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FYI-The Plight of Pepito: Cuba's Lost Generation
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There are scenes of the Cuban Refugee Center and Miami, including clothes distribution, looking for a home, and Pepito's father pawning his watch. Pepito enrolls in parochial school. Then, there are scenes of fellow refugees in Miami's Cuban colony and their homes.
Secretary of Health, Education and Welfare, Abraham Ribicoff, arrives in Miami to survey the refugee problem. Monolo Reyes, WTVJ Latin Correspondent, gives views on the situation. Governor Farris Bryant gives remarks at a press conference and Pepito recites the Pledge of Allegiance. The film has interesting transition graphics. It is kinescope.
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There are scenes of the Cuban Refugee Center and Miami, including clothes distribution, looking for a home, and Pepito's father pawning his watch. Pepito enrolls in parochial school. Then, there are scenes of fellow refugees in Miami's Cuban colony and their homes.
Secretary of Health, Education and Welfare, Abraham Ribicoff, arrives in Miami to survey the refugee problem. Monolo Reyes, WTVJ Latin Correspondent, gives views on the situation. Governor Farris Bryant gives remarks at a press conference and Pepito recites the Pledge of Allegiance. The film has interesting transition graphics. It is kinescope.
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FYI-The Plight of Pepito: Cuba's Lost Generation. 1961 (circa). State Archives of Florida, Florida Memory. <https://www.floridamemory.com/items/show/245399>, accessed 12 April 2021.
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FYI-The Plight of Pepito: Cuba's Lost Generation. 1961 (circa). State Archives of Florida, Florida Memory. Accessed 12 Apr. 2021.<https://www.floridamemory.com/items/show/245399>.
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