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Firing Squad Kills Cuban Officer

An officer in Cuban dictator Batista's army is shot to death by a firing squad after the revolution. The condemned man exits the back of a van. Shots show him standing and talking; his hands are tied together. A soldier unties his hands and the officer writes on a piece of paper. Shot shows the condemned man talking to soldiers as they stand in a field. MS shows firing squad lined up, pointing their rifles. The officer falls suddenly.



IdentifierCLIP-13833
Duration41 sec
GenreDocumentary
Date1959
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