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.)
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.
Training exercise and demonstration by the Royal Scots Greys and 2nd Dragoons cavalry in the UK. Bugler sounds an alarm. The cavalry respond. They ride their horses on steep cliffs and over difficult terrain. They cross a 10 foot deep river with strong currents in which their mounts must swim. On the other side, they join with other elements riding through woods.
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).
Early in Spanish Civil War. A sign board reads 'Somosierra, Altitude 1444ms'. Spanish soldiers move heavy camouflaged artillery on trucks along a road. Damaged fuselage of an airplane tied on a truck. Burned out vehicles. War damaged buildings with broken windows and walls. An officer looks through binoculars. Officers consult a map.
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.