Documentary film depicts conditions during Spanish civil war. Activities of people in Fuentiduena village. Farmers plow their fields using wooden plows and horses to pull them. A farmer sowing seed by hand. Farmers planning irrigation of dry fields. Men climb hill carrying picks and mattocks to cut irrigation ditches. They work cutting a ditch along a line laid out on the ground. A dog sits watching them. One farmer uses a wooden tool to tamp the base of the new irrigation channel. Men working at the river edge to connect the new irrigation ditch. Other farmers using picks to steer the water as it begins to flow into the fields. Artillery fire is heard in the background.
Spanish Civil War. Boy walks with his father, back from farm fields, to greet another son home on leave from duty with the Republican army. That son, in uniform, is seen surrounded by family members. He talks to a small boy wearing a soldier's hat, sitting in his mother's lap. The father and other son arrive and the soldier and his father embrace. Members of the family, from the very old, to the youngest, smile and listen as the soldier speaks about his adventures. Next, the soldier is seen drilling village boys after they return from work in the fields. Villagers watch from roadside. Scene changes to recruits in uniform marching in a square. The soldier and several of his village friends are also seen drilling. A large number of recruits are seen drilling in Madrid. Families and sweethearts say farewells as new soldiers prepare to depart for duty. Military trucks, displaying red flags, wait to carry the new soldiers away. Next, they are seen driving away with soldiers riding in back.
United States prisoners of war are freed after the Raid at Cabanatuan Prison Camp in Nueva Ecija, Philippines during World War II. Shoes and clothing are issued to the liberated men. Men wear the shoes. A former prisoner smiles after receiving new clothes and shoes. Man puts on a new pair of socks while other soldiers watch. Tents in the background. The liberated men are interviewed in front of Guimba East Central School building (MQ5C+MRW, Barawid, Guimba, Nueva Ecija).
Construction of new buildings in Caracas, Venezuela. Exterior of a building. The President of Venezuela Marcos Perez Jimenez and officials walk outside a building. Two new buildings are under construction for the Nutrition Center and the Ministry of the Interior. People gather outside a building. A car drives past on a street. Buildings in the foreground.
The legislative and maritime history of the U.S. Merchant Marines in the period between World War 1 and World War 2. Newly launched German, Italian and Japanese ships underway at sea. Ships including the German liner Bremen and the Italian Ocean liner Rex are seen underway. People gather at a dock. American ship underway in heavy seas with waves crashing over. Point of view shot at heavy seas from deck of a ship. A man works in a ship radio room. A man watches through binoculars and uses a sextant. Sailors row a small boat with oars in heavy seas. A sailor decorated by officials of the Merchant Marines. Dock workers and ship construction workers at a shipbuilding yard in the United States working on building new ships. American liners are seen undereway including: SS Washington off shore of New York City skyline and skyscrapers, SS Manhattan also off shore of Manhattan, the SS Lurline, the SS Mariposa, and the SS President Hoover (named for Herbert Hoover) underway at sea. The U.S. flag fluttering from a flag pole. The text of the declaration of policy under the Merchant Marine Act of 1936 is shown.
Distribution of motion pictures to U.S. Military units during World War II. Men work in an office of overseas motion picture service in New York. Men tying a document related to shipment of films. Men discuss amongst themselves. The films are placed in wooden cases for shipment. Animated map shows various locations. An airplane in flight. Men unload the wooden cases from the airplane. A ship docked in a harbor. Men gather near the ship. A man enters a building in New Delhi, India. A sign outside the building reads: 'India Film Exchange Film Library'. A sign outside other building reads: 'Special Service Section'. Men stand outside the building. A car arrives near the building. The films are transported to remote areas with the help of dog sleds and camels.
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