Book III Print 40: Rebel takeover of military and police headquarters in Guantánamo

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Description

Title: Book III Print 40: Rebel takeover of military and police headquarters in Guantánamo
Creator: From the Collection: Yale University. Department of Manuscripts and Archives
Contributor: From the Collection: St. George, Andrew, 1924-2001
From the Collection: Stone, David C.
Published / Created: 1959 January 1
Description: Together with Prints 43 and 44, this print features images of the rebel takeover of military and police headquarters in the city of Guantánamo, also seen in Film 2 shot by St. George that forms part of the Cuban Collection. Frames 24 and 25 show both a rebel soldier and a batistiano soldier guarding the gate of the city's police station while frames 26-35 show police and soldiers surrendering to rebels by piling their weapons in the middle of the station's courtyard, to the backs of the rebel and batistiano guards. Frames 17-23 show townspeople gathering outside the mammoth military headquarters in the center of the city and final rows of images depict the interior of the same building where officers are handing over authority to the rebels. See also Prints 43 and 44.
Provenance: Purchased from Andrew St. George in 1969 and from David C. Stone in 1970. Gift of Adolfas Mekas, 2010. Transferred from the Latin American Collection Curator, 2016.
Extent of Digitization: This object has been partially digitized.
Language: English
Spanish

Repository

Manuscripts and Archives

Call Number

MS 650

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Container / Volume

Box 2, folder 165

Access: Public
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Citation: Cuban Revolution Collection (MS 650). Manuscripts and Archives, Yale University Library.