Summary

Unrest in Havana, 1933

Source Sherman Grinberg
Newsreel Paramount
Negative # 3306
Clip SR003379_01_01mov
Date 09/01/1933
Title Unrest in Havana, 1933
Description Title card: Cuban Gov't Totters! Havana - Communist activity threatens island's hope of stability! Whilst Junta strives to bring order out of chaos, refugees flee trouble centers / looking down narrow busy street, storefronts with awnings, network of streetcar lines above, streetcar turns down street in fg / boat filled with refugees and belongings / boat moving on water, name on side reads Cayo Smith / soldiers marching in street, Hotel Nacional in bg / army and navy officers sit around big pots peeling potatoes / officers eating, their pistols on table / huge crowd of residents cheering, looks like steamboat in bg / huge unruly crowd outside hotel where narrator says officers are staying / crowd, many hold up hats, large banner / Note: exact day not known
Country Cuba
City Havana

Keywords

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Sergeants' Revolt
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