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220554 00:54:39 - 00:57:04 1928 ? B/W SIL
Coolidge is Honored by Cheering Cubans.
Key West, Florida, President and party board the battleship Texas for the trip
to Havana. Battleship at
sea.
Church services on board. Sailors
dancing.
00:55:25 Other VIPs on board Fletcher, Kellogg, Wilbur, Admiral Wiley and
Charles Evans Hughes.
00:55:31 Approaching Cuba, lighthouse. Tracking shot of crowds on shore.
00:56:13 The two president Coolidge and Machado y Morales in open top car.
00:56:32 National Theatre for the meeting of the Pan-American Congress. Exterior shots, arrivals.
00:56:52 Coolidge addresses Congress.
LN
501-538
Including: 14:13:04 Si. 24Dec30 Havana, Cuba horse race;
220703 21:51:07 - 21:54:48 1930 b/w Si
Havana - Fair - Batista Giving Gifts
Ferris Wheel, merry-go-round & other rides at fair. Armless man & 2 women. Batista
& others giving gifts to orphans. Parade of costumed people, followed by kids in uniform marching past
reviewing stand. Batista
playing with doll as women give gifts.
220703 21:57:28
- 22:08:43 1930s b/w Si
Cuba - Orchestra Playing - Resort
Latin Orchestra playing in night club as people watch from tables. Lights of Hotel & art deco
decorations. Large formal dining
room. Dancers in black tie. People
talking at dinner tables. Tourists.
22:01:37 Casino de la Playa
Neon. Floor show dancers &
band behind. Latin acrobatic. Trombone player. Other musicians in MCU. Couples dancing. Floor show. Night lights & traffic at night. Cubano-American Exposicion in neon;
other neon lists of clubs. Kids
costumes in windows, store windows with Santa Claus picture appliances. Department store. Street scene at night. Dolls in shop window. Time lapse / Speeded up night scenes of traffic. Sloppy Joes sign.
22:07:10 Daytime street scenes. Street photographer. Pan-American Amphibious plane arriving.
220703 22:08:59
- 22:13:27 1930s b/w Si
[Cuba - Havana Airport & Street Scenes]
Pan-Am arrival, tourists along dock. View of another sea plane arriving, 4 motor. Airport & 2 motor plane arriving, taxiing on grass.
Towed past airport.
22:12:03 Bar interior w/ waiters & bar tenders working. Street scene outside Sloppy Joes. Traffic. Man selling dolls to people in car.
220703 22:13:47 - 22:24:21 1930s b/w Si
[Havana Street Scenes] inc.
Man selling barracuda fish on bridge in Cuba as cars past. LS of bridge & traffic w/ city
behind. People in park feeding ducks. Large buildings in Havana. Vendors in market w/ stalls, horses & wagons. People shopping. Live chickens. 2-stack liner leaving harbour past
light house & Morro Castle. High angle street scene of Capitol & other government
buildings. Windy day w/ canvas
over vendors. Market
activity. Storm & waves
against seawall. Traffic down
large streets. Ornate church architecture. w/ statues. Street scenes in old part. Capitol building. Government
buildings. Narrow street w/
trolley. Palm lined broad
mall. Golfers on course w/
caddies. churches & old
architecture. Cuban army marching
into fort. Horses & jockeys in
front of grandstand at race track.
220703 22:24:41 - 22:33:34 1930s b/w Si
[Cuba - Rural Countryside & Native People Dancing]
Rural Cuba. Village. Man digging grave (flipped). People riding horses & burros. Past thatched houses. Man climbing tall
palm with rope. Women w/ 2
children; Boys eating sugar cane. CU of old man. Woman dancing as men play drums & people watch. Couple dancing.
220809 14:46:31 - 14:54:24 1930s ? B/W SIL
[Cuba - Havana Travelogue]
Horses at race track preparing for race. View from grandstand. People, mostly women sitting at tables. Good for 1930s fashion.
11:49:12 Aerial of city, golf course, large estates. POV plane landing. Aerial over coastline with fort.
221089 17:53:31 - 17:55:00 1933 B/W SIL
Army Quells Rioters As New Cuban Cabinet Meets On Debt
Crisis
Havana, Cuba - VIPs enter Capitol building as agitated crowd watch. Delegates and statesmen gathered inside
palace - waving to crowd from
balcony. Cabinet poses for
picture. Cuban warship in
harbour. Riots not seen.
221541 03:30:24
- 03:31:33 1934 B/W SIL Armed
Forces Join To Celebrate The Accord Between U.S. And Cuba
03:30:33 Overhead shot of navy
ship in harbor. View from water w/
small boats around.
