*Who can help with the timeline to identify the locations? Is this film before or after the Cuban Revolution? To tell by the cars it looks like late 1940s or early 1950s* .
The first cars are pre 1939. What's the difference between communistas and capitalista? One is a gangster state one is a quasi police state. Corporations are fake entities in contemplation of law. Even the CCP uses them. Communism is a myth; it has never actually happened.
Watching this as a 3rd generation Cuban brings tears and sadness to my heart; of what once was my beautiful country. I still have and will always have faith that God alone will restore this land and its fruits. Not by the will of the people alone, but with the Lord by their side, this land shall prosper, once more. In the name of Jesus, Amen. 2022
Restore it to what? The average cuban is faaaar better off materially now than prior to the revolution. There is a reason the average cuban joined Fidel and che
Beautiful video!!! As a “special period baby” I greatly thank you for this; I didn’t get to see my country before it was plagued by destruction and misery. The comment section, on the other hand, is truly disappointing. Came down here hoping someone might’ve identified some of the places shown in the video and the only thing I found was tons of misinformation and the typical unfounded debate of whether or not a communist Cuba would’ve flourished if it wasn’t for the Embargo imposed by the US… It’s saddening how people go out of their way to perpetuate the lies and hate spread during the last six decades. A simple comment on the internet may seem harmless but it turns extremely dangerous when you’re denying the pain and trauma of multiple generations, the true history of a whole country. VIVA CUBA LIBRE!
Muy cierto al país si es verdad que se le quiere se debe respetar y nunca fue respetado cómo lo es ahora dónde su pueblo es de la gran mayoría pobre que no aparecía en ningún vídeo ni siquiera mucho en sus calles pero con un nivel cultural hoy muy por encima del acostumbrado en ese país y unos avances en muchos sectores que están al niveles mundiales en diferentes areas , el tiempo y el embargo se llevan una buena parte pero la otra al parecer no es visible ante tan poca visión y buena voluntad de muchos penosamente para tanto desarrollo según ellos tenían no se sabe dónde quizás en la escasa tristes mentes Grs.
Well Batista was not 100% white either. He was mixed race (black and white). Also, I believe white Cubans made the majority of the population as compared to today.
@@KevinPichardoCompany01 that's true, he was mixed, but that doesn't really mean anything because nevertheless, racism and discrimination were prevalent in Cuba in it's early history. Even Batista himself couldn't go to white majority areas in the country. Just saying.
Thank you for the video Rick, Cuba is beautiful. Love seeing cars having problems driving in the city... the roads were originally designed for horses. So i makes me think its probably mid 1940s. Dig the music too 👍from 🇺🇾
Rick88888888 Excellent quality of the original film. Looks better on color. I don't know which software are you using for coloring. I'm an historian for the Public Transportation on Havana and Cuba. The real color of the livery on the tramways was silver grey, with the frame for the doors and windows on yellow. The livery of the buses was orange, with a dark green stripe and brown on the top, cause the bodies were made of wood and they used the same paint on the roofs than the used on awnings to make it water tight. The date of the film should be by the end of 1948 or beginnings of 1949. On 1950 there were metal bodies buses including General Motors old look.
Amazing film, it seems that was around the forties cause the tunnel of the bay wasn't built it yet, but as a Cuban, I felt very touched by these images, thanks for uploading them.
There’s a mixture of time periods - going from early 30s to mid 50s. The segment in which the cars (late 1920 models) have to step on the sidewalk to make the curb are probably related to the 1933 revolution that overthrew Antonio Machado (the passengers in one car are carrying rifles); it was this overthrow that first put Batista in the political limelight.
@@GeorgeFranquiz - Yes, unfortunately things turned out for the worst for the Cuban People. I read somewhere that they are starving and living in misery.
@@luke6263 No. Before Castro fucked it all up my friend..! Sold out the Cuban people to the USSR, then to Venezuela and the rest of the World. Just to maintain his own power! But if you think I'm wrong? How are the actual Cuban people fairing today compared to before??? And please get your facts straight before answering..! Six decades of communism, and nothing to show for it! They could have sold their souls for a lot more..!!!
Überlege was du sagst, Mann! Batista wurde von Meyer Lansky fürstlich bezahlt, um die unzähligen Casinos und Bordelle der Mafia in Havanna zu dulden. Unter Fidel Castro gab es keine legale Prostitution und Casinos mehr auf Kuba. Den Leute und der Wirtschaft ging es auch soweit sehr gut, bis das die Sowjetunion unterging und somit deren engster Verbündeter.
Man, the buildings looked good back then. If you go now, half of these buildings are collapsed, the other half is in a super poor state and completely falling apart. Not having the money and resources for proper maintenance really messed the city up.
Having a parasite, like Fidel and,more importantly, those who financed his "enthronement," is what caused the demise - all that happened there was a prelude of what's occurring now in the U.S.A and other parts of the, so called, Free World. I have a friend who visits Cuba regularly and he tells me that the "elite" there live like kings and based on other sources and my own experience, I've confirmed that this is true.
Tal vez me equivoque. Pero por los autos y la ropa este video pudiera ser del 39 o 40s. Muy bonito todo. Limpio y organizado. Se párese mucho a mi Patria Puerto Rico 🇵🇷
This is a wonderful film of Cuba before the communist revolution.Itbis definitely late 1940's early 1950's.One of my great aunt and uncle were fortunate to spend their honeymoon there in 1952.Cuba was the jewel of the Carribean before Fidel ruined it.
It was the jewel of Spain next to being the jewel of the Caribbean. Cuba was such an integral part of Spain. My Spanish ancestors would travel there when it was still part of Spain. Losing it to the US was very painful for Spain.
Pues tal vez no volverá, pero si acaso continúa el indigno Embargo Económico impuesto por Estados Unidos desde hace más de 60 años. Mientras eso siga...
