Format:
1 Online-Ressource (video file 0:57:56)
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Sound, Colour
Series Statement:
Socialism on Film
Content:
Documentary footage of Leonid Brezhnev's visit to Cuba in 1974. Featuring scenes of Brezhnev and Fidel Castro touring historical and industrial sites, alongside newsreel footage of the Cuban Revolution and Great Patriotic War
Content:
Brezhnev leaves Moscow. Scenes of sunny Cuba, blossoms, mountains and a voiceover discussion of Columbus. Aerial shots of Havana featuring murals of Lenin and Che. Street scenes. Newspapers and magazines about Brezhnev's visit. Young people are interviewed about the visit. Aerial footage of people lining the streets. Castro awaits his arrival at the airport and Brezhnev shouts "Viva Cuba!" as he disembarks. Flag waving crowds. Cavalcade down civilian lined streets. Birthday of Jose Marti. A political meeting. Mass rally - flags, murals. Castro speaks to the crowd about the solidarity between their two nations. Black and white footage of Cuba before the revolution - poverty and international control - footage of guerrilla warfare and Castro on horseback and tank. Newspaper headlines about the revolution. Brezhnev speaks. Factory and industrial scenes. Housing construction programme. Scenes of the harvesting of sugar cane and mechanism. Narrator discusses the economic alliance of Cuba and the Soviet Union. Scenes of children at a modern training centre. Boys play football while girls dance. Swimming. Brezhnev attends the opening of the school, addresses the students and presents a painting of Lenin. Students stage concert and dance. Crowd scenes on the road to Santiago de Cuba. A visit to a museum, where Castro explains the storming of the Moncada Barracks. Newsreel footage of the Cuban Revolution and the Great Patriotic War. Political agreement signed. A bust of Lenin is presented to the Cuban government
Note:
Reproduction of Cuba, c.1974
Language:
English
URL:
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