Summary

In January 1955 a small rebel group attacks Costa Rica; President Jose Figueres and aides meet; and in Washington, DC the OAS meets

Source Sherman Grinberg
Newsreel Paramount
Negative # D-6593
Clip SR005259_01_03mov
Date 01/01/1955
Title In January 1955 a small rebel group attacks Costa Rica; President Jose Figueres and aides meet; and in Washington, DC the OAS meets
Description Title card: Costa Rica -- First Pictures / CU barrels of large artillery (?) gun and back of military man's head / map of Caribbean showing Costa Rica and Nicaragua and several other Caribbean countries and Florida / CU map of Costa Rica, Nicaragua, Honduras and Panama / closer shot of map with just Nicaragua and Costa Rica / left to right Humberto Pacheco, lawyer and Costa Rican deputy minister of public security; Costa Rican President Jose Figueres Ferrer; and Colonel Rodolfo Quiros, army chief of staff, sitting at desk / CU Figueres / Figueres standing beside map pointing out the border between Nicaragua and Costa Rica // Intertitle: Washington superimposed over EXT Pan American Union bldg in Washington DC, cars parked in front / CU lettering on side of bldg Pan American Union / MS council member exiting limo and hurrying up steps / another council member arriving / row of cameramen filming / MS more members arriving / VS meeting at oval table of the Organization of American States / CU delegate / CU another delegate smoking cigarette inside meeting / high angle militia troops being inspected / oil drums in street, smoke rising from distant field / MS two soldiers manning field gun / Note: exact day not known
Personality Humberto Pacheco, Jose Figueres Ferrer, Rodolfo Quiros
Country Costa Rica
City San Jose

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