Cuba era la perla del Caribe y con una gran riqueza durante su pertenencia a España como lo atestigua su riqueza comercial. Pero los criollos no querían que se aboliera la esclavitud y se iniciaron movimientos independentista para mejorar su economía y su libertad. Resultado pobreza y una dictadura comunista ,pues sí que han mejorado.
Tus antepasados entregaron Cuba a dos dictadores, Batista y Fidel. El resto huyó de la Isla y le dio la espalda. Ojalá las futuras generaciones de Cuba APRENDAN a evitar la avaricia por el poder y la corrupción Y no abandonar el hogar cuando las cosas se ponen difíciles....y dejen la mentalidad de "Quitate tu pa ponerme yo"!! Es muy fácil culpar a los dictadores, pero esos dictadores no se pusieron ahí por sí mismos... tenían el apoyo del público. Asume la responsabilidad.
I'm Cuban and from Havana, born and raised. I have so much to say! I can recognize almost every location. The only significant changes in the urban design of my city is the decadence and destruction after 60+ years of communism, it makes Havana looks like we have been thru war. That's why I think Havana is the city of nostalgia, we Cubans live in that nostalgia. From what I see the videos are from the 40s to the very early 50's. Some of the places I recognize from the video: @0:11 That's close to the beginning of Malecon in the Morro Side. @0:37 The once tramway crossing in front of Capitolio @2.39 Iglesia del Corazon de Jesus @6:22 The University of Havana @7:29 Paseo de Prado @11:30 Monument to Jose Miguel Gomez @12:48 Maceo Monument with presidential palace in the background @13:45 Castillo de la Real Fuerza I guess that I never paid attention to most of those places while living in Cuba, maybe because I didn't have "tourist's eyes", I left 5 years ago when I was 18.
Unbright ass does this old coloured tourist video of the specific areas of the capital city really forced u to arrive on that conclusion. Mr.Prosperous do some good research.
Al parecer, hay varios fragmentos de epocas diferentes. Empieza con autos de los 45-50 y luego, hay un salto a los años 30-40 por el sombrero de bombin y los autos Ford 32-36. Lugares: Fortaleza de ¨El Morro¨, Habana Vieja, Iglesia del Sagrado corazon de Jesus, calle Reina, Iglesia y parque de Santiago de las Vegas... Monumento a Jose Miguel Gomez, Calle G y 27. Vedado.
In my parents day, Cuba was the Pearl of the Antilles and Havana was called The Paris of the Caribbean. I left Havana in 1963 at 5 yo. I know all these places, wish I could remember their names. @19:04 is the entrance to El Morro fort. On the other side of that long street they filmed is el Malecon, the long sea wall that guards Havana Harbor. Too bad they didn't show it too.
Tus documentales son muy instructivos y bellos.Quisiera que ampliaras más tanto en fotos como en palabras sobre los 50 al 59 en el área del hoy Parque Maceo de Centro Habana. Que había antes del Hospital Almejeira y si es cierto que en el Parque Maceo existía una fuente de agua con una bella escultura. Gracias por su cultura citadina.
BEFORE the Revolution, there was another revolution. "When president Gerardo Machado was overthrown in August 1933, Rep. Arnaz was arrested and jailed. Six months later, he was allowed to go into exile." This Arnaz is the father of Desi Arnaz, husband of Lucille Ball.
Siempre ruego a Cronos, en lo más profundo de mi ser, que haga detener el tiempo y por su arte mágico haga estos instantes furtivos, breves, fugaces duren una eternidad. ¡ Sueño y añoro constantemente a mi Patria querida y a nuestros hermanos/as compatriotas.
Es de los años 40,a jusgar por los modelos de los autos y por el paneo de cámara en áreas del malecón dónde aún no aparecen algunos edificios modernos del boon constructivo de los 50
Hello. Thank you so much for the video. I am making a historical video on Cuba and i would like to know if i can use this footage? is this free use? I can give you credits of course
Sorry, you can NOT use it. Please read TH-cam's rules on "re-used content", copyright and in general. It can get your channel into deep trouble. However, if you show your film only outside of TH-cam we can discuss licensing in exchange for a donation.
@Rick88888888 fake, I can download the video and do what I please. Y can't do anything about it. Plus did u record this video, I don't think so. In top of that, anyone can found the original source and do an even better remaster
Very nice, Rick. I'd say this was right around 1950. Clearly before La Revolution. It is unfortunate that the second half of the 20th century did Cuba no favors, nor indeed much of the entire world.
