Brief history of Cuba during 50s and 60s. Troops marching in formation in Havana during the Fulgencio Batista regime. Batista seated on the dais watching as military officers applaud behind him. Gun battles in the street as soldier of the revolution crouches behind pillar. Fidel Castro speaking to a group of rebels. Bay of Pigs invasion by counter-revolutionary group. Paramilitaries landing on Cuban shore, marching in the jungle, and taking prisoners. Workers with machetes harvesting sugarcane on a plantation.