"Cuba and world news." "Director Alfonso Guevara." "Narrator Julio Batista." "Death to the Invader!" "A special report on the imperialist aggression against the people of Cuba" "This is a Cuban family." "At dawn, on Saturday April 15th 1961" "B-26 bombers having flown in from North American airfields, attacked the FAR base that is located close to their home." "Countless Cuban families now mourn their dead." "Again on April 15th, at the same time more B-26 bombers attacked the civilian airports of Santiago de Cuba, and San Antonio de los Baños." "Political pressure, economic boycott, sabotage, criminal bombings, international piracy." "The crimes of the counter-revolution are an affront to the people" "Our people didn't know when nor where the mercenaries backed by North American imperialism were planning to attack us." "Our people were ready to resist the armed invasion." "¡Si vienen, quedan!" "(If they come, they'll stay!" ")" "Playa Girón, a beautiful tourist destination for the people." "On April 17th 7 mercenary battalions land here." "They travel on 5 transport ships, escorted by North American destroyer warships, supported by bombers and artillery." "178 paratroops are dropped nearby." "1500 men hired in Miami, trained in the US, and its military bases in Guatemala and Puerto Rico" "Their instructors' names were:" "Frank, Bill, Pat and Lest." "Fierce and indiscriminate bombing by air, and bombardment by sea are a prelude to the landing." "The few militia stationed at Playa Girón barely had any weapons." "The invaders cried "Surrender!"" "The militia replied "¡Patria o muerte!" (Homeland or death!" ")" "This heroic cry was backed by firing machine guns." "The armed people mobilize quickly." "Their relentless blows stop the attack, and draw a circle of fire around the enemy." "Militia and Rebel Army troops, tanks and artillery in the hands of the people, mount an overwhelming counter-attack." "North American bombers vomit their shrapnel on combatants and civilians alike." "With the help of our small air force, young anti-aircraft gunners, who are at most 16 or 17 years old, shoot down 10 enemy bombers." "Invasion crushed." "Crushing enemy defeat." "Their Yanqui Sherman tanks and weapons." "Mercenaries will be brought to TV." "Mass surrender of the defeated invaders." "They wear camouflage uniforms of the Yanqui army." "They're sponsored by the Yanquis." "They're almost all Yanqui." "The ex-Batista troops, the heirs of the millionaire landowners and of the corrupt politicians, the mercenaries, have no moral high ground from which to face up to the people." "They surrender en masse." "The imperialist training, the imperialist money, the imperialist weapons were good for nothing." "They planned to re-establish the regime of terror and injustice, with the support of an empire that they think is invincible." "Here they are, defeated... the Yanqui imperialist troops..." "The bombers that bear false Cuban insignias are a weapon of the invader." "They crash against the courage, and the revolutionary consciousness of our people." "The weapons of the Yanqui fall to the hands of the popular forces:" "the workers in arms, the peasants in arms." "10 armored trucks, 6 Sherman tanks, 700 bazookas," "8 mortars, recoilless rifles, machine guns, bombs, hand grenades, howitzers, piles of ammunition." "10 bombers were shot down, 5 ships were sunk" "The villains brought to Cuba state of the art equipment of the Yanqui army." "It will stay here!" "They had powerful weapons, they had the support of the Yanqui empire, whereas the courage of our men lies in fighting for a just cause." "In less than 72 hours the armed people crushed the mercenary invasion." "When the bosses try to escape, leaving their goons behind, the North American landing craft capsizes." "Playa Girón:" "It was here that North American imperialism sustained its first defeat in Latin America." "Cuba will still be territorio libre de América (the free territory of the Americas)" "Subtitles:" "KG"