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Activities in Republican areas of Barcelona and Valencia, at onset of Spanish Civil War

Film opens showing Catalan volunteers during the advent of the Spanish Civil War, standing in front of a statue dedicated to Catalan Volunteers who had fallen in World War I. (It is a larger-than-life bronze statue of a nude male figure with arms upraised, created by Catalan sculptor Josep Clarà. It stands in the Parc de la Ciutadella in Barcelona. It was dedicated on July 14, 1936.) Camera pans across the group, some in military uniforms, and others in mufti. Scene shifts to a street in Valencia, Spain, where men in business attire surround a man standing at a microphone, speaking. The general scene is festive, with flags and banners seen in places and people dressed in their best. "Plaza de la Generalitat Catalana" is written across a building front, identifying the location. View shifts to large well-dressed crowd, applauding the speaker. Closeup of the principal speaker and two companions at the microphone. Next, a large uniformed band of musicians is seen being conducted and playing for the crowd. Angled closeup of the band director. Another uniformed music director leads the crowd in a patriotic song. Some boy scouts are see participating. A troop of Boy Scouts, some shouldering rifles, march to accompanyment of a Boy Scout drum corps. View changes to men informally gathered around a large round structure. They smoke and socialize. Scene shifts to Parc de la Ciutadella in Barcelona, where spectators watch as a man places a huge bouquet of flowers on the ground in front of the statue dedicated to the fallen Catalan Volunteers of World War 1. View of statue silhouetted against the sky. Camera pans down the statue.

Date: 1936, July
Duration: 2 min 11 sec
Sound: No
Color: Monochrome
Clip Type: Unedited
Language: None
Clip: 65675063419
Devastation due to floods in Barcelona, Spain.

Water in a field due to heavy floods in Barcelona, Spain. People with their possessions on railway tracks and roads. People sweep water out of their houses. Children go through muddy water. Scene of devastated fields and houses surround with water. Damaged houses and dead bodies of people in hay. A man reprimands railway track.

Date: 1962, October 1
Duration: 1 min 12 sec
Sound: Yes
Color: Monochrome
Clip Type: Edited
Language: English
Clip: 65675034214
Players play soccer match and crowd watches the match in Barcelona, Spain (WW2)

Soccer match in Barcelona, Spain during World War II. Nazi German flag with Swastika symbol waving in the breeze. Crowd gathers in stadium to watch the match. People at balcony watch match. Nazi flag hung from balcony. Players emerge onto the field and play the soccer match. Crowd cheers them. Soldiers stand just outside the playing field. Players stand aligned and give Nazi salute.

Date: 1941
Duration: 57 sec
Sound: No
Color: Monochrome
Clip Type: Unedited
Language: None
Clip: 65675026791
Bike racers participate at a motorbike race in Barcelona, Spain

A motorcycle race in Barcelona, Spain. Bikers ride bikes with sidecars. In another event bikers ride single seated motorbikes along sharp turns. Spectators watch the bikers. Some of the bikers slip and fall down as men click pictures.

Date: 1946, June 10
Duration: 55 sec
Sound: Yes
Color: Monochrome
Clip Type: Edited
Language: English
Clip: 65675048283
A bicycle race in Europe and the International Race of Barcelona in Spain.

A cycle race in Europe. Bicyclists pass by the crowded roads while several cars and men escort the riders. Cheering people on the road sides. The winner, a German, reaches the finish line. In Spain, men stand in a line on the roadsides during the International Race of Barcelona. Motorcyclists ride over bumpy, rough and curved roads. Spectators cheers wildly.

Date: 1964, April 16
Duration: 1 min 3 sec
Sound: Yes
Color: Monochrome
Clip Type: Edited
Language: English
Clip: 65675031139
Madrid-Barcelona Express train derailed killing 30 and injuring 60.

View of train wreck site where Express train derailed and plunged down steep embankment in Catalonia, Spain. The event occurred on the Barcelona-Valencia railway line between Mora La Nueva and Els Guiamets. Reportedly, 40 persons were killed and 60 injured in the tragedy. Views of the fallen train and cars. Workmen repair track high above on the railroad bed. Communist sabotage is blamed

Date: 1949, January 13
Duration: 34 sec
Sound: No
Color: Monochrome
Clip Type: Edited
Language: Spanish
Clip: 65675069311