03:30:44 Aerial over Havana &
Capitol Building.
03:30:49 U.S. Naval Admiral
Freeman & officers into Capitol. Int. w/ officials in suits.
03:31:01 On reviewing stand w/
Cuban officials reviewing ??. Batista & others watching troops on parade ground.
03:31:14 Mess hall & Cuban
soldiers & officers eating. MCO Col. Batista toasting American officer w/ wine glass.
1934 Military Goodwill Visit; USA; Latin America; Hispanic; Dictator;
Diplomacy;
221089 18:03:36 - 18:04:20 1934 B/W SIL
Highlights In The News - Grau San Martin
Grau San Martin, Cuba’s President. Protest in street.
VIPs enter Capitol building as agitated crowd watch. Delegates and statesmen gathered inside palace - waving to crowd from balcony of
Capitol.
(similar but not same footage as previous item).
220622 22:20:31 - 22:21:08 1934 B/W si
Warring Groups Back Mendieta As 4 Nations Recognize Cuban
Govt.
Crowds in street as man & large flag moved through street. Shot from balcony. Then down with man & daughters.
221089 18:15:46
- 18:16:32 1934 B/W SIL
[Cuba Honours Battleship Maine]
Ceremony at monument to victims of USS Maine - wreath from President Roosevelt
of the United States. Plane flies
past.
221049 19:50:35 - 19:51:02 1934 B/W SD
Cuba
High angle views of Havana square w/ optical effect; crowds of people pushed
back by cops on sidewalks, lawns & streets near Capital building. Bodies laying on sidewalk. Riot & people running in front of
machine guns. Soldiers behind
cars.
220884 00:57:45 - 01:00:03 1935 ? B/W SIL
New Cuban President Jose A. Barnet Vinajeras
President and members of government. Military officers. Priest. Military officers. Elderly politician with white
moustache.
00:59:04 Crowds line streets watching military parade. New President with
military?
220571 22:17:56 - 22:25:41 1936 ? B/W Si
Southward to the Sun Reel 4
Including: 22:21:55 –
22:23:49 Havana - Cuba - tracking
shot city showing imposing buildings. The Capitol building. Beautiful building which houses telephone exchange. Maine monument. Casino exterior - famous fountain with
naked statues. Presidential
palace. Morro Castle - lighthouse
and entrance to harbour.
220809 14:13:55
- 14:20:32 1937 B/W SIL
[New Year's Eve - Party]
Havana. Glamorous people in
evening dress arrive. Interiors parties at tables, couples dancing, couples at
tables drinking
14:17:37 People gambling at casino tables. Roulette. Dancing and celebrating,
floorshow (barely visible)
220769 03:07:12 - 03:07:40 1939 B/W SIL
[SS St. Louis w/ Jewish Refugees in Cuba Harbor]
LS of ship with passengers on board. Name of ship on hull. People on dock look at St Louis.
220597 03:00:08 - 03:05:08 1940 B/W Sd
Cordell Hull at Pan-American Conference. re Gateways to
Panama
Conference room - various shots delegates. Secretary of State Cordell Hull with
wife arriving in Havana by boat. Car leaving. Cordell Hull
and wife standing with VIP. Cordell Hull and President Dr Fedarico Laredo Bru
greeting delegates (all wearing white suits except Hull) Conference in session. Cordell Hull signs treaty . Hull and
others boarding ship. CU Hull speaking - says he is happy to
be back in Cuba after many years - conference of Foreign Ministers of the
American Republics - working together in their common interest.
220597 03:05:09
- 03:06:45 1940 B/W Si
Cuba - Nation Celebrates Independence Day
Military band in parade. Colonel Batista in grandstand reviewing military
parade.
03:05:55 Batista quits army to
seek Presidency
Colonel Batista pinning medals on military personnel . Troops marching in
parade.
220481 04:42:42 - 04:43:20 1942 B/W SD
Big Flood In Havana Causes Heavy Damage
Flooded streets of Havana after heavy rains - cars and people knee-deep and
shoulder-deep in water. Mounted policeman with child. People swim and dive
220902 02:11:37 - 02:20:59 1944 B/W SIL
[Batista At Military Review]
Cuba - Fulgencio Batista Zaldívar
in stand watching troops parade. Military band on city square. Crowd watches cavalry, Women troops and others.
220471 07:57:48 - 07:58:45 1945 B/W SD
Violent West Indies Hurricane Strike Cuba and Florida
Havana: hurricane wind in streets. Flooded city. Destruction. Wrecked boat.
07:58:22 Florida: hurricane wind
in palm trees. Huge waves crash on
shore and over bridge. People in
windy street. Citrus grove with
ruined crop.
