The Bay of Pigs video from the Cuban museum.
The Cuban documentary from the Bay of Pigs Museum. 1-2018
USA: Veterans of Bay of Pigs Invasion celebrate Castro's death in Miami
Veterans of the CIA-sponsored Bay of Pigs Invasion and members of the 'Ladies in White' organisation marched in Miami, Sunday, to mark the death of former Cuban leader Fidel Castro, who passed away at the age of 90 in Havana on Friday.
US militants, who participated in the failed invasion of Cuba and the wives of Cuban dissidents from the 'Ladies in White' organisation, gathered at the Bay of Pigs Museum. After the meeting, the Ladies in White marched around the area to celebrate Castro's death.
The Bay of Pigs Invasion was a failed CIA-sponsored coup attempt against Castro's leadership, which took place on 17 April, 1961. Cuban troops repelled the attack and killed 118 US-backed soldiers and injured more than 300.
A key leader of the Cuban Revolution, Castro and his allies ousted the authoritarian government of Cuban President Fulgencio Batista in 1959, before going on to found the Cuban socialist state.
He served as Prime Minister from 1959 to 1976, and then as President from 1976 to 2008, surviving a turbulent century, geopolitical tensions, the Bay of Pigs invasion and at least 638 US assassination attempts. In 2008, he handed the reins of power to his younger brother Raul and slowly withdrew from the frontline of Cuban politics.
SOT, Veteran of Bay of Pigs Invasion (Spanish): Fidel died, but he didn’t die as I wish he did… I would like to go to a tribunal and charge him with my accusations.
SOT, Member of Ladies in White (Spanish): We are here to celebrate the death of a monster with our country.
Video ID: 20161128-003
Video on Demand:
Contact: cd@ruptly.tv
Twitter:
Facebook:
The Bay of Pigs Invasion, Seen from Miami
1961: A Secret Army Storms the Cuban Coast
April 17, 1961 is a pivotal day in the complex triangular history of Cuba, Miami and the United States: The day that Cuban insurgents, most gathered and trained in Miami, invaded Cuba at Playa Giron on the Bay of Pigs. Sponsored by the CIA, the invasion was over by April 19, but its echoes still reverberate strongly in Miami.
Local television stations were typically not on the ground to cover the secret invasion. Although newsfilm in the Wolfson Archives shows that local journalists were aware that something was happening in the days leading up to the invasion, during the actual event Miami stations gleaned news of the battle from short wave radio broadcasts while fanning out to cover related events in Miami.
This clip is excerpted from a 1962 WCKT-7 program which looked back on the news events of 1961 and reflects the local focus of Miami newscasts during the Bay of Pigs Invasion.
The Wolfson Archives' free video screening series, REWIND, will devote its screen to the Bay of Pigs Invasion beginning on Tuesday, April 19 and continuing for one month. REWIND screenings take place from noon to 1:30 PM every Tuesday and Thursday in Room 8401 of MDC's Wolfson Campus.
This video and audio is copyrighted/owned by the Lynn and Louis Wolfson II Florida Moving Image Archives.
Subscribe to the Lynn and Louis Wolfson II Florida Moving Image Archives’ YouTube channel and tune in to the fascination and fun of Miami and Florida’s past, captured on film and video and preserved by the Wolfson Archives at Miami Dade College.
+4:3 Preview ahead of 50th anniv of Bay of Pigs next week
(15 Apr 2011) SHOTLIST
Giron Beach, southern coast of Cuba - 6 April 2011
++16:9++
1. Wide shot of Giron Beach
2. Wide of exterior of ex-Cuban President Fidel Castro's command headquarters during the invasion, now a museum
3. Mid of large photograph of Fidel Castro during the Bay of Pigs invasion and the table and telephone he used those days
FILE: Giron Beach, southern coast of Cuba - April 1961
++16:9++
4. Wide of Fidel Castro walking with troops at Giron Beach
5. Mid of Fidel Castro giving instructions to the troops
FILE: Giron Beach, southern coast of Cuba - April 1961
++4:3++
6. Various of Cuban soldiers firing
7. Wide shot of invading ship on fire
8. Mid of another ship on fire and sinking
FILE: New York, New York, United States - 19 April 1961
++4:3++
9. SOUNDBITE (English) Adlai Stevenson, United Sates Ambassador to the United Nations:
These charges are totally false and I deny them categorically.
