Pre- Fidel Castro Cuba in the late 1940s in color [A.I. enhanced & colorized] 

*Don't forget to subscribe to my channel* ! Please just enjoy the film. No need to make unpleasant comments about what communism has done to this country, because that is well-documented and already debated to-the-bone.

Fantastic. The dancers were full of life. What an enchanting, beautiful place ruined by socialism/communism.

I always wondered what Cuba was like prior to Castro coming to power, and now I know. Castro’s revolution set that poor island back 200 years. He destroyed Cuba. What gave him the right to anoint himself leader for life?

Best export from Cuba? Desi Arnaz. Thanks to you and Lucy for all the joy you brought to me.

The time when cuba was beautiful

When I lit my cigarette watching this video, it turned into a cigar. Really wonderful videos you are posting Rick, keep up the good work!

British boy here, went there in 98 fantastic,, but still theses beautiful People had nothing of there own 🆘 Seems neither is right, people still go missing for having a mind... That said I love this piece of TIME THE DANCING AND BEING FREE..... WOW. I'LL be watching this again, and AGAIN 🤔💕💥🇬🇧🆘😭💰💸🎃🗣️👁️☠️👁️🙈🙊🙉🙏

Loved the video. Sad it's no longer like this.

Thank you Rick for another amazing video from the past, dont know where you find them all, but i am glad you do.

Thank you. The soundtrack added to the film - the mind puts tends to put things in sync when the sounds are appropriate. Was there a purpose to the original (e.g., tourism)? It was kind of a strange collage. Enhancements were very nicely done.

This appears to have been filmed in the early 40s, perhaps 1942-1943.

Excellent job again, Rick! Very natural colors.

I love the architecture, and the trees, and the scenery, and the dancing! Anyone have a time machine?

Cuba was the mini miami back in the 40s before communism.

He destroyed Cuba the everyday people should have it all

Hermoso trabajo Rick88888888!! Muchas gracias!

Thank you for this. So interesting to see the variety of people and activities. And the dancing! Oh my!

Absolutely fascinating.

... those cars are still running the streets of Cuba today.

This is beautiful. Thanx so much !

Love your Videos! Keep it up. Greetings from Germany

What amazing footage!!

And the music goes right with the video...! Perfecto...!!!!👌 Eres un genio... !!!

This is a very nicely colorized film and Cuba was indeed very beautiful during the period portrayed but 99% of the images are from the 1930’s not the 40’s. To use your reference, take a good look at the cars, the clothes, the ladies hairstyles. Cuba was the largest importer of automobiles, fashion, movies, etc. in Latin America during the first half of the 20th century, the correct era would be reflected in the film clips.

Beautiful & heartbreaking to witness.

My beautiful country, back when they had class, dignity and self respect.

😢😢😢😢😢 🇨🇺 My beloved homeland how I adore love and miss you I was a year old when my parents took me out from the devil himself in 1964 Cuba remains in my heart and with me until I depart from this earth or I will return to a free Cuba God and our Holy Mother Bless my beloved Cuba for ever 😢😢😢😢😢 🇨🇺

@ Rick88888888 thanks for the film! Can you please make a correction on the introduction? It is "El Morro" Castle, not Mauro Castle. Thanks.

Wonderful video again. I really appreciate your work. By the way, how many hours does it take to restore/colorize such a video?

Love my country, this is ✨BEAUTIFUL✨

BEAUTIFUL

HAPPY DAYS

My birthplace where my late parents were born!

Thanks for posting. Really enjoyed it.

Beautiful Republic of Cuba. Shame it's Communist now. Thought there would be scenes of Clubs & nightlife. The colorizing is very good.

What is the name of the street that appears at 03:25 in the video? Does this tunnel still exist? Thanks!

Amazing quality - fabulous work.

Love your intro on before Castro. So this wonderful surface footage is from when U.S. gangsters and U.S. Banana companies controlled everything especially keeping the Cubans "in their place". Beautiful tourist destination for any type of "sin" for which one could pay..and pay.

Thank you! 🤩 Fantastic! 🎶

Wonderful to watch this. Thank you.

Great work! Again! almost look like the Italian Neighborhood of NY

nothing changed. Cuba should be Unesco heritage.

Wow what a fantastic trip back in time Cuba is a beautiful place amazing to see all the activities taking place ♥️

It is simply breathtaking. My kind of place to be visited!

This is what I want to see beautiful land beautiful country the way it was before or we ruined it.

Can you do one on Puerto Rico...?? 😍

Cuba que linda es Cuba..

wish it stayed like this

This is sooo nostalgic

Fantástico!

