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.
Civilians and soldiers rush to clear debris and look for survivors in a town in Spain after it was bombed during the Spanish Civil War. Debris and rubble of damaged houses. People clear out the debris. Soldiers in what appear to be Republican uniforms assist civilians in combing through the wreckage and looking for survivors. They rescue trapped men and a trapped child from the debris. A man runs with a rescued girl and puts the child into a car for medical assistance. Concerned and upset citizens show grief and anguish on their faces. View of a poster or wall painting that shows gorilla arms painted with Nationalist flag markings, reaching toward a frightened woman dressed in a formal dress. The gorilla arms show the arrows symbol seen on the flag of the Falange Española Tradicionalista y de las Juntas de Ofensiva Nacional Sindicalista (FET y de las JONS). A concerned looking woman holds a young child in a blanket. Debris, furniture, and belongings scattered among the rubble. Another child is rescued by a group of people, but does not appear to be alive.
Bomb destroyed buildings in Spain during the Spanish Civil War. Refugee men, women and children walk with their luggage and belongings, leaving the town. People leaving the bomb destroyed city. Views of caves where civilians are taking refuge. Children come out of cave dwellings. A makeshift cook stove is shown with a vessel of liquid steaming on top.
A bomb destroyed bridge in Spain during the Spanish Civil War. People and soldiers clear the debris from the destroyed bridge. A group of Spanish Civil Guard forces stand in a formation wearing uniforms. Soldiers inspect wreckage of two crashed and destroyed airplanes on the ground (one may be a Breguet XIX).
Spanish Guerillas board a truck. Spanish Republican troops advance with artillery towed by bullock carts. Soldiers cross a small bridge. They advance uphill. Republican soldiers fire artillery in San Sebastian. Rain is falling and ground is wet. Water pooled in the streets. A line of guerillas fire rifles from a ditch. A building damaged by artillery. A soldier inside the building with a rifle in hand. Rebels resting in front of a building in Ciprian, Spain. A wooden case of Mauser rifles is nearby. Several Government soldiers pose by a truck containing a field artillery piece. Rebels in a truck. Rebels winding their way into the hills and treating a wounded comrade during the Spanish Civil War.
Scenes from Spanish Civil War. Forces of Spanish Nationalists march into Zaragoza, Spain as the city dwellers look on. Women also march at the parade. A General with civilians. Sailors on board a ship as they wave. A ship underway. Children on a beach. Women put up tents.