keywords: cuba, fidel castro, cuban revolution, president john f. kennedy, cuban missle crisis
Synopsis: In 1959 many Latin American leaders hailed Fidel Castro and the Cuban Revolution, but by 1963 the verdict was Castro had sold out to the Soviet Union and the Cuban Communist Party... (read more)
Scenes of the Cuban people celebrating the revolution and the men of the July 26th Movement entering Havana in 1959. Fidel Castro takes to the public square to tell the Cuban people what victory meant; a general election, a free press, land for the peasants, but first there had to be retributions.
Shows man killed by firing squad. Images of Provisional President Manuel Urrutia. Castro denounces Urrutia as a traitor. Soviet First Deputy Premier Anastas Mikoyan arrives in Cuba. Arms arrive in Cuba. 1960 Havana May Day Parade. Images of Fidel Castro and Kruschev, Castro at United Nations (UN).
Aerial reconnaissance of Cuban missile sites. President John F. Kennedy addresses the nation. Shows meeting of Organization of American States. American U-2 plane takes off to photo missile sites. American Task Force 136 at sea to intercept Soviet ships during the Cuban missile crisis in 1962.
