Former Battista official is shot, one of 200 people executed after Castro's take-over.
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Short Summary
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Description
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Data
- Film ID:
- 2932.05
- Media URN:
- 84467
- Group:
- Unissued unused
- Archive:
- British Pathé
- Issue Date:
- 1959
- Sound:
- sound
- HD Format:
- Available on request
- Stock:
- Black & White
- Duration:
- 00:01:31:00
- Time in/Out:
- 01:08:13:00 / 01:09:44:00
- Canister:
- UN 3177 E
Unknown user says
The as yet unnamed prisoner referred to in the shots list, and seen being executed, is Lieutenant Enrique Despaigne, an official of the former Batista regime overthrown by Fidel Castro.
The shots list describes gives the detail "Prisoner writing" - Despaigne was writing a letter to his son.
Note that Castro himself features within this footage.
Unknown user says
Here's a link, from a magazine article in 1959, providing more information about this particular clip....
http://www.latinamericanstudies.org/cuba/Time-1-26-1959.pdf