Anti-Batista Anger Grows
Anti-Batista unrest grows in Cuba in 1957. Establishing shot shows a Cuban city, evidently Santiago de Cuba. Soldiers and police mill around in a street. A man points out bullet holes in the windshield of a car, probably where rebel leader Frank Pais was assassinated. CU shows the bullet-ridden windshield. WS shows a coffin lifted above a crowd. Someone gestures emotionally in a doorway at Pais' funeral. CUs show women at the funeral chanting for vengeance. Brief shot shows police standing next to bodies of dead rebels. CU shows a corpse. An overexposed shot shows the body of farmer hanging from a tree.
Identifier | CLIP-13790 |
Duration | 38 sec |
Genre | Documentary |
Date | July 30 1957 |
Keywords | Frank Pais, vintage, Fulgencio Batista, Latin America, woman, bullet holes, fifites, City, cities, revolution, Cuba, protests, demonstration, leaders, anti-Batista, student leaders, Vintage, city, demonstrators, latin america, bodies, Woman, history, cuban, coffins, funerals, Santiago de Cuba, Demonstration, Cuban, protester, Cuban revolution, corpses, cuba, rebels, guerrillas, women, cars, History, cuban revolution, windshield, assassinations |