180354 02:40:15 - 02:40:49 1947 B/W Si
Lucky Luciano in Cuba
Various close ups smiling Luciano flanked by two men.
221308 13:00:59
- 13:11:04 1950 B/W SD
Cuba: The
Land And The People
Coronet Films
Rocky field & peasants walking &
on horse across, hillside & thatched houses behind. Palm trees & tropical coast w/
mountains beyond. People walk along
a road; CU of spanish descendents, slave descendents & others. Map of Cuba in Caribbean & North
& South America. Arrows show
sea lanes to Panama Canal.
13:02:52 Santiago, tilt down church, streets & fortifications in
harbor. Ship entering harbor. San Juan Hill w/ monument w/ statue
& Cuban flag. Beach. Map showing highway from Santiago to
Havanna. People boarding bus,
multi-ethnic races. Bus thru
farmland.
13:04:32 Small iron manganese mine w/ men shoveling. Crane at sawmill moving mahogany
trees. Bus passing thru fields of
sugar cane. CU, men cutting w/
machetes, load stalks into truck & it leaves. Men walk to homes; wife, daughters & banana trees. Everyone into hut.
13:06:44 LS Sugar factor & cane on conveyor into factory. Large tanks, men take bags & stack
w/ labels showing USA destination.
13:07:27 Pineapple fields, men harvesting w/ knife. Men harvest tobacco from under
netting. Men rolling large cigars
by hand in factory w/ foreman supervising & measuring. Ext. of factory in Havana & street
activity, traffic, boulevards, University. Capital building.
13;09:11 Swimmers & families on beach. Car & family driving thru Havana w/ POV from car. Statue of Jose Marti; Columbus
Cathedral. Havana docks &
trucks beside ships. Morro Castle
w/ small sailboat & people along seawall. Views from hilltop; montage of mahogany, pineapple, tobacco
& sugar. The End.
221054 06:54:30 - 06:54:53 1954 B/W SD
News In Brief: Cuba
US Air Force visits Cuba after tour of Central & South America - ‘Wings
Over The Americas’: top shot
crowds line beach in Havana? - aircraft fly over airport in formation - ‘Aeropuerto Batista’ sign on
control tower. MS President
Batista watching display w/ aides - smiling & clapping. Jet flies above US flag.
USAF. Military Aviation.
220808 13:15:12 - 13:16:16 1956 B/W SD
New Missile May Replace Navy’s Guns
Navy Terrier missile fired from USS Boston at sea.
Guided missiles. Integrated
weapons system.
220158 10:11:51 - 10:16:17 1958 B/W SIL
Havana Scenes - Casinos
Gambling, people at tables, roulette, women in furs. Men and women play one arm bandits / slot machines. Dice. Pontoon.
220293 12:54:30 - 12:55:35 1961 B/W Sd
Hemingway Obit.
Ernest Hemingway in Cuba receiving medal. Hemingway on airfield next to small plane with others.
220293 13:24:50 - 13:25:14 1962 B/W Sd
25 Years Ago - Cuba celebrates 42nd anniversary of
independence from Spain. - Military parade - crowds on streets - troops on
horse back and foot.
220917 00:42:11 - 00:51:15 1964 - 1967 COL&B/W SD
Pursuit of Peace
Montage aid programmes - cargo ship unloaded - medical care in Africa - inoculations
- construction work - education - Peace Corp volunteers. UN peace keeping troops in Middle
East? UN Special forces military
training - patrol walking through river. Mass parachute drop.
00:44:13 Vietnam war - Troops
firing machine guns and rifles - helicopters fly in formation - battle scenes -
jungle fighting. Casualty
airlifted out by chopper. Helicopter crashed in field, troops running for cover.
00:45:14 Switzerland - Colour - UN
flag flying - mural on ceiling of UN building. United Nations meeting to discuss Nuclear arms treaty. CU
various delegates including William Foster for US - Russian delegate - Lord
Chalfont for UK - empty chair for
France. Russian delegate Sarobkin?
speaking. Later at press briefing
Russian representative says Soviet
Union favours full discussion with US to stop spread of Nuclear weapons. Foster speaking re urgency of treaty.
00:47:44 Foster stands in park overlooking Lake Geneva. Flock of seagulls.
00:48:28 Girl folk singer Judy Collins (?) at peace demonstration in
Washington. Huge crowds watch in
silence as she sings.
00:49:32 Montage children of all nationalities playing and laughing. Kids standing next to radar scanner.
Close shots children’s faces, some happy, some sad.
00:50:16 Interior missile silo crew room at Minuteman Missile Base, Malmstrom
AFB, Montana - two man crew at consoles. 24 hour clock.