Sad so sad l am when I see what was Cuba before this Castro nightmare the Castro brothers never love this land not a bit you by been having your ideology but for God sake look what they have done to Cuba not just economic cultural in any you look they have destroyed everything is gone take few generation to rebuild Cuba but the worst of it education and the worst part of this is very little people knows about what was Cuba
Seeing this video now, makes me sad in many levels , just returned from Cuba and I can’t tell you , scarcity , shortages of everything, people leaving theirs homes and running , electricity shortages, water shortages and no farms no proper food no nothing , the new buildings looks older than the buildings in the video , people has no money to renovate their homes , the beautiful colonial houses are in their worst condition ever, people are really suffering from ever, only negros are left in Havana , no real native Americans no clear blood Cubans , people running prefer to die in the oceans to USA instead of living in Cuba, very very very sad to see the country like that, having no hope that country will improve anytime soon as long as people gave up trying
Shortages? Read this: “The Economic Blockade that United States imposed on Cuba, and which has been uninterrupted for more than 60 years, is product of the revenge of Dulles brothers against Fidel Castro, as a result of Castro expropriating the United Fruit Company (UFCO), more than 50,000 hectares of cultivation (Sugar Cane). Allen Dulles (CIA Director), and his brother John Foster Dulles (US Secretary of State), were a shareholder in UFCO, and were on the payroll for more than 20 years. Both Bros. demanded payment from Cuban Gov’t for the land expropriated at ridiculously high amount, when United Fruit Co. had obtained these large estates for $7 dollars per hectare and demanded compensation for $4,800 dollars per hectare. Castro was also asked to pay the cost of hotels, houses and casinos owned by the New York Mafia and other figures of high politics in the US. As Cuba does not pay, the Economic Blockade continues. “If we can't assassinate Castro, let's assassinate his economy”. Now, 12 Presidents have passed in the White House, and the Blockade continues. Castro, Dulles Bros., Meyer Lansky, Kennedy, LBJ and all that generation have already died; they are no longer here. And the Economic Blockade continues. Why? Why, if Castro NEVER affected the interests of the US people? Castro affected the interests of the New York Mafia, the UFCO and the interests of the Dulles Brothers. The Castro Gov't affected the interests some companies (6 companies), that conspired to assassinate him, but not affected the US People. (It would be an example to say that Mexico imposed an Economic Block on the US, cuz the US Gov’t confiscated properties from “El Chapo”, or from the Mexican Drug Trafficking Cartels). Castro never seized property from US citizens. Castro only seized the property of the New York Mafia. So, why? If perhaps the reason for the Blockade was cuz Fidel Castro was an ally of USSR, well, USSR has not existed for more than 30 years either. Then why? What is the reason for continuing with this Economic Blockade against Cuba? The answer to these questions, in any case, would be: "Cuz a dark power within the US wants to impose itself in Cuba, violating its sovereignty, in the same way that it has done and continues to do so throughout the world with the weakest nations". No common citizen of the US has anything against the Cuban people, but a certain sector of the Government's High Politics does…” Now, If you want to know about the atrocities and massacres of the UFCO and the CIA in Chile, Venezuela, Peru, Colombia, Cuba, all the Caribbean and Central America, consult Wikipedia: “Wars of the Banana Republics”. (From Stephen Kinzer book: “The Brothers”). Write the latter that appears in parentheses, and verify this information right here on TH-cam. Or, do the same and search for it on Google. In History Channel: th-cam.com/video/Mu5pWe8cQSo/w-d-xo.html “Batista y la Mafia en Cuba”.
The issue is that today with exactly same cars and other vihecles - just of course in much worst condition, as the buildings, roads etc. everything on the streets of Havanna...
Definitely pre-1952 with the trams/streetcars still in operation. The system was unusual with the cars having twin trolley poles and overhead wires instead of the usual single pole and wire and the return of the circuit through the track. Apparently there were a number of reasons - dust on the track in the dry season preventing good contact plus flooding in the wet season.
Gracias por el video pero eso es de los años 40 pued anduve en tranvía pero en las 50 no había tranvías ni esos autobuses yo vivía el SAN LASARO Y INFANTA Y SUS ALREDEDORES PERO GRACIAS UNA VEZ MAS
@@Rick88888888 I dated it the way I did was focosing on the cars - none of them are from the '50's or '40's. I saw Model A's (from the 1920's, and the newest cars are from the 1930's.
Hasn't changed a lot. Today it still looks exactly the same. Maybe not as clean and the people don't appear as fancy, the houses and the cars are not in the same conditions anymore, but in the end hasn't really changed a lot.
are you blind,have you seen videos from Cuba lately?Habana was beautiful ,now the buildings are falling ,trash all over the streets,and people are not dress nice anymore.It is misery and sad faces everywere
@Tahara-Aichi that's not what I'm saying. They could just as well be jewish. Many people associates the mafia with italians, but there were just as many Jewish mafioso. Take Goldman-Sachs grandfather
you're aware that cuba was an oppressive Military dictatorship, which was exploited by American companies and was a training ground for many criminal organizations.... right?
Llegó el comandante y mando a parar 😁😃🤣🤣 gracias adiós y a mis padres vivo en USA 32 años super feliz soy cubano americano y hablo 2 idiomas ...Fidel me ISO un favor 😊😊🙂
ESO MISMO YO LES DIGO A LOS QUE SE CONOCEN YA INTERNACIONALMENTE COMO "GUSANOS" Y SE ME ALTERAN... Y SI LES PREGUNTO SI VOLVERÍAN A cUBA Y ME DICEN: ¡¡¡yOOOO... NI LOCO...!!! jA JAJA
@@yatusabesnetaquesabe679 El vaticano es el estado mas bello y seguro de la historia. La Habana son ruinas de los que hicieron los Españoles en America y el Caribe. Lo que ves en La Habana se ve en infinitas partes de España, pero sin estar en ruinas.
@@carloscervantes911 España tiene también muchas ruinas que son históricas pero yo no apoyo las ruinas hablo de riquezas arquitectónicas hablo de su valor histórico por supuesto en Europa también las hay
Mi habana ! No sabes como te pienso , como lloro px tus recuerdos...hace casi 20 años q me fui y aún así es del carajo...pero lo siento.! Hasta q no se caiga el comunismo , no iré, pués tu sabes q no comparto esa dictadura..sé q resistirás...aguanta y pásales px arriba a esos comunistas..tu lograrás ver como todo aquel q te quiso destruir., caéra ante ti y tu cementerio y reirás de todo aquel q un dia trató de convertirte en lo q no eras, una cuba anticomunista y libre que se hizo con el sudor de los dignos y educados...se te quiere y se te admira.. PD..cuidate , ya falta poco...❤😪😔👑🕊
Indique en época eliminaron los trolleys. En Puerto Rico ocurrió igual gracias al capitalismo. Vehículos. concreto y asfalto para carreteras. Ford Motor y General Motors para mencionar dos.
