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  1. Havana Crowds Cheer ‘Mauretania"

    Date other
    1 Mar 1930
    Series name
    Gaumont Graphic
    NoS ID
    384845
    Extras
    1 film clip

    NfO synopsis: SS Mauretania - visiting Havana

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  2. Cuba and the Cold War Collection: From Revolution to Missile Crisis (2009)

    Subject
    History

    At the height of the Cold War, on 1 January 1959, a guerrilla army led by Fidel Castro defeated the US-backed Batista government. Attempts by the US government to undermine Castro’s new administration,...

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  3. 25th anniversary of Castro’s victory over Batista (1984)

    Genre
    Interview; News report

    Report (from Havana) on the twenty-fifth anniversary of Cuban President Fidel Alejandro Castro Ruz coming to power by overthrowing President Fulgencio Batista. Trainee pharmacist Oscar Alcalde was there at...

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  4. Castro on the Ball - Havana

    Date released
    3 Aug 1959
    Series name
    Pathe News
    Issue no
    59/62
    NoS ID
    108739
    Story no
    4 / 6
    Extras
    1 film clip, 1 commentary sheet, 1 cameraman dope sheet, 1 shot list

    Revolutionary leader plays baseball before admiring crowd.

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  5. Cubans Demand More Executions - Havana

    Date released
    29 Jan 1959
    Series name
    Pathe News
    Issue no
    59/9
    NoS ID
    108473
    Story no
    3 / 5
    Extras
    1 film clip, 1 commentary sheet, 1 cameraman dope sheet, 1 shot list

    Tremendous crowds cheer Fidel Castro.

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  6. High Waves Pound Sea Wall At Havana

    Date other
    11 Oct 1929
    Series name
    Gaumont Graphic
    NoS ID
    386713
    Extras
    1 film clip

    NfO synopsis: Huge waves attack sea wall and threaten to flood water front properties in Havana, Cuba.

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  7. New Recruits March Past

    Date released
    1 Jun 1942
    Series name
    Pathe Gazette
    Issue no
    42/44
    NoS ID
    099467
    Extras
    1 film clip, 1 commentary sheet, 1 shot list

    In Havana army and navy recruits march past in parade.

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  8. Amazing Rescue

    Date released
    24 Oct 1955
    Series name
    British Movietone News
    Issue no
    1377
    NoS ID
    020461
    Story no
    3 / 7

    MOVIETONE CARD TITLE: Havana Blast. DESCRIPTION: A gas leak and an explosion was the cause of buildings being wrecked in Havana, the capital of Cuba. SHOTLIST: CU rescuers at work in debris. SCU men with...

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  9. Enthusiastic welcome given American President as he attends the Pan-American conference in Havana.

    Date other
    31 Jan 1928
    Series name
    Gaumont Graphic
    NoS ID
    386048
    Extras
    1 film clip

    NfO synopsis: ENTHUSIASTIC OVATION GIVEN TO PRESIDENT AS HE ATTENDS THE PAN-AMERICAN CONFERENCE IN HAVANA

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  10. Fire in Havana

    Date released
    6 Feb 1958
    Series name
    British Movietone News
    Issue no
    1496A
    NoS ID
    022198
    Story no
    6 / 7

    MOVIETONE CARD TITLE: Oil Fire. DESCRIPTION: An oil fire, in the middle of 14 storage tanks holding petrol and high octane gas, in Havana’s biggest refinery. In the balance were 30 million dollars worth of...

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