Budget Films

Stock Footage

Failed Raid Against Batista

Grisly footage shows corpses of anti-Batista raiders who failed to overrun a Cuban army barracks in Matanzas in April, 1956. Various shots show soldiers on patrol. An officer describes the scene to civilians and soldiers. Shot of the hood of a truck riddled with bullet holes.



IdentifierCLIP-13772
Duration26 sec
GenreDocumentary
DateApril 29 1956
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