It's pretty if you don't show the wealth and class divides, illiteracy, A-B-C zones where development was focused (American-British-Canadian), extreme poverty and lack of basic necessities for the have-nots. Batista was a brutal dictator doing what the West wanted. Castro did amazing things for his country, but being a communist and not transitioning to free elections is his downfall. However if he did transition to a free society the Americans would quite.possibly have turned Cuba in to Haiti or Iraq, corrupted to the core. Would like to see the people have a fair chance to avoid that though and choose their own destiny.
Cuba itself was more prosperous compared to the communist era, and especially when compared to post Soviet era Cuba all the way to today in 2023. But definitely a very unequal place. By now I think Cuba has lived most extremes regarding politics and government, and has always been corrupt. Would be nice to have a Cuban Miracle. After all, Cubans tend to become quite prosperous elsewhere. For someone growing up in such dire conditions, moving elsewhere feels like living life, but in easy-mode. In the US, in Latin America, in Europe... Cubans just simply get their life together and it's not unusual for them to become prosperous way above the average of their host country. And very much overrepresented in the arts, wherever they go. But transitioning a country is a whole different game, with the risk of having NOTHING changing, or becoming a new dystopic era in a perpetually dysfunctional country. Still, it is hard to imagine Cuba getting worse than how it is now. I just hope that during my lifetime I get to see a Cuba becoming prosperous with my own eyes. So far Cuba has been just constantly declining, with people desperate to just leave at the blink of an eye.
Castro made us poor like rats, since the beginning he took our freedom Away, stole property and destroyed the economy, turning cuba into some sort of Soviet Hawai. Nowadays my people still prefer to die in the ocean than continue to live in here
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*Who can help with the timeline to identify the locations? Is this film before or after the Cuban Revolution? To tell by the cars it looks like late 1940s or early 1950s* .
The first cars are pre 1939. What's the difference between communistas and capitalista? One is a gangster state one is a quasi police state. Corporations are fake entities in contemplation of law. Even the CCP uses them. Communism is a myth; it has never actually happened.
Since I'm 88 years old, I can tell you that going by the years of the cars, it would be more like the late 40's to early 50's.
@@kristensorensen2219 Here we go again... Can none of my films escape political controversies? Why not just enjoy the film?!
Tramways were taken out of service in April of 1952, so these images are bound to be older.
The fashion is clearly from around year 1950.
this is so fkn sad…what could’ve been…such a beautiful place. where my family is from.
Watching this as a 3rd generation Cuban brings tears and sadness to my heart; of what once was my beautiful country. I still have and will always have faith that God alone will restore this land and its fruits. Not by the will of the people alone, but with the Lord by their side, this land shall prosper, once more. In the name of Jesus, Amen. 2022
Cubans in cuba are happy your family left
Restore it to what? The average cuban is faaaar better off materially now than prior to the revolution.
There is a reason the average cuban joined Fidel and che
Gustano
Looks like someone's plantation owning grandparents got kicked out! Cry cry louder
@@mechamedeisa9622 Your mom😂
I love all your wonderful film enhancements. Thanks to your artistry of restoration and choices of fabulous music they are a joy to watch. Bravo!!
Thank you very much
Beautiful video!!! As a “special period baby” I greatly thank you for this; I didn’t get to see my country before it was plagued by destruction and misery.
The comment section, on the other hand, is truly disappointing. Came down here hoping someone might’ve identified some of the places shown in the video and the only thing I found was tons of misinformation and the typical unfounded debate of whether or not a communist Cuba would’ve flourished if it wasn’t for the Embargo imposed by the US…
It’s saddening how people go out of their way to perpetuate the lies and hate spread during the last six decades. A simple comment on the internet may seem harmless but it turns extremely dangerous when you’re denying the pain and trauma of multiple generations, the true history of a whole country.
VIVA CUBA LIBRE!
❤
Muy cierto al país si es verdad que se le quiere se debe respetar y nunca fue respetado cómo lo es ahora dónde su pueblo es de la gran mayoría pobre que no aparecía en ningún vídeo ni siquiera mucho en sus calles pero con un nivel cultural hoy muy por encima del acostumbrado en ese país y unos avances en muchos sectores que están al niveles mundiales en diferentes areas , el tiempo y el embargo se llevan una buena parte pero la otra al parecer no es visible ante tan poca visión y buena voluntad de muchos penosamente para tanto desarrollo según ellos tenían no se sabe dónde quizás en la escasa tristes mentes Grs.
Everything was so clean; streets maintained; many people were dressed well. Such a stark difference compared to Cuba today.
Notice how all of them are white?
Thats why.
Now if you were to see mestizos in 1950’s cuba under batista…
Well Batista was not 100% white either. He was mixed race (black and white). Also, I believe white Cubans made the majority of the population as compared to today.
@@KevinPichardoCompany01 that's true, he was mixed, but that doesn't really mean anything because nevertheless, racism and discrimination were prevalent in Cuba in it's early history. Even Batista himself couldn't go to white majority areas in the country. Just saying.
Thank you for the video Rick, Cuba is beautiful. Love seeing cars having problems driving in the city... the roads were originally designed for horses. So i makes me think its probably mid 1940s. Dig the music too 👍from 🇺🇾
Todavía tienen mucha architectural buena aya en el sur no?
@@PairOfCatEyes para mi, si hay
Rick88888888 Excellent quality of the original film. Looks better on color. I don't know which software are you using for coloring. I'm an historian for the Public Transportation on Havana and Cuba. The real color of the livery on the tramways was silver grey, with the frame for the doors and windows on yellow. The livery of the buses was orange, with a dark green stripe and brown on the top, cause the bodies were made of wood and they used the same paint on the roofs than the used on awnings to make it water tight. The date of the film should be by the end of 1948 or beginnings of 1949. On 1950 there were metal bodies buses including General Motors old look.
Excellent restoration work. It's long before 1950. Mostly around early 40's or late 30's. Castro got into power in January 1959
Thanks for the info!