FILE: Giron Beach, southern coast of Cuba - April 1961
++16:9++
10. Mid of captured troops marching with hands on head
11. Close up newspapers headline reading (Spanish) Defeated invaders surrender en masse
12. Close up newspaper headline reading (Spanish) Invasion over, crushing defeat of the enemy
Havana, Cuba - 16 March 2011
++16:9++
13. Bay of Pigs veteran Francisco Manuel Torreiro entering room and showing a bullet from 50 years ago and then a photo of him while hospitalised after being wounded
14. SOUNDBITE: (Spanish) Francisco Manuel Torreiro, Bay of Pigs veteran:
On Giron Beach we risked the Revolution. We are here today because in Giron, thousands of Cubans didn't let them make a beachhead. If they had made that beachhead, it would be a completely different story.
Miami, Florida, United States - 5 April 2011
++16:9++
15. Wide shot of Miami Beach
16. Mid of monument remembering the failed invasion
17. Set up shot of Felix Rodriguez, head of the Bay of Pigs Veterans Association in Miami and part of small group of Cuban exiles who entered the island before the land invasion to help them connect to the underground working mostly in Havana :
18. SOUNDBITE (English): Felix Rodriguez, head of the Bay of Pigs Veterans Association in Miami:
After three days we started seeing all of our friends being captured at the Bay of Pigs. And I cried that day, looking at that. You know how hard they trained, how much expectancy they had to be able to liberate our homeland and then see in three days all of those hopes destroyed. That was very, very sad day to see that. And we knew at that time that that was it.
19. Close up of old photo of veterans of the invasion
20. Mid of Calle 8 in Little Havana
21. Cuban exiles playing dominoes in one of the Cuban restaurants of Little Havana
22. Wide of South Beach
Havana, Cuba - February 2011
++16:9++
23. Wide of El Morro fortress
24. Wide of Havana skyline
STORYLINE
Cubans on both sides of the Florida Strait are preparing to celebrate the 50th anniversary of the Bay of Pigs failed invasion.
On April 17 1961, a 1,200-strong invasion force of United States-backed exiles had landed at Playa Giron, as the Bay of Pigs is known in Cuba.
Faced with a bold challenge to its very existence, Fidel Castro's young government sent a hastily mustered defence force that included many who weren't even soldiers.
The exiles were heavily armed and killed 176 Cubans while losing 118 of their own.
They were counting on Cubans to rise up and join them, but nothing of the sort occurred.
Instead, thousands took up arms to defend the revolution that ousted Fulgencio Batista two years earlier.
The bay of pigs was a fiasco for the United States.
They arrived to the sound of cannon fire and a B-26 bomber rumbling overhead.
You can license this story through AP Archive:
Find out more about AP Archive:
Bay of Pigs Invasion | The 20th century | World history | Khan Academy
Sal explains the Bay of Pigs Invasion. Created by Sal Khan.
Watch the next lesson:
Missed the previous lesson?
World history on Khan Academy: From the earliest civilizations to the modern world, geography, religion, trade, and politics have bound peoples and nations together — and torn them apart. Take a journey through time and space and discover the fascinating history behind the complex world we inhabit today.
About Khan Academy: Khan Academy offers practice exercises, instructional videos, and a personalized learning dashboard that empower learners to study at their own pace in and outside of the classroom. We tackle math, science, computer programming, history, art history, economics, and more. Our math missions guide learners from kindergarten to calculus using state-of-the-art, adaptive technology that identifies strengths and learning gaps. We've also partnered with institutions like NASA, The Museum of Modern Art, The California Academy of Sciences, and MIT to offer specialized content.
For free. For everyone. Forever. #YouCanLearnAnything
Subscribe to Khan Academy’s World History channel:
Subscribe to Khan Academy:
Operation Pedro Pan - The Largest Recorded Exodus of Unaccompanied Minors in the Western Hemisphere
The Smithsonian presented The Legacy of Operation Pedro Pan: A Roundtable Conversation on Tuesday, May 3 in the National Museum of American History's Carmichael Auditorium. Dick Lobo, director of the International Broadcasting Bureau, guided a panel of Pedro Pan activists, including Emilio Cueto and Eloísa Echazábal and scholars Maria de los Angeles Torres, author of the Lost Apple: Operation Pedro Pan, Unaccompanied Cuban Children and the Promise of a Better Future, and Jackie Bhabha, director of Harvard University's Human Rights Program, in a discussion about the legacy of this operation.
