Film opens showing Catalan volunteers during the advent of the Spanish Civil War, standing in front of a statue dedicated to Catalan Volunteers who had fallen in World War I. (It is a larger-than-life bronze statue of a nude male figure with arms upraised, created by Catalan sculptor Josep Clarà. It stands in the Parc de la Ciutadella in Barcelona. It was dedicated on July 14, 1936.) Camera pans across the group, some in military uniforms, and others in mufti. Scene shifts to a street in Valencia, Spain, where men in business attire surround a man standing at a microphone, speaking. The general scene is festive, with flags and banners seen in places and people dressed in their best. "Plaza de la Generalitat Catalana" is written across a building front, identifying the location. View shifts to large well-dressed crowd, applauding the speaker. Closeup of the principal speaker and two companions at the microphone. Next, a large uniformed band of musicians is seen being conducted and playing for the crowd. Angled closeup of the band director. Another uniformed music director leads the crowd in a patriotic song. Some boy scouts are see participating. A troop of Boy Scouts, some shouldering rifles, march to accompanyment of a Boy Scout drum corps. View changes to men informally gathered around a large round structure. They smoke and socialize. Scene shifts to Parc de la Ciutadella in Barcelona, where spectators watch as a man places a huge bouquet of flowers on the ground in front of the statue dedicated to the fallen Catalan Volunteers of World War 1. View of statue silhouetted against the sky. Camera pans down the statue.
Opening scene shows Spanish labor Union supporters marching in Valencia, Spain, in 1936, under a large banner with initals C.N.T and A.I.T. printed on its top corners (Standing for Confederación Nacional del Trabajo (CNT) and Asociación Internacional de los Trabajadores (AIT), respectively. The word: "Authores" (Authors) appears in large print on the banner. One marcher carries a large Spanish 2nd Republic flag with letters "A.I.T." on it. Next, closeups of uniformed band members playing instruments, are seen. Persons standing nearby raise their right fists in support of the Republican anti-fascist movement. Closeups of band musicians playing.
In 1936, the XI Olympiad in Berlin, Germany. Spectators seated in a stadium. Women throw the javelin in Olympic competition. Officials measure the distance. A woman looks through binoculars. Different signs in the field. A woman runs and throws the javelin. Gold medalist Tilly Fleischer from Germany and the other winners on the victory stand. They are presented with medals. A back view of the winners. The flags of the participating countries in the background. A score board in the center.
The 1936 Olympics held in Berlin, Germany. German Chancellor Adolf Hitler arrives at the Olympic stadium in a car. A Nazi flag at the entrance. Spectators in the background. The Nazi flag and the Olympic flag. A man runs holding the Olympic Torch with other players behind him. People crowd on either side of a street. Hitler waves. The players run through the streets and people look at them. The flags of the participating nations.
Scene from the 1936 Olympic games held in Berlin, Germany. A band plays music. German Chancellor Adolf Hitler with German officials arrives at the Olympic stadium. A young girls presents him a bouquet. Spectators seated in the stadium cheer. The players of the participating nations march. A man holds the Nazi flag and marches. A man in the center speaks into a microphone. The players stand in the background. Hitler at a podium. A man holds the Nazi flag and takes an oath.
The XI Olympiad in Berlin, Germany. Spectators and players in the Olympic stadium. They sing a song. A player runs holding the Olympic Torch. The Olympic flag. The players climb up stairs and light the Olympic flame. The Olympic flame burns at the 1936 Olympic games in Berlin Germany. The players march holding their nation's flag. The flags of the participating nations in the background.
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