Amazing film, it seems that was around the forties cause the tunnel of the bay wasn't built it yet, but as a Cuban, I felt very touched by these images, thanks for uploading them.
wow! how wonderful to see this, good music to, Thanks!
There’s a mixture of time periods - going from early 30s to mid 50s. The segment in which the cars (late 1920 models) have to step on the sidewalk to make the curb are probably related to the 1933 revolution that overthrew Antonio Machado (the passengers in one car are carrying rifles); it was this overthrow that first put Batista in the political limelight.
Beautiful architecture. I knew a lady who visited Cuba back in the 1940s; she loved the atmosphere and told me that the people were very friendly.
Yes used to be
@@GeorgeFranquiz - Yes, unfortunately things turned out for the worst for the Cuban People. I read somewhere that they are starving and living in misery.
@@Diana-yn2ho Cuba is taking the place of Haiti and Burundy as the poorest nation in the world.
@@GeorgeFranquiz - Not surprising since the reign of the evil one.
She saw it in its glory
El video tiene un valor historico y cultural, gracias.
What a beautiful and civilised country it was before the communists
@@luke6263 NOOOO, before the Castro!!!!
@@luke6263 No. Before Castro fucked it all up my friend..! Sold out the Cuban people to the USSR, then to Venezuela and the rest of the World. Just to maintain his own power! But if you think I'm wrong? How are the actual Cuban people fairing today compared to before??? And please get your facts straight before answering..! Six decades of communism, and nothing to show for it! They could have sold their souls for a lot more..!!!
@@gregrodriguez714 if communism doesn't work why not end the embargo and let it fail on its own?
Wake up!
Überlege was du sagst, Mann! Batista wurde von Meyer Lansky fürstlich bezahlt, um die unzähligen Casinos und Bordelle der Mafia in Havanna zu dulden. Unter Fidel Castro gab es keine legale Prostitution und Casinos mehr auf Kuba. Den Leute und der Wirtschaft ging es auch soweit sehr gut, bis das die Sowjetunion unterging und somit deren engster Verbündeter.
Man, the buildings looked good back then. If you go now, half of these buildings are collapsed, the other half is in a super poor state and completely falling apart. Not having the money and resources for proper maintenance really messed the city up.
Having a parasite, like Fidel and,more importantly, those who financed his "enthronement," is what caused the demise - all that happened there was a prelude of what's occurring now in the U.S.A and other parts of the, so called, Free World. I have a friend who visits Cuba regularly and he tells me that the "elite" there live like kings and based on other sources and my own experience, I've confirmed that this is true.
Another communist success.
Great work and equally great music. Hopefully one day.. Cuba será libre
Wow you can see the difference them and now😮👍🤗🤩a good video about Cuba from the 50's.
Highest video Quality of vintage Cuba I've seen to this date ⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️
There is a civilian Jeep (CJ) in the footage and they were produced from 1946.
This is absolutely incredible. The music also! That 3rd song, while watching those 3 cars get around that tight corner, with rifles.
One of the most beautiful cities destroyed by envy.
Tal vez me equivoque. Pero por los autos y la ropa este video pudiera ser del 39 o 40s. Muy bonito todo. Limpio y organizado. Se párese mucho a mi Patria Puerto Rico 🇵🇷
Muy fuerte ver todo esto. Es como si fuese Puerto Rico pero más hermoso aún pero que ya no existe.
you did an amazing job on this film! well done!
Thank you very much!
@@Rick88888888 np. i also like all of your other films! its the best we'll get to actually experience these beautiful times
Sorry This is Cuba in the 40s, before the boom in the 50s when Cuba really was the best and before the Castro regime took over .
This is a wonderful film of Cuba before the communist revolution.Itbis definitely late 1940's early 1950's.One of my great aunt and uncle were fortunate to spend their honeymoon there in 1952.Cuba was the jewel of the Carribean before Fidel ruined it.
It was the jewel of Spain next to being the jewel of the Caribbean. Cuba was such an integral part of Spain. My Spanish ancestors would travel there when it was still part of Spain. Losing it to the US was very painful for Spain.
Beautiful place music footage video. 🙇♂️🙏👍♥️
Me gustan estos videos de la habana de los años 50..majestuosa
Habana majestuosa. Bella Habana de los años 50.que no volverá.
Pues tal vez no volverá, pero si acaso continúa el indigno Embargo Económico
impuesto por Estados Unidos desde hace más de 60 años. Mientras eso siga...
@@salvadorvizcarra769comunismo*
@@salvadorvizcarra769Que tiene que ver el embargo, con que el cubano no tenga derechos humanos ? Comida ? corriente ? libertad ?
@@salvadorvizcarra769Tú "El comunismo es bueno pero necesita del capitalismo americano para florecer" 😂😂😂
Av. del Malecón 0:24 , Capitolio Nacional 0:43 , Iglesia del Sagrado Corazón, Reina street ( now Simón Bolívar ) 2:13.
Wow, what a great compilation remembering myself having visited Cuba via Mexico illegaly in 2004, immense pleasure and over the top friendly peoples.
The Embargo is the government best friend. The real reason is that communism does not work anywhere in the world. The film is from the early 40 not 50
Cuba era la perla del Caribe y con una gran riqueza durante su pertenencia a España como lo atestigua su riqueza comercial. Pero los criollos no querían que se aboliera la esclavitud y se iniciaron movimientos independentista para mejorar su economía y su libertad. Resultado pobreza y una dictadura comunista ,pues sí que han mejorado.
Tus antepasados entregaron Cuba a dos dictadores, Batista y Fidel. El resto huyó de la Isla y le dio la espalda. Ojalá las futuras generaciones de Cuba APRENDAN a evitar la avaricia por el poder y la corrupción Y no abandonar el hogar cuando las cosas se ponen difíciles....y dejen la mentalidad de "Quitate tu pa ponerme yo"!!