From 1960 to 1962 more than 14,000 unaccompanied Cuban children were brought to the United States through a U.S. government program. Initially it was aimed at children whose parents were fighting in the anti-Castro underground. Yet after the Bay of Pigs, repression in Cuba and intense anti-Castro propaganda led many Cuban families to decide to leave the island. However, since the 1961 break in relations between the two countries, there was no U.S. Embassy in Cuba to process visas. Through an arrangement with the Catholic Church, children were granted visa waivers that were distributed through an elaborate underground network on the island. Once in the United States, the minors claimed their parents. Minors who did not have relatives in the United States were under the care of the Catholic Church, which placed them in orphanages and foster homes. Minors would claim their parents, who usually arrived in the United States within six to nine months. However, after the 1962 Missile Crisis, the United States shut its doors and Cuba would not let anyone return. More than 8,000 minors were waiting for their parents. It was not until 1965, when Castro opened the port of Camarioca and President Lyndon B. Johnson established the Freedom Flights, that the doors were opened again.
This program is presented by the National Museum of American History and the Smithsonian Latino Center.
Comfort and elegance at the Miami Landon
One of our gorgeous rooms in the new Miami Landon, located in the heart of Miami Beach.
Bay of Pigs Invasion
The Bay of Pigs Invasion, known in Latin America as Invasión de Bahía de Cochinos (or Invasión de Playa Girón or Batalla de Girón), was a failed military invasion of Cuba undertaken by the CIA-sponsored paramilitary group Brigade 2506 on 17 April 1961. A counter-revolutionary military, trained and funded by the United States government's Central Intelligence Agency (CIA), Brigade 2506 fronted the armed wing of the Democratic Revolutionary Front (DRF) and intended to overthrow the revolutionary left-wing government of Fidel Castro. Launched from Guatemala, the invading force was defeated within three days by the Cuban armed forces, under the direct command of Prime Minister Fidel Castro.
The Cuban Revolution of 1949 to 1959 had seen President Fulgencio Batista, a right-wing ally of the U.S., ousted. He was replaced by a new left-wing administration dominated by Castro, which had severed the country's formerly strong links with the U.S. by expropriating their economic assets and developing links with the Soviet Union, with whom the U.S. was then embroiled in the Cold War. The U.S. government of President Dwight D. Eisenhower was concerned at the direction which Castro's government was taking, and in March 1960, Eisenhower allocated $13.1 million to the CIA in order to plan Castro's overthrow. The CIA proceeded to organize the operation with the aid of various Cuban counter-revolutionary forces, training Brigade 2506 in Mexico. Following his election in 1960, president John F. Kennedy was informed of the invasion plan and gave his consent.
This video is targeted to blind users.
Attribution:
Article text available under CC-BY-SA
Creative Commons image source in video
Exiled Cuban community on revolution anniversary
(1 Jan 2009)
AP Television
Miami - 1 January 2009
1. Wide of sign at entrance to Little Havana
2. Close up of sign
AP Television
Miami - 31 December 2008
3. Pan from wall to Jaime Suchlicki, director Institute for Cuban Studies at the University of Miami
4. SOUNDBITE: (Spanish) Jaime Suchlicki, director Cuban Studies University of Miami:
Lifting the embargo and travel restrictions against North Americans requires a Congressional vote. There is a belief, I think, within the United States and within Congress, that no country just gives away its policies, that there would need to be concessions by the Cuban Government. There would need to be more freedom, political prisoners freed, Cubans own their own businesses and properties, that's what the U.S. government wants. If the Cuban Government implemented such changes, naturally the policy would be changed.
AP Television
Miami - 1 January 2009
5. Wide of Monument to Veterans of Bay of Pigs in Little Havana
6. Close up of eternal flame with Cuban flag in background
AP Television
Miami - 31 December 2008
7. Wide of Bay of Pigs' veterans Segundo Miranda (in foreground) and Rene Luis Belly
9. SOUNDBITE: (Spanish) Segundo Miranda, Bay of Pigs veteran:
Fifty years in which the dictatorship in Cuba is more aggressive by the day, stronger by the day. Where the lethargy of the world community is ingrained, so the Cuban situation can't be touched.
10. Wide of Belly showing pictures on wall of US president President Robert Kennedy handing US flags to Bay of Pigs veterans in the Orange Bowl in 1962
11. SOUNDBITE: (Spanish) Rene Luis Belly, Bay of Pigs Veteran:
The whole world has turned their back on Cuba. They have abandoned us. That is the truth. Not just this government (referring to the US government) but all the Latin American governments, you understand, they have turned their backs on us.
