Memorial Services for United states President John F. Kennedy, held in Madrid, Spain, following President Kennedy's assassination. People enter the San Francisco de Borja church (Calle de Maldonado, 1, 28006 Madrid, Spain) in front of the United States Embassy in Barrio Salamanca, Madrid. Cars driving past the church as crowds started to gather and fill outside the church. United States military personnel and civilians are joined by Spanish civilians outside the San Francisco de Borja church. View of the church façade. A woman in black crosses the street. The San Francisco de Borja church as seen from the United States Embassy. Two men bring wreaths to the church. United States military officials enter the church. Guests with umbrellas continue to arrive for the service.
General Francisco Franco inspects a girls’ school in Madrid, Spain. General Franco presides over the opening of a Falangist girls' school run by the Sección Femenina, the women's branch of the Falange political movement in Spain. General Franco speaks with the teachers. One of the women with General Franco is Pilar Primo de Rivera, the head of the Sección Femenina. Students do craft work on tables. Students' craft work including handmade dolls and fabrics on display. Franco inspects the school with the teachers and other officials. Teachers present awards to the students. Girls stand holding Falangist Sección Femenina banners. Sección Femenina girls marching in lines during the function.
A military parade in Madrid, Spain during World War II. Representatives of every branch in the parade. Aerial view of the parade. A large crowd gathers along the sides of streets. Officials and dignitaries review the parade. People applaud. Soldiers march. Soldiers aboard military vehicles passing on the street. Aircraft fly in formation overhead. The parade is reviewed by Head of State of Spain Francisco Franco.
Blue Division Spanish soldiers in Madrid, Spain during World War II. Flags of Spain and Germany on El Estacion del Norte train station in Madrid. Officers gives speeches. Spanish spectators observe. A train pulls into the station. A large crowd at the station. The Spanish citizens greet soldiers and salute them. Spanish soldiers say goodbye to their wives and families at the station. They are bound for the Eastern Front, serving as volunteers in the German Army.
Army of Francisco Franco’s Nationalist Spain attacks the Spanish Republican troops in Madrid. View over the outskirts of the city showing troops firing machine guns and rifles behind low ditches. Smoke rises from an explosion. Troops march and parade on streets in the city of Madrid, Spain.
U.S. Navy Chief of Staff Admiral Forrest Sherman in Madrid, Spain prior to his death in Naples, Italy. He is accompanied by his wife. He attends a diplomatic reception. Sherman with Spanish dignitaries. Sherman with General Francisco Franco.