Channel: War Archives

Category: Education

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Description: WARNING: DISTRESSING FOOTAGE. Silent footage of a former Fulgenico Batista official being tried in Cuba. The lawyers, the jury, the spectators can all be seen in court. The prisoner is then taken to a location where he is given his last cigarette before being shot by a firing squad. What his role was under the Batista government is unknown. For Archive Licensing Enquiries Visit: goo.gl/W4hZBv Explore Our Online Channel For FULL Documentaries, Fascinating Interviews & Classic Movies: goo.gl/7dVe8r #BritishPathé #History #Cuba (FILM ID: 2932.05) License this Film: britishpathe.com/video/a-prisoner-is-tried-condemned-and-executed-in-cuba Subscribe to the British Pathé YT Channel: goo.gl/hV1nkf Subscribe to the British Pathé War Archives YT Channel: goo.gl/QY21c9 Subscribe to the British Pathé Vintage Fashions YT Channel: goo.gl/XT1Zo7 Subscribe to the British Pathé Sporting History YT Channel: goo.gl/ELDCsT BRITISH PATHÉ'S STORY Before television, people came to movie theatres to watch the news. British Pathé was at the forefront of cinematic journalism, blending information with entertainment to popular effect. Over the course of a century, it documented everything from major armed conflicts and seismic political crises to the curious hobbies and eccentric lives of ordinary people. If it happened, British Pathé filmed it. Now considered to be the finest newsreel archive in the world, British Pathé is a treasure trove of 85,000 films unrivalled in their historical and cultural significance.