12. Wide pan of memorial wall of pictures commemorating Cuban veterans of Bay of Pigs
13. Close-up of picture of wounded prisoner arriving in Miami
14. Tilt-up of mannequin wearing uniform of Bay of Pigs veterans
15. Tilt-up of images of Bay of Pigs
16. Close-up of Brigade 2506 flag
AP Television
Miami - 1 January 2009
17. Various of Bay of Pigs memorial
Pool
Crawford, Texas - 31 December 2008
18. Wide of Gordon Johndroe, White House Spokesman entering briefing
19. SOUNDBITE: (English) Gordon Johndroe, White House Spokesman:
President Bush's message to the people of Cuba is that we stand with you. We want to see them live in freedom, and the United States will continue to stand with the people of Cuba. The Castro brothers have not treated their people particularly well. Many political dissidents are in jail, their economy is suffering and not free and the United States will continue to try to seek the freedom of the people of Cuba.
20. Wide of Johndroe during briefing
STORYLINE:
Fifty years after triumphant armed rebels descended from the eastern mountains, communist Cuba celebrated the revolution's anniversary on Thursday under the enduring public absence of an ailing Fidel Castro.
Ninety miles (144.8 kilometres) across the Florida strait, in the Cuban opposition bastion of Miami, however, few are celebrating the day when Castro led his revolutionaries into Havana in triumph over the government of Fulgencio Batista.
The streets are quiet, those inclined to applaud Castro's revolution remain silent in the face of overwhelming anti-Communist sentiment, and personal loathing for the man who so many here have devoted their lives to overthrow.
Millions of Cubans have fled the country for political and economic reasons since Fidel took over January 1, 1960, most have come to the US, many others to Europe and Latin America.
You can license this story through AP Archive:
Find out more about AP Archive:
John McCain Obama Is Either Incompetent Or Purposefully Deceptive
Senior United States Senator John McCain makes a speech in support of republican presidential candidate Mitt Romney at the Bay of Pigs Museum and Library in Miami Florida. In the speech he accuses Obama of covering up for the lack of security when four serving Americans and the ambassador died in Bengasi Libya. He said that the president as commander in chief has the Solemn obligation to care for all of our citizens to make sure that. when our people are serving overseas we do everything we can to preserve their safety and protect them . This president of the United States is either wilfully deceiving the American people or he is too incompetent to be commander in chief he continued. There was continuous reports going back to Washington DC about the lack of security there and nothing was done.
Senator John McCain Talks Haiti And Other Issues In His Florida Tour Leading Up To El
The Senior United States Senator John McCain answers a few questions at a meet and greet event at the Bay of Pigs Museum and Library in Miami for his Bus Tour Across Florida move. After being Senator for 25 years he is asked where he sees himself in 5 or 10 years time. I hope alive he says with a laugh. I m very happy to serve. I have four more years in the senate on this term and I ll make a decision in a couple of years as to what I want to do. A lot of it will depend on my belief I can still be affective in the senate or not. He is also asked his feelings on Haiti s lack of mention in the whole presidential process. I think it should ve been and other issues concerning our hemisphere he replied and explains that Haiti has a failed government . We need to do everything we can to build up the institutions of government in Haiti.
Bay of Pigs Invasion
The Bay of Pigs Invasion, known in Latin America as Invasión de Bahía de Cochinos , was a failed military invasion of Cuba undertaken by the CIA-sponsored paramilitary group Brigade 2506 on 17 April 1961. A counter-revolutionary military, trained and funded by the United States government's Central Intelligence Agency , Brigade 2506 fronted the armed wing of the Democratic Revolutionary Front and intended to overthrow the revolutionary left-wing government of Fidel Castro. Launched from Guatemala, the invading force was defeated within three days by the Cuban armed forces, under the direct command of Prime Minister Fidel Castro.
This video targeted to blind users.
Attribution:
Article text available under CC-BY-SA
Public domain image source in video
The Brilliant Disaster Part 2 - JFK, Castro, & America's Doomed Invasion Of Cuba's Bay Of Pigs
mslaw.edu
Part 1 of The Brilliant Disaster can be found at
Extensive video and audio of President Kennedy discussing the Cuban Missile Crisis, as well as the Bay of Pigs decision are included in part two of the Massachusetts School of Law's Program Books Of Our Time, whose subject is author Jim Rasenberger's book; The Brilliant Disaster - JFK, Castro, and America's Doomed Invasion of Cuba's Bay of Pigs. Mr. Rasenberger discusses how the idea of Cuban regime change was formed under President Eisenhower, and how President Kennedy didn't know how to stop the Freight Train. The host of Books of Our Time is Lawrence R. Velvel, Dean of The Massachusetts School of Law.
