR & CONFLICT/COLD WAR: Defector | |
| Description: | The vanguard of 50,000 Cuban refugees expected to land in the next few weeks arrive in Florida. The unpredictable Castro suddenly decided that those who wished could leave Cuba and before the emigration got underway officially, scores crossed the Straits to Key West and Miami. President Johnson has asked Congress for an additional $12.5 million dollars to care for the new residents. Boat arriving with Cuban refugees. High Angle Medium shot - Refugees standing on the back of the boat. Young men in their 20's and 30's a few women and children. Mother with her children, families, men with their children and older couples. A fishing boat from Cuba arriving with more refugees. The fishing boat pulls up to a pier and the Coast Guard is at the ready waiting to assist them. A little boy sucking on a toy. Older woman with a younger woman behind her. School age girl and boy. Grammar school boy. Grammar school girl. Coast guard boat pulling up to the pier. People (Cuban Refugees) standing on the deck of the ship. People disembarking from the ship. Refugees loading school busses. More refugees getting on a school busses waving at the camera man as they get on board. | |
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