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Wide shot Moncada Barracks 2. Medium shot Batista soldiers entering barracks3. Medium same4. Wide shot soldiers standing over rebel bodies5. Pan...\u003c/span\u003e\n\u003cspan class='full-description hide'\u003eSantiago/Havana, Cuba - 22 July 2003  \u0026amp;  26 July 1953 \u0026amp; 15 May 1955\u003cbr/\u003e26 July 1953:\u003cbr/\u003e1. Wide shot Moncada Barracks \u003cbr/\u003e2. Medium shot Batista soldiers entering barracks\u003cbr/\u003e3. Medium same\u003cbr/\u003e4. Wide shot soldiers standing over rebel bodies\u003cbr/\u003e5. Pan Left interior Modelo Prison, Isla de Pinos (Fidel and Raul served time there)\u003cbr/\u003e15 May 1955:\u003cbr/\u003e6. Medium shot Fidel Castro released from prison\u003cbr/\u003e7. Medium shot Raul Castro embracing family members\u003cbr/\u003e8. Medium shot Castro embracing family\u003cbr/\u003e22 July 2003:\u003cbr/\u003e9. Wide shot entrance to city of Santiago\u003cbr/\u003e10.Wide exterior Moncada barracks\u003cbr/\u003e11. Medium shot bullet holes on wall\u003cbr/\u003e12. Close up bullet holes\u003cbr/\u003e13. Wide shot Moncada vets visiting cemetery in Santiago\u003cbr/\u003e14. Various same\u003cbr/\u003e15. SOUNDBITE (Spanish) Gilberto Garces, Mocada Veteran:\u003cbr/\u003e\"We did it for our people and it was worth it. It represents a lot to the world, not just Cuba.\"\u003cbr/\u003e16. Medium guard saluting tomb\u003cbr/\u003e17. Close up Moncada vet saluting\u003cbr/\u003e18. Medium Moncada vets standing and paying respects\u003cbr/\u003e19. Medium Moncada vet arranging wreath\u003cbr/\u003e20. SOUNDBITE (Spanish)Alejandro Ferra, Moncada Veteran:\u003cbr/\u003e\"We opened the road to rescue freedom and sovereignty for our people.\"\u003cbr/\u003eMay 2002:\u003cbr/\u003e21. Medium shot Jimmy Carter meeting with dissidents\u003cbr/\u003e22. Medium dissidents leaving meeting, including Gustavo Arcos Bernes (glasses)\u003cbr/\u003e22 July 2003:\u003cbr/\u003e23. Medium Arcos Bernes at birdcage\u003cbr/\u003e24. Medium same\u003cbr/\u003e25. SOUNDBITE (Spanish) Gustavo Arcos Bernes, Moncada Veteran and\u003cbr/\u003eDissident:\u003cbr/\u003e\"He (Castro) was brief. He said: 'We are beginning the rebellion. We are\u003cbr/\u003egoing to take the Moncada Barracks.' The barracks are the second largest\u003cbr/\u003efort on the island. He said:'we're going to'. He always speaks like\u003cbr/\u003ethat; it's done! It's over!, etc. People may say: 'but wait a minute.' \u003cbr/\u003e'No, it's done!'\"\u003cbr/\u003e26. Close up birds in cage\u003cbr/\u003e27. SOUNDBITE (Spanish) Gustavo Arcos Bernes, Moncada Veteran and Dissident:\u003cbr/\u003e\"I see it as a betrayal. He betrayed all of us. We didn't fight to install communism and then become a satellite of the Soviet Union!\"\u003cbr/\u003e28. Medium shot of photo of dead rebels in Moncada\u003cbr/\u003e29. Medium same\u003cbr/\u003e30. Medium shot Oriental Newspaper headline: \"More than 80 Dead\" , \"Raul Castro, brother of Dr. Fidel Castro, captured in San Luis\"\u003cbr/\u003eCuba prepares to celebrate the 50th anniversary of the Revolution.\u003cbr/\u003eOn July 26th, 1953 Fidel Castro and his group of rebels attempted a\u003cbr/\u003edaring raid of the Moncada Barracks in Santiago.\u003cbr/\u003eMoncada at the time was Cuba's second largest fort.\u003cbr/\u003eCastroÃ‚Â´s efforts failed miserably.\u003cbr/\u003eThe element of surprise was never there and he and his men were forced\u003cbr/\u003eto retreat and hide throughout the city.\u003cbr/\u003eBatistaÃ‚Â´s troops made a house to house search and found most of the\u003cbr/\u003erebels.\u003cbr/\u003eThey were summarily shot.\u003cbr/\u003eFidel Castro and his brother Raul were spared and sentenced to long\u003cbr/\u003eprison terms.\u003cbr/\u003eThey were released after two years and sent into exile.\u003cbr/\u003eFour years later, in 1959, Fidel and his revolution succeeded in\u003cbr/\u003etoppling Pres. Fulgencio Batista and his hard-fisted dictatorship.\u003cbr/\u003eThis coming Saturday, all of Cuba will join in celebrating the 50th\u003cbr/\u003eanniversary of the attempt to raid the Moncada.\u003cbr/\u003eSurviving rebels of that raid, known as Moncadistas, have been invited\u003cbr/\u003eto Santiago to visit the site of their battle and to be guests of honor\u003cbr/\u003efor the festivities.\u003cbr/\u003eThere are 15 known Moncadistas still living on the island.\u003cbr/\u003e14 of them have been invited to Santiago, but not all will go. 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