Uploaded February 2026 | Updated September 2026, 2 weeks ago
Filmed on February 16, 1964, this archival reel from the original negative takes viewers inside a Cuban high school during the early years of the Revolution.
ABC News correspondent Lisa Howard explores the classroom environment, likely capturing the "Becados" (scholarship students) program, where rural youth were brought to Havana for education. The footage features English classes in session and candid interviews with students about their political views.
Key Interviews:
The Canadian Student: A rare interview with a Canadian boy attending high school in Havana, who compares the Canadian government to the new Cuban socialist state.
The "True Believer": A young Cuban girl who tells Howard directly that she "wishes that the whole world would be Communist."
The English Teacher: Footage of a "pretty English teacher" (as described in the 1964 log) conducting lessons, showing the curriculum of the time.
#Cuba #Education #ColdWar #Communism #1964 #LisaHoward #Havana #History #HezakyaNewz
Filmed on February 16, 1964, this archival reel from the original negative takes viewers inside a Cuban high school during the early years of the Revolution.
ABC News correspondent Lisa Howard explores the classroom environment, likely capturing the "Becados" (scholarship students) program, where rural youth were brought to Havana for education. The footage features English classes in session and candid interviews with students about their political views.
Key Interviews:
The Canadian Student: A rare interview with a Canadian boy attending high school in Havana, who compares the Canadian government to the new Cuban socialist state.
The "True Believer": A young Cuban girl who tells Howard directly that she "wishes that the whole world would be Communist."
The English Teacher: Footage of a "pretty English teacher" (as described in the 1964 log) conducting lessons, showing the curriculum of the time.
#Cuba #Education #ColdWar #Communism #1964 #LisaHoward #Havana #History #HezakyaNewz