Es muy fácil culpar a los dictadores, pero esos dictadores no se pusieron ahí por sí mismos... tenían el apoyo del público. Asume la responsabilidad.
Wow that footage so cool, the music says may I have this dance?
pERO QUE HERMOSURA DE PAIS ERA cUBA EN LOS 50.
Sigue siendo Bella y sin $$$atana$$$.
In the 50’s CUBA IS SO BEAUTIFUL AND IM CUBAN 😭
I'm Cuban and from Havana, born and raised. I have so much to say! I can recognize almost every location. The only significant changes in the urban design of my city is the decadence and destruction after 60+ years of communism, it makes Havana looks like we have been thru war. That's why I think Havana is the city of nostalgia, we Cubans live in that nostalgia. From what I see the videos are from the 40s to the very early 50's.
Some of the places I recognize from the video:
@0:11 That's close to the beginning of Malecon in the Morro Side.
@0:37 The once tramway crossing in front of Capitolio
@2.39 Iglesia del Corazon de Jesus
@6:22 The University of Havana
@7:29 Paseo de Prado
@11:30 Monument to Jose Miguel Gomez
@12:48 Maceo Monument with presidential palace in the background
@13:45 Castillo de la Real Fuerza
I guess that I never paid attention to most of those places while living in Cuba, maybe because I didn't have "tourist's eyes", I left 5 years ago when I was 18.
Hermosa ciudad.. varadero inigualable.. ....
Oh wow - thanks for this video is a national treasure for Cubans
What a prosperous capitalist country was before the Castros
Unbright ass does this old coloured tourist video of the specific areas of the capital city really forced u to arrive on that conclusion. Mr.Prosperous do some good research.
@@amrendrakumar8530 Cuba before castro was way better than your country could ever be.
They probably still have some of the cars in this video
Al parecer, hay varios fragmentos de epocas diferentes. Empieza con autos de los 45-50 y luego, hay un salto a los años 30-40 por el sombrero de bombin y los autos Ford 32-36. Lugares: Fortaleza de ¨El Morro¨, Habana Vieja, Iglesia del Sagrado corazon de Jesus, calle Reina, Iglesia y parque de Santiago de las Vegas... Monumento a Jose Miguel Gomez, Calle G y 27. Vedado.
In my parents day, Cuba was the Pearl of the Antilles and Havana was called
The Paris of the Caribbean. I left Havana in 1963 at 5 yo. I know all these places, wish I could remember their names.
@19:04 is the entrance to El Morro fort.
On the other side of that long street they filmed is el Malecon, the long sea wall that guards Havana Harbor. Too bad they didn't show it too.
Tus documentales son muy instructivos y bellos.Quisiera que ampliaras más tanto en fotos como en palabras sobre los 50 al 59 en el área del hoy Parque Maceo de Centro Habana. Que había antes del Hospital Almejeira y si es cierto que en el Parque Maceo existía una fuente de agua con una bella escultura. Gracias por su cultura citadina.
BEFORE the Revolution, there was another revolution.
"When president Gerardo Machado was overthrown in August 1933, Rep. Arnaz was arrested and jailed. Six months later, he was allowed to go into exile."
This Arnaz is the father of Desi Arnaz, husband of Lucille Ball.
buenas memorias! gue rico!
I see dead people but the business of life is the acquisition of memories. Thank you Rick88888888.
Siempre ruego a Cronos, en lo más profundo de mi ser, que haga detener el tiempo y por su arte mágico haga estos instantes furtivos, breves, fugaces duren una eternidad. ¡ Sueño y añoro constantemente a mi Patria querida y a nuestros hermanos/as compatriotas.
Great music too!
Es de los años 40,a jusgar por los modelos de los autos y por el paneo de cámara en áreas del malecón dónde aún no aparecen algunos edificios modernos del boon constructivo de los 50
Hello. Thank you so much for the video. I am making a historical video on Cuba and i would like to know if i can use this footage? is this free use? I can give you credits of course
Sorry, you can NOT use it. Please read TH-cam's rules on "re-used content", copyright and in general. It can get your channel into deep trouble. However, if you show your film only outside of TH-cam we can discuss licensing in exchange for a donation.
@Rick88888888 fake, I can download the video and do what I please. Y can't do anything about it. Plus did u record this video, I don't think so. In top of that, anyone can found the original source and do an even better remaster
Cool Panama hats in Cuba🎉
Very nice, Rick. I'd say this was right around 1950. Clearly before La Revolution.
It is unfortunate that the second half of the 20th century did Cuba no favors, nor indeed much of the entire world.
Wow
Sad so sad l am when I see what was Cuba before this Castro nightmare the Castro brothers never love this land not a bit you by been having your ideology but for God sake look what they have done to Cuba not just economic cultural in any you look they have destroyed everything is gone take few generation to rebuild Cuba but the worst of it education and the worst part of this is very little people knows about what was Cuba
Yea just finished watching Documentary on Cuba before and after...crazy to think one man decisions has totally ruined a country
@@keronfarrier2198dude got indoctrinated lmao
Fantastic. Thanks.
Woud you consider ad blue sky?
The sky is blue!
@@Rick88888888
Yes. Mostly.
@@Rick88888888
Great job anyway. It's like time travel.
