00:00Police patrol excited crowds in Havana, who found that while they slept, behind the scenes strongman General Batista had overthrown
00:07the constitutional regime of President Carlos Prio.
00:10Once before, in 1933, when only an army sergeant Batista staged a revolt.
00:15Now as then, his co-conspirators in the army, navy, and police seized key points.
00:21The present coup was accomplished in only 77 minutes, but Cuba's political freedom is ended as Batista cancels the June
00:271st elections.
00:28Batista says he is a friend of the people, as his soldiers patrol the streets to establish what he calls
00:34disciplined democracy.
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