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Join this channel to get access to perks: Want to learn more about Periscope Film and get access to exclusive swag? Join us on Patreon. Visit Visit our website To watch with translation: turn on closed captions and select “auto translate“. This 1970s Soviet travelogue looks at industrial progress in Cuba. It covers the mechanization of agricultural practices, the establishment of higher end export industries such as electronics, and progress on energy generation like the (ill-fated) Juragua Nuclear Reactor. It ends with some scenic footage of Spanish architecture in Havana, contrasted with the construction of new high-rise apartments for workers. 0:08 different shots of the countryside of Cuba, 0:26 Fidel Castro’s rebel army entering Havana, 0:50 Republic of Cuba, 0:56 different Cuban workers, 1:16 an agricultural collective, 1:24 large sugar cane plantations, 1:51 farmers harvesting sugar cane by hand and then with a combine harvester, 2:36 sugar cane processing in a central factory, 2:52 a large rice plantation seen from the air and the ground, 3:14 a tobacco field, 3:23 farmers harvesting tropical fruits including oranges, bananas, and pineapples, 3:45 fishermen showing off their catch, 4:00 the port of Havana with different goods being loaded, 4:35 an assembly line for cigars, 4:52 Caribe Transistorizado Television being produced, 5:05 the Jose Marti Steel Mill, 5:24 a large chemical plant under construction and then operating, 6:06 a large nickel ore mine, 6:32 oil fields in the north of the country, 6:51 an oil power station, 7:00 work on the Juragua Nuclear Reactor, 7:13 an aerial overview of Havana, 7:28 footage of Spanish architecture in Havana, 7:53 a statue of Christopher Columbus, 8:24 the Cuban National Assembly, 8:37 Havana University, 8:53 high rise apartments being constructed, 9:13 people walking on the street. Juragua Nuclear Power Plant was a nuclear power plant under construction in Cuba when a suspension of construction was announced in 1992 following the collapse of the Soviet Union and the termination of Soviet economic aid to Cuba. Russia and Cuba sought third-country financing to complete the plant in the mid-1990s but in 2000 the two countries agreed to abandon the project. A workers' town, Ciudad Nuclear, was built next to the plant and is inhabited today with many buildings left in a half-finished state. We encourage viewers to add comments and, especially, to provide additional information about our videos by adding a comment! See something interesting? Tell people what it is and what they can see by writing something for example: “01:00:12:00 -- President Roosevelt is seen meeting with Winston Churchill at the Quebec Conference.“ This film is part of the Periscope Film LLC archive, one of the largest historic military, transportation, and aviation stock footage collections in the USA. Entirely film backed, this material is available for licensing in 24p HD, 2k and 4k. For more information visit