220757 22:17:59 - 22:20:08 1964 B/W SD
OAS Meets On Cuba - US Seeks Censure of Castro regime
Organisation of American States meeting at Pan-American Union .
Exteriors Pan-American Union building. South American ministers out of cars. Dean Rusk out
of car.
Cuban-American exiles w/ flags march. Mounted policeman controls protesters. Signs “Free Cuba”. Dean Rusk. Conference table with ministers seated
and audience around.
X 221523 18:46:40
- 18:57:31 1960s
late B/W SD Isle of Youth (no main title)
The Newsreel - Radical Documentary - re Cuban community farm
Women & get off truck laughing. Stills young people working on farm; crates of apples; loading plants
onto cart and tractor pulling off w/ load.
18:48:07 Stills Cuban
children. Kids playing at outdoor
nursery. Women & men
harvesting by hand (not sugar). Young people clap hands, drum & sing. Women working w/ cuttings, wrapping. T-shirt ‘Siempre se puede mas”.
18:49:49 Clearing ground for
agriculture w/ bulldozers. V.O. re
past use of island by Americans. Egg packing. Milking
cows. Hoeing & planting in
field.
18:51:40 Community center. Man reading, men play dominos, women’s
and men’s dance classes intercut w/ men planting. Large tents for visiting volunteer families. Cutting grass w/ scythe. Workers served food at lunchtime. Fat man with cigar dancing. People listen to live music.
18:55:11 Classroom & adult
students. Prison where Castro was
jailed transformed into hydraulic engineering institute w/ students in class,
doing construction work on building; military drill.
18:56:51 Still photos of armed
women; crowd cheering & holding USSR Soviet flags. Still of
Castro. Title: Filmed in Cuba by the Newsreel.
Propaganda; Volunteers; Revolutionary Movement; Newsreel Films; 1960s;
X 221171 21:04:58 - 21:15:38 1971 B/W Sd
(Russian trk)
Russian News of the Day 1962 #37 September
Including:
21:04:58 – 21:07:00 “Warning
to Aggressors’. Moscow, factory
workers in anti-American meeting in support of Cuba, CU workers, factory
workers Anti-American speech (SOF), applause. Leningrad, factory worker’s protest meeting, placards in
support for Cuba, speaker on podium, applause, high angle people & crowds.
And: 21:11:30 - 21:12:07 Odessa port, big crowds greet Soviet liner returning from
Havana w/ 400 Cuban students on board coming to study for a year, CU Cuban men, big crowds applaud, cheer.
The following items are available on viewing tape
– please allow 4-5 weeks for masters.
17May30 Si.
Cuban military
cadets do cavalry stunts
20Aug31 Si
Federals capture
rebel chief after sea pursuit, Havana, Cuba
24Aug31 Si
chiefs return to
Havana, Cuba
02Nov31 Si.
Cuban exile draws
political cartoons
07Dec31
Wine drinking
capacity contest, Havana, Cuba
08Feb32 Si
Earthquake in
Santiago, Cuba
17Nov32 Si.
Cuba,
Machado mobilizes help after hurricane strikes island
29Dec32 Si.
Cubans
play annual lottery
09Aug33 Si
.
Cuban
rioters
14Aug33 Si.
Cuban
Pres Machado flees
08Sep33 Si.
US
marines to Cuba after riot crisis
18Sep33 Si.
Demand
US boycott of Cuba
02Oct33 Si.
Cuban
army fight Communist rebels
23Nov33 Si/Sd
LaGuardia
visits Havana, Cuba
03Dec33
Ambassador
Welles returns to Cuba
17Dec33 Si.
Cuban
workers and president Grau
18Jan34 Si.
Hevia
Sworn in amid riots as Col. Batista dictates Cuba’s fate
29Jan34 Si.
Col
Batista hosts US Navy officers to celebrate US-Cuba accord
12Feb34 Si.
Strikers
bomb Cuban Electric Company
02May34 Si.
Cuban
police break up demonstrations
06May34 Si.
Cuban
troops kill students in Havana riots
21May34 Si.
Cuban
Ex-pres. Returns
21Jun34 Si.
Thousands
march in Havana Cuba parade
14Oct34 Si.
Cuba's
Colonel Batista decorated
07Nov34 Si.
Carl
Laemmle, Jr visits Batista in Cuba
03Dec34
Cuban
students demonstrate
07Feb35 Si.
Festival
for poor children in Havana, Cuba
11Mar35 Si.
State
of war declared in Cuba, revolution
13May35 Si.
Colonel
Batista’s firing squad executes Cuban rebel
02Oct35 Si.
