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KHRUSHCHEV IN NEW YORK
Our pictures show the Russian liner ""Baltica"", steaming up river to New York, and accompanied by helicopters and coastguard vessels. The ship passed under Brooklyn Bridge on its way to ""Pier 73"", which had been allotted as her berth:...
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Officers Besieged In Havana Are Shelled
Recalcitrants refusing to acknowledge new regime are under fire in hotel during Cuban riots. Disclaimer: British Movietone is an historical collection. Any views and expressions within either the video or metadata of the collection are...
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AMAZING RESCUE
A gas leak and an explosion was the cause of buildings being wrecked in Havana, the capital of Cuba. Disclaimer: British Movietone is an historical collection. Any views and expressions within either the video or metadata of the...
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CUBAN GRAND PRIX
World Champion Juan Fangio was kidnapped from his Havana Hotel. His team members told the police how Fangio was carried off at gun point by Cuban rebels who wanted to sabotage the race. He was only released after it was over - after the...
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MISSILE SHIP
Off Cuba, the USS ""Boston"" gives the first public demonstration of her fire power. She's the first craft to be equipped with such an efficient layout of surface to air missiles. Disclaimer: British Movietone is an historical...
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CAN553 FILE FILM OF COMMUNIST POLISH LEADER WLADYSLAW GOMULKA
File film on the Communist Polish leader Wladyslaw Gomulka. Polish Prime Minister Jozef Cyrankiewicz, Soviet leader Nikita Khrushchev, East German leader Walter Ulbricht, Prime Minister of the People's Republic of China Zhou Enlai, Cuban...
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Eighth anniv of 2003 crackdown on dissent that jailed 75 oppos figures
1. Wide of Cuban flag and crowd at exterior of Ladies in White house
2. Tilt down of Cuban flag and crowd at exterior of house
3. Travelling shot from members of Ladies in White inside house to crowd outside chanting (Spanish) "Long Live...
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Arrivals for start of trial against US contractor
1. Wide of exterior of Municipal Courthouse, police on street corner
2. Tilt down from courthouse sign to police on corner
3. Mid of patrol cars arriving escorting van believed to be carrying American government contractor Alan Gross
4....
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CAN545 GOMULKA ILL
Polish leader Wladyslaw Gomulka is reported to be "gravely ill". Footage of his diplomatic life as First Secretary of the Polish United Workers' Party.
1. cu wheel in water
2. ms Gomulka opening a small box in a crowd
3. cu Gomulka...
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News Item (204bcf9d-becb-e8fc-4d98-887924a0e844)
notes: col print
location: dar - es - salaam, tanzania
title: nyerere castro
serviced date: 03/21/77
no: lnc80929
date shot: 03/20/00
length: 28 ft
seconds: 0:45
sound: mute
date of arrival:
film shows: cuban premier...
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Cuban President Raul Castro makes official visit to China
Cuban leader Raul Castro was visiting key trading partner China for talks with President Hu Jintao and other leaders in Beijing on Wednesday.
He will spend four days in China.
Cuban state media said he was accompanied by Vice President...
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CAN 092 CUBAN LEADER FIDEL CASTRO HOLDS MEETING WITH SOVIET MILITARY OFFICIALS
Cuban leader Fidel Castro holds meeting with a group of Soviet military officials.
1. ms interior Castro walks along corridor with officials
2. ms Soviet military officials walk into room and shake hands with Castro
3. cu Castro...
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News Item (8fa3b6b5-95b4-a4f5-a7a7-f1faeffce210)
notes: col kine
location: havana, cuba
title: castro exiles / kine
serviced date: 11/23/78
no: lnc98915
date shot: 11/21/00
length: 30 ft
seconds: 48
sound: mute
date of arrival:
film shows: a news conference in...
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Former US president begins three-day visit
1. Wide of plane carrying former US President Jimmy Carter taxiing at Jose Marti International Airport
2. Mid of air traffic ground signal man
3. Zoom in to Carter disembarking plane, and greeted by Cuban Foreign Minister Bruno...
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CAN510 CASTRO MEETS ZHIVKOV
Bulgarian First Secretary Todor Zhivkov hosts Cuban Vice President Raul Castro.
*Date is Approx*
1. ms Castro enters room and shakes with Zhivkov and others
2. vs Zhivkov, Castro and others pose
3. vs Bulgarian officials around table
4....
AFP News Agency
CLEAN : Chanel glamor comes to in fashion communist Cuba
CLEAN : Chanel glamor comes to in fashion communist Cuba
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CLEAN : Obama announces trip to Cuba pledges to address human rights
CLEAN : Obama announces trip to Cuba pledges to address human rights
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CLEAN : Madonna celebrates 58th birthday in Havana
CLEAN : Madonna celebrates 58th birthday in Havana
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CLEAN : FARC ask for release of Spanish journalist in Colombia
CLEAN : FARC ask for release of Spanish journalist in Colombia
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VOICED : Musulmanes en Cuba celebran el fin del ramadan
VOICED : Musulmanes en Cuba celebran el fin del ramadan
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CLEAN : FILE Ramon Castro older brother to Fidel and Raul dies at 91
Ramon Castro, the older brother of Fidel and Raul, died Tuesday in Havana at 91 years old, local television reported
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CLEAN : URGENT: Dozens of Cuba dissidents arrested before Obama lands
CLEAN : URGENT: Dozens of Cuba dissidents arrested before Obama lands
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JFK announces that Cuba has nuclear weapons
JFK announces that Cuba has nuclear weapons