| Haitian Crisis: Americans Leave As War Threatens | ||
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| This clip is not available for streaming at this time. Please contact WPA. | Tape Master: | 1710 |
| Catalog #: | 362140 | |
| Clip Number: | 362140-1 | |
| Orginal Film: | 036-039-01 | |
| Timecode: | 00:37:11 - 00:38:38 | |
| Location: | Haiti | |
| Year Shot: | 1963 (Actual Year) | |
| Audio: | Yes | |
| Color: | No | |
| Headings: | GOVERNMENT: Dictatorship INTERNATIONAL RELATIONS: Misc. LOCATIONS/CARIBBEAN: Haiti WAR & CONFLICT: Evacuation WAR & CONFLICT: Misc | |
| Description: | Port-Au-Prince, capital of Haiti, is a city seething under martial law as President Duvalier (Papa Doc) faces both insurrection and the threat of invasion from the Dominican Republic. Hundreds of Americans are evacuated after warning from the U.S. State Department. Meanwhile, underground forces are working against Haitian President Francois Duvalier and threaten to topple the dictator. Haiti Aerial shot of Port Au Prince capital of Haiti. CUS - Hundreds of Americans are being evacuated and are waiting for their flights at the airport. MS - Pan American plane sitting on the tarmac waiting to take on her passengers back to the states. VUS - American families embarking on the plane waving good-bye to their husbands and fathers. MS - Interior of the fuselage loaded with mothers and children on their way to Florida. CUS - A Woman wiping her tears away as she leaves her husband behind. MS - Americans disembarking from the plane that just landed in Florida. MS - Naval nurses assigned to help the moms who have more than one child to take care of. MCUS - A family of children standing together with their mother. | |
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