| Selected Originals - CUBANS DEMAND MORE EXECUTIONS | ||
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| Catalog #: | 530834 | |
| Clip Number: | 530834-1 | |
| Orginal Film: | 59/9 B | |
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| Location: | Havana, Cuba | |
| Year Shot: | 1959 (Actual Year) | |
| Audio: | Yes | |
| Color: | No | |
| Headings: | DEMONSTRATIONS: Misc. LOCATIONS/CARIBBEAN: Cuba, Havana PERSONALITIES: Castro, Fidel POLITICS: Political Party, Communist WAR & CONFLICT: Revolution, Cuba 1959 | |
| Description: | Use catalog # 520881 Selected Originals (offcuts, selected scenes, out-takes, rushes) CUBANS DEMAND MORE EXECUTIONS Huge crowds turn out to support Fidel Castro over execution of Batista followers. Several shots of massed crowds, some with flags and banners, in front of the Presidential palace in Havana, Cuba. Shots of Cuban troops in the seated area. One of the banners reads "Cuban Mothers Want The Execution of Murderers that Brought Our Children To Death". Fidel Castro and his henchmen are mobbed as they walk through the crowds. Castro on dais waving to the crowd who wave and cheer. Natural sound as Fidel Castro speaks to the crowd in Spanish. The crowd cheer when he has finished. | |
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