About the hurricane in Cuba, saving people.
On October 4, 1963, an unprecedented disaster struck Cuba. The colossal Hurricane Flora raged over the eastern part of the island for seven days, leaving behind terrible destruction.
Landscapes of Cuba. Rain, streams of water, trees bending in the wind. Residents of the city walk on water. Organization of rescue of people. Cars with lifebuoys drive. Food is loaded into helicopters. Military personnel, volunteers help in rescue of people who are lifted from flooded houses by helicopters, taken to safe places. Doctors provide assistance to victims. Views of flooded villages, fields. Destroyed houses, railways. Corpses of animals. Unloading in the port, unloading from planes of goods sent to help Cuba by the Soviet Union and other socialist countries. F. Castro and others at the plane. F. Castro gives instructions. President of Cuba O. Dorticos. View of flooded areas. Flowering valley.
Cuban landscapes: palm trees, coastline.
Heavy rain, strong wind, palm trees bending in the wind.
Heavy rain in the city.
Rapidly rushing torrents of water, gushing into the valleys.
People walking along the city streets waist-deep in water.
Flooded valley.
At the forefront of the fight against the elements are members of the committee of the United Party of the Socialist Revolution (at the field telephone).
Rescuing residents. F. Castro (in a helmet) and Osvaldo Dorticos in the high-risk zone.
Radio operators at the radios.
Food for the victims is being unloaded from the car.
Young men and women volunteers are heading by helicopter to the areas affected by the disaster.
Flooded area (shot from a helicopter).
People are saving themselves from the water on the roofs of houses and in the trees.
The helicopter is removing those in distress from these islands.
Helicopter evacuation of rescued women and children in the province of Oriente.
Cartoon: Map of the island of Cuba with a diagram of the hurricane's path.
Hurricane area: broken trees, flooded villages, fields, destroyed railways, houses, dead animals.
Cartoon: newspaper "Pravda" with a report on the decision of the Soviet government on gratuitous aid to the Cuban people.
Unloading of goods that arrived to help the victims.
Fidel Castro gives orders, boards a plane, in the plane - short, medium.
Flooded areas (from a helicopter).
Blooming valley.