A ceremony at an airfield in Madrid, Spain. Bishops conduct a Catholic mass on a stage set in front of a hangar. Soldiers and civilians attend mass. Spanish General Francisco Franco and soldiers at attention. Priests praying in front of a Virgin Mary statue. The General and other officers at a table. General Franco decorates and congratulates Spanish soldiers. The crowd of civilians applauds. The General reviews the Spanish troops. (World War II period).
Veteran Spanish Blue Division soldiers returning to Madrid from Russia after being relieved by new volunteers, during World War 2. The Blue Division soldiers were volunteers serving in the Eastern Front for the German Army. Officers salute the soldiers passing in trucks. The soldiers carry Spanish flags. Mass crowd of civilians along the streets of downtown Madrid cheer and wave, greeting and celebrating the soldiers. A woman cries. Buildings in downtown Madrid Spain. People look from the buildings. A building with a statue of a horse carriage on top of it. Blue Division soldiers, many raising hand in Nazi salute look to officer leadership saluting form a balcony above the streets.