The Bay of Pigs

Release Date: 1997-01-01

Overview: On 17th April 1961, an invasion force of over 1,200 Cuban exiles - trained, financed, equipped and directed by the US CIA - launched an amphibious invasion of the Cuban mainland. This documentary examines both the tactical and ethical questions surrounding the failed three-day battle, one that the world watched with great apprehension, and features interviews with key participants, archival footage and information obtained through declassified documents.

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Cast

Will Lyman

as Narrator (voice)

Grayston Lynch

as Self

Arthur Schlesinger Jr.

as Self