Primary Sources: The 1960s: Bay of Pigs (1961)

Documents from the George Washington University National Security Archive.

"National Security Council files relating to the Bay of Pigs."

The CIA's official history of the Bay of Pigs Operation

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B-26 used by Cuban pilots; landed in Florida; in Cuba, rocket shells shown; Adlai Stevenson in UN denies any aggression; Guatemala training base; Castro in Cuba (partial newsreel) "

"Summary: Coverage of the return of 1,113 Cuban prisoners who participated in the Bay of Pigs Invasion by Pan American DC-6's and DC-7C's. Shows their arrival at Homestead AFB; processing by US Immigration, Cuban Refugee Welfare Finance and Public Health Services personnel; the Cubans receiving Red Cross packages, being issued 505 military clothing, and being greeted by friends and relatives. Also shows drug, medical and food supplies being loaded into aircraft at Opa-Locka AFS and into African Pilot freighter at Port Everglades. (Shot list to follow.)"

"Rebels invade Cuba in 1961. Various shots of invasion troops testing their weapons and being briefed. Air to air shot of troop transport plane. "

Documents from the George Washington University National Security Archive.

"This newsreel, produced by Universal Pictures Company, features the invasion of Cuba."