13167_8924_cuba
1961
B&W
”Latin America Cuba” Fidel Castro smokes a cigar and stands with Che Guevara as the narrator says that Cuba moves towards total Communism after a US backed invasion attempt, the “Bay of Pigs Invasion.” Cuban Foreign Minister Raul Roja speaks to the UN about invasion. Cubans flee Cuba for the United States on an airplane. Cuban exiles train in a Guatemala camp. Guerilla fighters in Cuba. Miro Cardona, leader of the Cuban exiles. Scenes from invasion attempt shown on TV. The narrator says that Castro announces that he is setting up the Cuban government without elections similar to Russia.