Cubans Celebrates As Government Seizes Us Property (1960)

Cuba. Cut story with American commentary. Various shots of crowds of Cubans going wild after the government seizing of US companies including the telephone company. Material shows this company’s name being chiselled from the telephone building, and signs torn down from this and other properties, finishing with a mock funeral service for the telephone company. Comb. F.G. FILM ID: 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 Reuters historical collection, which includes more than 136,000 items from the news agencies Gaumont Graphic (1910-1932), Empire News Bulletin (1926-1930), British Paramount (1931-1957), and Gaumont British (1934-1959), as well as Visnews content from 1957 to the end of 1984. All footage can be viewed on the British Pathé website.