Attack on the Americas! American-produced propaganda film highlighting the political strife & communist expansion in Central America / Caribbean Basin during the late 1970's / early 1980's.
Aftermath of Nicaragua civil war. Devastated urban landscape, dead bodies in streets, on porches
Aftermath of Nicaragua civil war. Refugees and peasants. Refugee camp tent. Orphans, babies in an orphanage.
Nicaragua civil war. Political prisoners, some are children.
Nicaragua. Sandinista work crews digging irrigation canal along rural road.
Nicaragua. Marchers with FSLN (Sandinista) banners. Men and women in civilian clothing parading with red and black FSLN banners and flags.
Nicaragua. Armed Sandinistas dressed in civilian clothing marching through city square in military fashion.
US Army Southern Commander Wallace H Nutting talking about the military threat from Central and South America. The Sandinista regular army and the reserve forces and the militia forces in Nicaragua now probably number somewhere in the neighborhood of 50 to 60,000 people.
Nicaragua. Soviet-Russian artillery on parade. Soviet issued helicopters in flight. Fidel Castro and Daniel Ortega reviewing a Sandinista military parade. Soviet issued tanks on parade. Soldiers marching in military parade. Fidel Castro saluting while standing next to Daniel Ortega during military review.