Officers Besieged in Havana Are Shelled

Series

Series Name

British Movietone News

Issue

Issue No.

227A

Date Released

12 Oct 1933

Stories in this Issue:

1. 1Reichstag Fire Trial is Moved to Berlin
2. 2Giant RAF Machines Has Shell-Firing Gun
3. 3Officers Besieged in Havana Are Shelled
4. 4Gordon Richards is First in Moke Race
5. 5Lord Lloyd States Case for Air Might
6. 6The Mollisons Meet Ill Luck in Canada

Story

Story No. within this Issue

3 / 6

Summary

MOVIETONE CARD TITLE: Officers in Havana Are Shelled. DESCRIPTION: Recalcitrants refusing to acknowledge new regime are under fire in hotel during Cuban riots. SHOTLIST: Long shot of Hotel with fire coming from windows. Soldiers lying on ground firing at Hotel. Elevated shots of people in streets running around. Shot of Hotel.

Keywords

Politics and government; Buildings and structures; Weapons; Riots; Military

Footage sources

Movietone

Card file number

2619

Length of story (in feet)

57

Story extras:

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