Cuba is an amazing place, beautiful, but wow, all my positive comments for Cuba! Hooray for Cuba! Amazing perseverance and a great resourceful people struggling under decades of an unprecedented blockade.

beautiful video😎

I’ve visited Cuba several times and this is fascinating! Thank you! 🇨🇦

Before comm*nism

I hope many people are watching this and realize how Cuba was an amazing country before Communism took over! Are you Americans getting the hint!

This is where Tony Montana was born.

VIVA CUBA Y LA HISPANIDAD

Q lindo bailaban y se vestian muy bien ❤en ssa era....baile,tabaco y ron

The big hotel in 1:39 was Hotel De Nacional, owned by Meyer Lansky

Wonderful, love my Havana

Wish you would do an "And Now!" portion at the end. Wow. What a difference.

Wow it still looks the same today.

Nice vlog... look like puerto rico,,,, ruinas ahora😢

Thanks. Went to Cuba this past January.

So sad, what communism has done to Cuba and their citizens

كوبا كما لم تراها من قبل

Pura vida hermosa Cuba y su cultura lastima que está secuestrada por la farsa y mentiras de la revolución cubana :(

geweldig werk, Rick! Laten we hopen dat el dia 15N iets teweeg brengt!

Amazing, everyone smoking Cubans....lol .🤔😳😀🇬🇧

Havana's loss, Miami and Tampa's gain... communism was not the answer.

Wow thank you...

Nice.

Ahora si que está hermosa y moderna Cuba, gracias a vuestro líder Fidel Castro, y Venezuela por el mismo camino , no aprendéis...

Thanks very much for this. However the footage is from the 1920s and one of the clips is a few years earlier. Otherwise, very nice Thank you.

You'd think you're looking at a European city for a second, wow.

Cuban cigars still the best

Damn so wonderful I really wonder why Castro's revolution happened for absolutely no reason whatsoever wow

Приємно💞🤗👍і цікаво бачити ці кадри! Дякуємо Вам💞👍👍💞!

LULA E FIDEL CASTRO DOIS MONSTROS.

The days when crime ruled.

Pre-US Embargo days.

que ricoooooo!

CUBA = " PHOENIX. THE " PHOENIX" SHALL RISE FROM THE ASHES!!! AMEN!!! FOR WITH GOD EVERYTHING IS POSSIBLE!!! AMEN!!!

Maybe it's 1920s and not late 1940s?

Fascinating. Actually Havana today looks not so different.

Back in power and receiving financial, military and logistical support from the United States government, Batista suspended the 1940 Constitution and revoked most political liberties, including the right to strike. He then aligned with the wealthiest landowners who owned the largest sugar plantations, and presided over a stagnating economy that widened the gap between rich and poor Cubans. Eventually it reached the point where most of the sugar industry was in U.S. hands, and foreigners owned 70% of the arable land. As such, Batista's repressive government then began to systematically profit from the exploitation of Cuba's commercial interests, by negotiating lucrative relationships both with the American Mafia, who controlled the drug, gambling, and prostitution businesses in Havana, and with large U.S.-based multinational companies who were awarded lucrative contracts. To quell the growing discontent amongst the populace-which was subsequently displayed through frequent student riots and demonstrations-Batista established tighter censorship of the media, while also utilizing his Bureau for the Repression of Communist Activities secret police to carry out wide-scale violence, torture and public executions. These murders mounted in 1957, as socialist ideas became more influential. Many people were killed, with estimates ranging from hundreds to about 20,000 people killed.

здорово

Now you see what communism does.

😀

A romanticized film of life for the Cuban one percenters.

This is obviously promotional so it's showing so the best aspects. Somehow I don't think the everyday family was doing flamenco in the backyard.

Fidel , fideeeel

So. In Cuba in the 40:ies, there were some rich people while others starved. Such a society never lasts. The upper class and the US brought this on themselves. Revolutions dont just happen for no reason. Some tourist pictures don"t change that. It is extremely unfortunately that Castro only had the Soviet model to turn to for developement. As is it unfortunate that Cuba has to turn to Putin now. But that is all the US fault. Self pity has no friends.

Con un poquito de estado de bienestar lo resolvían. Pero bueno...

how infuriating all this liberal husk, it's still good that Fidel did came. A real warrior and a man!

Es una lastima que tan buenas imágenes las hayan arruinado con la música esa con tanta típica que existe y poner eso que en mi vida había oído además que es horrible sin duda una pena lo que han echo con este film

Socialism has nothing to do with this, you just sound ignorant when you do, this is authoritarianistic communism and the difference between the two is huge. This is the story of what happens when the wrong regime gets in charge, not the wrong style of government

I really like this video. There is also a mix of images from the 1920s and 30s as u can see by the women’s clothing.