Seeing this video now, makes me sad in many levels , just returned from Cuba and I can’t tell you , scarcity , shortages of everything, people leaving theirs homes and running , electricity shortages, water shortages and no farms no proper food no nothing , the new buildings looks older than the buildings in the video , people has no money to renovate their homes , the beautiful colonial houses are in their worst condition ever, people are really suffering from ever, only negros are left in Havana , no real native Americans no clear blood Cubans , people running prefer to die in the oceans to USA instead of living in Cuba, very very very sad to see the country like that, having no hope that country will improve anytime soon as long as people gave up trying
Shortages? Read this: “The Economic Blockade that United States imposed on Cuba, and which has been uninterrupted for more than 60 years, is product of the revenge of Dulles brothers against Fidel Castro, as a result of Castro expropriating the United Fruit Company (UFCO), more than 50,000 hectares of cultivation (Sugar Cane). Allen Dulles (CIA Director), and his brother John Foster Dulles (US Secretary of State), were a shareholder in UFCO, and were on the payroll for more than 20 years. Both Bros. demanded payment from Cuban Gov’t for the land expropriated at ridiculously high amount, when United Fruit Co. had obtained these large estates for $7 dollars per hectare and demanded compensation for $4,800 dollars per hectare. Castro was also asked to pay the cost of hotels, houses and casinos owned by the New York Mafia and other figures of high politics in the US. As Cuba does not pay, the Economic Blockade continues. “If we can't assassinate Castro, let's assassinate his economy”. Now, 12 Presidents have passed in the White House, and the Blockade continues. Castro, Dulles Bros., Meyer Lansky, Kennedy, LBJ and all that generation have already died; they are no longer here. And the Economic Blockade continues. Why? Why, if Castro NEVER affected the interests of the US people? Castro affected the interests of the New York Mafia, the UFCO and the interests of the Dulles Brothers. The Castro Gov't affected the interests some companies (6 companies), that conspired to assassinate him, but not affected the US People. (It would be an example to say that Mexico imposed an Economic Block on the US, cuz the US Gov’t confiscated properties from “El Chapo”, or from the Mexican Drug Trafficking Cartels). Castro never seized property from US citizens. Castro only seized the property of the New York Mafia. So, why? If perhaps the reason for the Blockade was cuz Fidel Castro was an ally of USSR, well, USSR has not existed for more than 30 years either. Then why? What is the reason for continuing with this Economic Blockade against Cuba? The answer to these questions, in any case, would be: "Cuz a dark power within the US wants to impose itself in Cuba, violating its sovereignty, in the same way that it has done and continues to do so throughout the world with the weakest nations". No common citizen of the US has anything against the Cuban people, but a certain sector of the Government's High Politics does…” Now, If you want to know about the atrocities and massacres of the UFCO and the CIA in Chile, Venezuela, Peru, Colombia, Cuba, all the Caribbean and Central America, consult Wikipedia: “Wars of the Banana Republics”. (From Stephen Kinzer book: “The Brothers”). Write the latter that appears in parentheses, and verify this information right here on TH-cam. Or, do the same and search for it on Google. In History Channel: th-cam.com/video/Mu5pWe8cQSo/w-d-xo.html “Batista y la Mafia en Cuba”.
The issue is that today with exactly same cars and other vihecles - just of course in much worst condition, as the buildings, roads etc. everything on the streets of Havanna...
Tremendo el legado de España en Cuba. Luego lo destruyo un guerrillero y ahora quedan ruinas y chatarras de 4 ruedas.
Sin duda tienes toda la razon
El sistema político socialista donde va deja pobreza, destrucción y totalitarismo. Está diseñado por Marx para eso.
De hecho si pero cuba mejoró mucho después de ser una provincia de España
Solo funciona en teoria en las paginas de sus libros pero en la practica es una mierda.@@andres9559
Feels like the "Old World" still existed in 1950s Cuba. Mostly gone now.
Me dejó loco la guagua del minuto 10.10. Estaría borraho el chofer?
Definitely pre-1952 with the trams/streetcars still in operation. The system was unusual with the cars having twin trolley poles and overhead wires instead of the usual single pole and wire and the return of the circuit through the track. Apparently there were a number of reasons - dust on the track in the dry season preventing good contact plus flooding in the wet season.
Gracias por el video pero eso es de los años 40 pued anduve en tranvía pero en las 50 no había tranvías ni esos autobuses yo vivía el SAN LASARO Y INFANTA Y SUS ALREDEDORES PERO GRACIAS UNA VEZ MAS
This was definity filmed in the '30's - judging by the cars. Interesting but unimaginable, would have been known where he was filming.
I'm sorry but it is not the 1930s, but late 1940's or early 1950s.
@@Rick88888888 I dated it the way I did was focosing on the cars - none of them are from the '50's or '40's. I saw Model A's (from the 1920's, and the newest cars are from the 1930's.
👍
Thank you for showing the beauty the Republic once had.
Superb!
When The Cordial President Precided
Hasn't changed a lot. Today it still looks exactly the same. Maybe not as clean and the people don't appear as fancy, the houses and the cars are not in the same conditions anymore, but in the end hasn't really changed a lot.
are you blind,have you seen videos from Cuba lately?Habana was beautiful ,now the buildings are falling ,trash all over the streets,and people are not dress nice anymore.It is misery and sad faces everywere
you just described the very definition of change
@@nick0liver446 dont know how your place changes but most places you dont recognize anymore after 50 years
@@magalycordova7934 dude take a chill pill
@@magalycordova7934 Not blind but dumb, Cuba is all DESCOJONAAA
Present Havana looks older!
Just not taken care of
@@andgo1400 Haha Older than the old video
5:12 you can see the italian mafia moving around with their Tommy guns
How do you know they're Italians ?
@@maukachauka8793 because they spent time in cuba during those times and operated from there
@Tahara-Aichi that's not what I'm saying. They could just as well be jewish. Many people associates the mafia with italians, but there were just as many Jewish mafioso. Take Goldman-Sachs grandfather
This would’ve been the Dubai of the Caribbean!
Amazing. Original filmmaker?
Is the scene repetition in the start of the video from the original film or did you do that for effect?
They are different shots (although it might not seem so)
@@Rick88888888 still pretty boring
@@manus5423 Well then just don't watch it.
