Various sites in Granada, Spain. Panoramic view of the Alhambra palace in Granada, Spain (C. Real de la Alhambra, s/n, 18009 Granada, Spain). The Alhambra fortress shows its Spanish Medieval Islamic architectural style. Views of the city of Granada in Spain. View of the Court of the Myrtles, the central part of the Comares Palace, and the Court of the Lions inside the Alhambra complex.
The Spanish civil war ends in Madrid, Spain. Aerial view of the houses in the city. A wrecked building. Damaged window panes of a building. A bombed out building. People on street. Captured ammunition being kept on ground. People carry a basket of bread. Civilian refugees of war in a chow line. A child eats food while wrapped in a blanket. A man eats sitting on a bench. Nationalist Cavalry troops march. Nationalist Head of State of Spain Francisco Franco disembarks from a car. People salute to Francisco Franco. He waves to people from a balcony of a building in Madrid. People gather. Next scene shows a railroad train station in Paris France, as Dolores Ibárruri (Isidora Dolores Ibárruri Gómez or also called "La Pasionaria"), a Communist Party, Spanish Republican heroine, exits the train station to a waiting car. She is in exile from Spain, and on her way to Russia.
Castles in Spain. A castle on hilltop and amidst trees. View of the Alhambra palace complex in Granada, Spain (C. Real de la Alhambra, s/n, 18009 Granada, Spain). Court of lions in the Alhambra palace with fountain in the center of the court. Beautifully engraved walls, with wooden doors and windows. Islamic inscriptions on the walls of the palace.
People suffer due to various disasters in the year 1949. Destruction in Ecuador due to the 1949 Ambato earthquake. A house falling apart during an earthquake. Rubble of houses, buildings, and churches in the Tungurahua Province. People clear the rubble and take out the dead bodies. Damage caused to livestock due to blizzard in the western plains of the United States. Dead cattle lie in the snow. A calf staggers in heavy snow. Airplanes drop fodder down to cattle for food. People gather at airplane crash site for Eastern Airlines flight 537 on November 1, 1949, after the passenger airplane, bound for a landing at Washington National Airport, had a mid-air collision with a military Lockheed P-38, and crashed beside the west bank of the Potomac River. Crash site of the Eastern Air Lines Douglas DC-4 (N88727) at Alexandria, Virginia. People moving dead bodies of passengers on stretchers. The steamer SS Noronic destroyed due to fire in Toronto harbor. View of the wrecked, smoking passenger ship. Dead bodies of the passengers being moved. People cry and mourn.
High profile celebrity weddings in 1949. People gather to witness the wedding of Prince Aly Khan with Hollywood actress Rita Hayworth on May 27, 1949. Prince Ali Salman Aga Khan is the Vice President of the United Nations General Assembly. Rita Hayworth and Prince Aly Khan marries in Château de l'Horizon (55 Av. Edith Joseph, 06220 Vallauris, France), near Cannes, France. United States Vice President Alben W. Barkley marries Jane Rucker Hadley at St. John's Methodist Church in St. Louis, Missouri on November 18, 1949. Wedding cake at the wedding of Vice President Barkley. The newlywed couple is shown smiling.
Parade on streets welcomes Stanton Griffis, new U.S. Ambassador to Spain, upon his arrival in Madrid, Spain. Parade led by Moorish guards moves to the Palacio Real de Madrid (Royal Palace of Madrid, C. de Bailén, s/n, 28071 Madrid, Spain). Ambassador Griffis sits in a horse drawn carriage. Spanish military officers and government officials gather to welcome Griffis. People from Ministry of Foreign Affairs and other officials gather to welcome the new U.S. ambassador. He greets the dignitaries, including General Francisco Franco.