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>> lets ask of the imperialistic piracy falls squarely on the government of the united states. >> united states has committed no aggression against cuba. and no offensive has been launched from florida or from any other part of the united states. >> the american role is immediately exposed. no one believes that this isnt happening with some american help. >> the leader of the free world has been humiliated on its own doorstep. castro has prevailed over kennedy, at least for the moment, and it wi...

♪ i aint going to work on maggies farm no more ♪ >> its not just about dylan going electric, but its also about the fusion of an emerging tradition in popular music that was really political, with rock n roll which had largely not been overtly political. >> theres nothing like the feeling of your audience not being with you and walking out on you. people took it personally. >> you know, who needs him anymore? hes a part of your establishment and forget him. >> theyre all my friends. >> they ...

Involved try their best to come to terms with the encounter and get back to normal. >> i went home and planned christmas dinner. >> ginger littletons daring handbag assault inspires a cult following on the internet and also some harsh criticism from a contributor on facebook. >> i shot back an e-mail and said when you walk in my shoes you can make a comment. otherwise, im old enough to be your grandmother, so shut up. >> as tragic as the day was, those who lived through it are convinced the seri...

Diplomatically between moscow and washington. >> to see if the soviets were building nuclear weapons, more importantly missiles to launch them at the united states. they were flying a biplane over the soviet called the u2. >> im bill fox, cable editor for united international in new york. a single engine u.s. air force plane with one man aboard was missing in the mountains of south central turkey. >> to a stunned and startled audience, an american biplane had been shot down in the soviet union. ...

The way they got them out of here! ♪ >> paul, ringo, george, john. >> the reporters had the same attitude that most adults in america had, which was no one took musicians seriously. they didnt understand anything about youth culture. >> cut that crap out! >> cut that crap out! hey, murray. >> the press had gone into this with the idea that this was a youthful novelty that could be dismissed and maybe even deflated in a press conference. >> are you going to get a haircut at all? >> no, no. >> i...

Were doing or the kinks were doing or any of those rock n roll bands. and for a period of time there was this distinction between the folk culture and the rock n roll culture. ♪ hey mr. tambourine man ♪ play a song for me ♪ im not sleepy ♪ and there is no place im going to ♪ >> in 1964, during that first tour, the beatles had the opportunity to meet bob dylan. he understood what they were doing musically, and they were awakened by the more personal perspective of his songs. >> dylan wa...

Stewart, how large were they actually? >> best indications, walter, there were about 300 men armed only with the weapons they could carry. unmistakably clear, walter, from all the evidence available that the cia planned this operation. it was the cia that established the revolutionary council by saying to the dissident factions, get together or else. >> today in his news conference the president acknowledged the failure and took the responsibility for it. >> detailed discussions are not to conce...

♪ get my way ♪ i will stay ♪ stay by your side to keep you satisfied ♪ ♪ its gonna be all right ♪ all right all right ♪ its gonna be all right >> the same year the beatles play on "ed sullivan" for the first time is the same year the "t.a.m.i. show" comes out as a movie, and "t.a.m.i. shows" got everybody. >> "t.a.m.i." show is really the first rock n roll concert movie. the stones headlining, and the first time that us white kids got to see james brown and nobody will ever get ove...

These records. some were pop records, some were called race records because they were by black artists. ♪ oh maybelline why cant you be true ♪ ♪ oh maybelline why cant you be true ♪ >> the level of influence that american rock and roll, blues, country and western, motown had on those kids growing up in england was really amazing. ♪ all my love, all my kisses, you dont know what youve been missing, oh, boy ♪ ♪ when youre with me, oh, boy >> so, i would listen to buddy holly and gene...

♪ so glad youre mine >> theyre rivaling the beatles now as the top singing group in britain. how do you feel about that? >> were really very pleased, but i dont think youd say wed be rivals. weve got a completely different sound. >> we were the first band to tour america. we did i think it was 46 cities. then you realized youve made it. ♪ >> suddenly, its like the gates of hell are opened. ♪ something tells me im into something good ♪ ♪ something tells me >> i mean, every transatlantic...