That was before Castro and his Socialist madness.
you're aware that cuba was an oppressive Military dictatorship, which was exploited by American companies and was a training ground for many criminal organizations.... right?
You obviously never read a book.
Before Batista and his Mafia madness.
Btw Castro was a communist, not a socialist. England and Canada are Socialist.
The madness that improved that vastly improved the living conditions for the average cuban citizen
Anything better than socialism…Cuba looked better then…
socialism better than anything
@@Suzuha_Amane yet it never works this Cuba looks way better
Rick wat heb je van ned /indie 1940//1950
Vrijwel niets want alles is copyrighted
Before Communism
Where is everybody?. Perhaps having a siesta. Well swept streets too!
only 6 million lived in all of Cuba prior to the castro thugs revolution.
@Rick88888888, Great video!. In the description under music, you write various. Do you have the names of the songs and artists in your video.
It is not public domain music but only available through a paid subscription on Epidemic Sound
Llegó el comandante y mando a parar 😁😃🤣🤣 gracias adiós y a mis padres vivo en USA 32 años super feliz soy cubano americano y hablo 2 idiomas ...Fidel me ISO un favor 😊😊🙂
ESO MISMO YO LES DIGO A LOS QUE SE CONOCEN YA INTERNACIONALMENTE COMO "GUSANOS" Y SE ME ALTERAN... Y SI LES PREGUNTO SI VOLVERÍAN A cUBA Y ME DICEN: ¡¡¡yOOOO... NI LOCO...!!! jA JAJA
Very nice video, many thanks, Rick! It was beautiful and clear before commies.
Elegant well dressed women & men.
Elegant well dressed rich pigs
Sos Cuba ❤❤❤
La Habana siempre a sido más hermosa que Roma Italia
Manda cojones
@@carloscervantes911 perdón más que Roma no me corrijo más que Vaticano
@@yatusabesnetaquesabe679 El vaticano es el estado mas bello y seguro de la historia. La Habana son ruinas de los que hicieron los Españoles en America y el Caribe. Lo que ves en La Habana se ve en infinitas partes de España, pero sin estar en ruinas.
@@carloscervantes911 España tiene también muchas ruinas que son históricas pero yo no apoyo las ruinas hablo de riquezas arquitectónicas hablo de su valor histórico por supuesto en Europa también las hay
@@yatusabesnetaquesabe679 En las ruinas de España nadie vive, en Cuba esas son las casas.
How the I.A. was utilized in this video?
Please watch the Welcome video on my channel
Havana before the ‘52 coup or the ‘59 revolution
bellissima città incredibile.
and cuba today is a disaster
Nothing has changed
Liar
Mi habana ! No sabes como te pienso , como lloro px tus recuerdos...hace casi 20 años q me fui y aún así es del carajo...pero lo siento.! Hasta q no se caiga el comunismo , no iré, pués tu sabes q no comparto esa dictadura..sé q resistirás...aguanta y pásales px arriba a esos comunistas..tu lograrás ver como todo aquel q te quiso destruir., caéra ante ti y tu cementerio y reirás de todo aquel q un dia trató de convertirte en lo q no eras, una cuba anticomunista y libre que se hizo con el sudor de los dignos y educados...se te quiere y se te admira..
PD..cuidate , ya falta poco...❤😪😔👑🕊
It's a shame, a beautiful place with beautiful people.
WHO are the guys in the video at 5:02 minutes?
Indique en época eliminaron los trolleys. En Puerto Rico ocurrió igual gracias al capitalismo. Vehículos. concreto y asfalto para carreteras. Ford Motor y General Motors para mencionar dos.
Deberian poner los nombres de los lugares que aparecen Yo conozco muchos porque naci en 1944 tengo 80 años
I would like you to know that Cuba had and still has American rules of traffic in effect.
Cuba parou no tempo !
buenas memorias
pos. 5.00 -- the clubpeople in the 3 cars with their guns ................shows the reality behind the white facades, nice streets
There was always some Political coup or other brewing in Cuba.
Where can I find all these songs that are playing in the video ?
On Epidemic sound. It's a paid service, not free to use.
@@Rick88888888 thank you is there an app for it ? And what would I search for just Cuban style music ?
It's pretty if you don't show the wealth and class divides, illiteracy, A-B-C zones where development was focused (American-British-Canadian), extreme poverty and lack of basic necessities for the have-nots. Batista was a brutal dictator doing what the West wanted. Castro did amazing things for his country, but being a communist and not transitioning to free elections is his downfall. However if he did transition to a free society the Americans would quite.possibly have turned Cuba in to Haiti or Iraq, corrupted to the core. Would like to see the people have a fair chance to avoid that though and choose their own destiny.
Cuba itself was more prosperous compared to the communist era, and especially when compared to post Soviet era Cuba all the way to today in 2023. But definitely a very unequal place. By now I think Cuba has lived most extremes regarding politics and government, and has always been corrupt.
Would be nice to have a Cuban Miracle. After all, Cubans tend to become quite prosperous elsewhere. For someone growing up in such dire conditions, moving elsewhere feels like living life, but in easy-mode. In the US, in Latin America, in Europe... Cubans just simply get their life together and it's not unusual for them to become prosperous way above the average of their host country. And very much overrepresented in the arts, wherever they go. But transitioning a country is a whole different game, with the risk of having NOTHING changing, or becoming a new dystopic era in a perpetually dysfunctional country. Still, it is hard to imagine Cuba getting worse than how it is now.
I just hope that during my lifetime I get to see a Cuba becoming prosperous with my own eyes. So far Cuba has been just constantly declining, with people desperate to just leave at the blink of an eye.
Castro made us poor like rats, since the beginning he took our freedom Away, stole property and destroyed the economy, turning cuba into some sort of Soviet Hawai. Nowadays my people still prefer to die in the ocean than continue to live in here
4:59 Gangsters?
Looks like the film is from a movie