Hurricane
damage in Cuba
16Dec35
Mendieta
resigns in Cuba
06Jan36
Old
building crumbles, Cuba.|
04May38 Sd.
Miss
Cuba 1938
06Jul38 Si.
Cubans
celebrate July 4th
01Feb39 Si.
Batista
sails for Mexico from Cuba
27May39 Sd.
Cuba
celebrates independence anniversary (Si.)
08Nov39 Si.
Batista
feted by 100,000 Cubans
22Jul40 Sd.
Hull
arrives in Cuba for Pan-American Conference
24Jul40 Si.
Pan-American
conference in Cuba
09Oct40 Sd.
US
marines shipped off to Cuba for training
06Feb41 Si.
Batista
foils Cuban Revolution
20Feb41 Si.
Brooklyn
Dodgers begin Spring Training in Cuba
31Aug44 Sd.
Cuba's Grau San Martin &
China's Koo arrive
25Jul46 Sd.
US
and Cuba sign sugar agreement.|
09Dec48 Sd.
Cuba Pres. Prio to DC w/ Truman
13Mar52 Sd.
Batista
takes over Cuba, Pres. Prio Socarras ousted
27Oct52 Sd.
Cuban hurricane
27Feb58 Sd.
Cuban
rebels kidnap racing star before race
26Jan59
Showcase justice in Cuban sports
arena
04May59
Cuban
rebels invade Panama’s beachhead and surrender in one week
11May59
Cuba
and Batista
26Oct59 Si?
Anti-revolution leaflets dropped on
Cuba
07Mar60 Sd.
Havana, Cuba munitions plant blast
11Aug60 Sd.
Cuba holds mock funeral for
telephone company
10Oct63 Sd
Haiti & Cuba hit by Hurricane Flora
17Feb64 Sd.
U.S. supplies water to Guantanamo Base, Cuba during drought.
22Feb65 Sd.
Cuba rations Guantanamo water
15Nov65
US evacuates Cubans
11Apr66 Sd,
Cruise liner Viking Princess hit by fire and taken to Guantanamo Bay, Cuba
26Sep67 (no sd on ref tape)
Organization of American States protested by anti-Castro demonstrators
231' Si.
Cuba demonstration & parade for Caffrey Domingo. #03 01:48:20|
Sd.?
Cuba elections.
Si.
Carnival w/ kids & side-show in Cuba & Batista giving out gifts
Si.
5) Newspaper bombing, prob. Cuba, wounded in hospital.
Si.
Cuba students march to honor Independence Martyrs. 01:39:54|
Si.
1) Pres. Gomez impeached; 2) New President of Cuba. 00:00:00|
Si.
f) Navy in dress uniforms marching & at flag raising, Havana, Cuba; Battle of Maine Anniversary, Havana, Cuba & monument, Batista reviewing troops. Crowds of kids w/ flags running, climb monuments. 00:24:56|
Si.
Batista' VIPS into town, people waving. Cuba & flag, Batista on stand. 00:02:48|.
Si.
Batista takes over Cuban army. 00:54:58|
Sd.
Cuban sugar for UNRRA to Europe loaded on ships. W/ San Martin. 00:01:56|
Sd.
Joint Session of Congress. Marines Color Guard. Truman speaks on 50th Anniversary of Cuban Independence. Cuban ?? speaks. (GOOD) 00:55:16|
Si.
4) Joint Session re Cuban Independence anniversary. 01:05:53|
Si.
1) Hurricane, bad weather Havana, Cuba.. 2) Damage of hurricane (GOOD but microspotting in parts of both). FF 03.45.49.
Sd. (French)
United Nations Security Council. (English) Austin speaks of resolution on Korea brought by Cuba, etc. w/ US. 01:50:35|
Sd./Si.
12) Soldiers & troops w/ tanks guarding streets of Cuba (?)01:33:14|
Si.
1) Cuba & crowd trying to get into ?? Batista at mics w/ radio reporters. Speaks (si.)
Sd.
United Nations w/ Henry Cabot Lodge speaking re letters from OAS & Cuba . Guatemala delegates arrive, speaks (Spanish). USSR delegate speaks. 00:53:09|
1940
Si. Pan
American Conf., Havana, Cuba
Si. Sep44 Visit of Pres. Elect of Cuba Dr. Ramon
Grau San Martin arrives at Independence Monument, Mexico City w/ Foreign
Minister Padilla. Girls from
primary school in Oaxaca standing guard at flame. Grau leaving along with army trucks to reception at Mexican
Foreign Relations office. Russian
Amb. Oumansky and many others. See
card for names. 01:51:21|
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