Cuba And Castro: First Films From Behind Rebel Lines
Cuba And Castro: First Films From Behind Rebel Lines
First films from the mountain stronghold of Cuban rebel leader Fidel Castro, made just before fighting erupted across the island. Scenes show the ragged but determined rebel band in their daily life, making their own weapons, and waging the sabotage campaign that paralyzed all of Oriente Province. Fidel Castro and his ragged force gathered around him. MCUS - Castro wearing glasses speaking to some of his people, one lady is holding a baby. MS - Castro's men in a jungle work-shop making some of their weapons. CUS - Some of the home-made grenades - they have wicks sticking out of them. The resemble a huge firecracker. MCUS - Men working at a Mimeograph Machine printing out propaganda. MCUS - Another of Castro's men sitting at a radio sending and receiving messages. MS - Two men eating some kind of meat that has been cooked outside. MS - Castro briefing his men from a map laying on a make shift table. MCUS - Fidel Castro's rebel army, sitting with their rifles in hand and smiling. MCUS - Fidel Castro standing with some of his army men dressed in army fatigues and holding rifles. MS - Fidel Castro stand with his men in the midst of a Cuban jungle. MS - Fidel Castro coming up a hill holding his rifle and his men are following him. MS to MCUS - Fidel Castro fighting in the jungles of Cuba. From the ground up looking at Fidel Castro and his rifle in hand. CUS - Fulgencio Batista and his family.