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Various images of guerrillas. Top frame shows men in defensive positions followed by two more frames of Fidel and his men engaged in target practice. Bottom frames show a guerrilla on a requisitioned horse, carrying a message to the rebel unit and finally, a rebel posing with a telescopic rifle, possibly belonging to Fidel Castro since according to St. George, the column did not possess more than one such rifle at the time of his visit. See also Print 42; for the hand-over of the message to Fidel Castro, see Print 45.

Two frames only. Left frame shows Efigenio Ameijeiras with unidentified guerrilla after frisking a suspicious local peasant (see Print 37), seen to the left, standing. In this frame, an unidentified guerrilla speaks to Ameijeiras while the latter takes notes in a small notebook. The next frame shows an unidentified guerrilla smoking and looking up. See also Print 37.

Images of Padre Guillermo Sardiñas, an ordained Catholic priest, giving last rites to an unidentified man accused and convicted of treason by a five-person revolutionary tribunal appointed by Fidel Castro. The man is shown being prepared for execution by an unidentified guerrilla and then his body is shown immediately after he has been shot by firing squad. See also Prints 15, 18, 19, 26, 30, 31, 33, 35, 36, 37 and 41.

Frames 1 and 2 show a group of riflemen drilling with their rifles near El Hombrito. The two men in the center of the front row are Lte. Juan Ermus (also shown with photographer in Frame 4) and Lte. "El Negro" Pérez, whom St. George describes as one of a number of rebel officer Crescencio Pérez's "many direct and lateral kinsmen who joined guerrilla force during this period and largely proved its sturdiest recruits." Note the use of 19th-century-style peasant "mambí" hats by the new rural recruits to the left of group of soldiers. Frame 3 shows one of these same peasant recruits gathering firewood. Frames 5 and 6 show Fidel Castro with two members of the urban underground organization of Oriente. The man wearing the black beret and taking notes is Marcelo Fernández and the other with his back to the camera is Victor Boronat. In the background, Celia Sánchez, the chief coordinator of the rebel underground for the city of Manzanillo, observes the scene. Frame 7 shows "El Negro" Pérez standing and lighting a cigarette or cigar with Celia Sánchez behind him on the ground and the same two men, Fernández and Boronat, in the foreground.

Final phase of a court-martial in which a peasant is accused and convicted by a revolutionary tribunal appointed by Fidel Castro and guarded by guerrilla forces. Here in the top frame, a guerrilla is seen untying the peasant's hands so that he can render testimony before the "court." Other images of the same man, taken at the time of the trial, can be seen in Prints 33 and 41. The bottom frame shows captured prisoners being guarded by guerrillas in the center of their camp. See also Prints 15, 18, 19, 26, 31, 33, 35, 36, 37 and 41.

Top frame shows a local peasant, apparently still alive, whom the guerrillas have left tied to a tree overnight. The man is possibly asleep standing up, his hands and feet bound. The top frame shows a guerrilla riding a horse probably requisitioned from a nearby plantation, as was standard guerrilla practice during the war. See also Prints 15, 18, 19, 26, 30, 33, 35, 36, 37 and 41.

Frames 46 and 47 show guerrilla Luis Crespo. Frames 44 and 45 show two guerrillas taking a break, apparently after bathing in a nearby river. One of the men combs the other's hair; in frame 44, a young adolescent boy guerrilla looks on with amusement. Frame 43 shows three guerrillas examining the back page of a magazine.

First frame shows court-martial of a local peasant, possibly accused of being a double agent, near El Naranjo, Sierra Maestra. The succeeding frame shows a group of peasants brought to serve as witnesses at his trial. Final picture shows captured prisoners being guarded at night in the center of guerrilla camp. Raúl Castro can be seen talking to an unidentified guard on the left-hand side of the frame. See also Prints 15, 18, 19, 26, 30, 31, 35, 36, 37 and 41.

A duplicate image from Print 47 of Cresencio Pérez sitting with a group of guerrillas having a meal and drinking coffee. Oniria Gutiérrez appears in frames 107 and 108 as she cooks in the army kitchen and sits examining a pistol on the ground next to the house. The final frame shows Juan Almeida Bosque on horseback with rebel messenger also riding into camp on horseback. See also Print 47.

Part of a five-man firing squad as they shoot and execute an unidentified local peasant who confessed and was convicted, according to St. George, of rape and murder. The man wears a "captain's hat" and probably led a local gang of bandits. See also Prints 15, 18, 19, 26, 30, 31, 33, 36, 37 and 41; folder also contains two smaller-size prints of the soldiers caught in the act of firing at the prisoner.