The Massachusetts School of Law at Andover also presents information on important current affairs to the general public in television and radio broadcasts, an intellectual journal, conferences, author appearances, blogs and books.
The Massachusetts School of Law also presents information on important current affairs to the general public in television and radio broadcasts, an intellectual journal, conferences, author appearances, blogs and books.
THE MASSACHUSETTS SCHOOL OF LAW IS NEW ENGLAND’S MOST AFFORDABLE AND DIVERSE LAW SCHOOL. We are dedicated to growing tomorrow’s leaders; empowering them with professional skills taught by instructors with real world experience, in a fun supportive campus environment.
_
➡YOUR FUTURE STARTS HERE! Learn More at
Connect with MSLaw:
Facebook:
Twitter:
Visit our site:
and - Subscribe to our Videos!
The Massachusetts School of Law is New England’s most affordable and diverse law school. We are dedicated to growing tomorrow’s leaders; empowering them with professional skills taught by instructors with real world experience, in a fun supportive campus environment. Your Future Starts Here. Learn More at
-~-~~-~~~-~~-~-
The History of Iran / US Relations: American Imperialism - Stephen Kinzer on Overthrow Part 2: Vietnam, Iran and Chile
➨
-~-~~-~~~-~~-~-
Large rattlesnake startles Florida birdwatchers
A Bartow couple on a birdwatching trip came across something that really ruffled their feathers: A 6-foot, 100-pound diamondback rattlesnake.
MORE:
Republican gubernatorial candidate Ron DeSantis explains why he decided to quit congress
Republican gubernatorial candidate Ron DeSantis visited the Bay of Pigs Museum & Library in Miami's Little Havana neighborhood for a campaign stop on Sept. 10, 2018.
MacArthur Causeway leaving Miami Beach
Drug Lord Pablo Escobar’s Miami Beach Mansion Demolished
Watch Gary Nelson’s Report for CBS Miami.
Interviews from Havana – Are Cuban-American Attitudes Changing?
Today our host Cristina Escobedo interviews Dr. Guillermo Grenier, a Cuban-American Professor of Sociology at the Florida International University (FIU). Does the stereotype still hold true of the Cuban-American as a right-wing Republican Party member opposed to the Cuban government? Yes, for part of the population, says Grenier, but attitudes are changing among Cubans who have come to the United States since 1995. Cuban-American policy will no longer hinge on Miami, he says, as he explains why such changes are not yet reflected in Congress and what it will take to change this situation. teleSUR
700 Pound Snake Pulled out of Lake in North Carolina
Giant 700 pound snake caught in lake in Proctor, North Carolina. The giant man eating python was measured at 98 feet long. Police were contacted to see if there have been any recently filed missing person reports as a snake this big could have surely eaten a human.
This giant snake is massive and just gorgeous, but it didn't take long to find out that the STORY behind it... was fake, just another hoax.
While the image is indeed real, I think the size of the giant snake could have been exaggerated due to the camera angle
Nevertheless, this snake is still huge, but where did it come from? The markings on it's skin looks similar to that of a reticulated python native to Southeast Asia. After playing around with a little Google translate, the mystery was finally solved.
This giant python came from Indonesia and after some rough translating, it turns out that it was discovered this last Thanksgiving near the village of Belinyu City. It was found by accident by a group of construction workers who severely injured the reptile while knocking down a large dead tree in which the python was sleeping inside of. The workers put the dying snake out of it's misery and buried it.
It's sad to see such an incredible animal killed, especially one that could have been a new world record size. I wish there were more pictures so we could get a better idea of just how large it was.
I really enjoyed learning about this amazing snake, if you guys have any cool wildlife stories or interesting animals that you think I might enjoy, tell me about it on Facebook
Let's Connect
--
--
--
--
--
Other Epic Wildlife Snake Videos.
-- Diver Discovers Giant Anaconda
-- Man Eaten by Giant Snake
-- Titanoboa Prehistoric Snake
-- World's Deadliest Snake
Royalty Free Music & Sound freesfx.co.uk
East of Tunisia by Kevin McLeod