Book III Print 47: Fidel Castro's victory caravan to HavanaYale University. Department of Manuscripts and Archives1959 January 1-8engspaThis print depicts Fidel Castro and his escolta as Fidel boards a British-made helicopter captured at the time of the surrender of Batista's forces and requisitioned as a means for hastening his trip to Havana, where he formally announced the victory of the Revolution on January 8, 1959. Fidel alternated traveling by motorcade and helicopter on the route to Havana. See also Print 13.