Under exposed film opens showing Spanish politicians at a gathering in the town hall of Valencia, Spain, during the 2nd Republic era, at the outbreak of the Spanish Civil War. Views of the politicians engaged in numerous conversations. Two Spanish military officers in smart uniforms converse near a window inside the building. Outside, Army soldiers and volunteers are seen standing with right fists raised, a gesture adopted by Republicans. The front of the Town Hall is silhouetted behind them in the background. The camera pans left, across many of them. Suddenly a tank or armored vehicle comes past the camera with many persons riding atop it. More views of persons riding on military vehicles. Next, the camera pans across school age children all posing with their right fists raised. (one little girl raises her left fist.)
Nationalist rebel forces organizing and training in Sevilla, Spain, early in Spanish Civil War. Troops riding through the city in open transport vehicles. Troops marching with rifles in in front of the equestrian Statue at the Plaza Nueva Sevilla. A group of soldiers trains with field artillery. New recruits are organized. Commanding General of Sevilla, Gonzalo Queipo de Llanol, meets with other rebel leaders.
United States President Franklin Roosevelt stops at Port-of-Spain in Trinidad as he returns from his trip of Argentina. Men stand at the harbor. President Franklin Roosevelt sits on a chair. Several men stand around him. Military troops lined on the street. President Roosevelt sits in an open car. The car passes through a crowded street. The crowd cheers. Buildings in the background.
Destruction caused during Spanish Civil War in Spain. Buildings and churches seen alongside a bridge in Spain. Bomb wrecked buildings and churches. Heaps of debris seen. Spanish civilians fires rifles, including both men and women soldiers or combatants. Crowds gathered in streets during a demonstration. Dirty and ragged refugee families living in caves after destruction of their towns and villages by war. Children eating in caves. Photograph of Francisco Franco, Dictator and Head of State of Spain. Aerial views of German aircraft of the Condor Legion seen in flight, including Stuka dive bombers, Junkers JU 52 transports, and a Heinkel He-111 E taking off. X symbol of Condor Legion aircraft seen on tails of some of the aircraft. Some bi-planes are also seen as they taxi on an airfield with German pilots or crew nearby.
A train arrives at a station in France early in Spanish Civil War. Passengers leaving Spain, to escape the rebellion there, get off the train carrying their luggage and enter a room to undergo customs inspection. A sign outside the room reads 'Douane' ( Customs, in French).
Spanish Civil War. Forces of Spanish Republic fight hard to keep a territory under their control. Soldiers fire and cavalry units march forward towards the enemy. Bomb shells burst on the shore. Destroyed building of a maternity hospital. Women handle guns and rifles. Men clean guns. Women try to aim and fire guns.