Revolution! (1933)

Full title reads: “Havana. Revolution! Dramatic pictures of the orgy of looting and killing by frenzied mobs taken at height of anti- Machado riots in Cuba.“ Havana, Cuba. Pan across square in Havana. Groups of people are gathering. People come past the camera cheering. A lorry full of soldiers drives past cheering and celebrating the down fall of the Cuban leader Machado. Pan across people standing on balconies. Spacing - voiceover continues. N.B. The voiceover and title suggest all kinds of danger and violence. However, the pictures that are left just show happy people celebrating the end of a regime they disliked. Fulgencio Batista led the overthrow of the government of President Gerado Machado y Morales. FILM ID:733.1 A VIDEO FROM BRITISH PATHÉ. EXPLORE OUR ONLINE CHANNEL, BRITISH PATHÉ TV. IT’S FULL OF GREAT DOCUMENTARIES, FASCINATING INTERVIEWS, AND CLASSIC MOVIES. FOR LICENSING ENQUIRIES VISIT British Pathé also represents the Reu
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