United States Army Air Corps Boeing B-17 Flying Fortress in flight at Seattle, Washington. A B-17A aircraft in flight. Several B-17A aircraft fly in formation. Pilot in cockpit of B-17A aircraft. The B-17A gunner at 50 caliber machine gun.
United States Army Air Corps exercises on Virginia Beach, Virginia. U.S. Army Air Corps Consolidated A-11 aircraft practice gunnery and fly in formation. View of the ground target for aerial gunnery. Machine guns on nose of A-11 firing at target. Ground target burst into flames. Pilot in cockpit of aircraft. Machine guns on A-11 nose fire at ground target. Target burst into flame.
United States Army Air Corps pilot training at a Air Force Base in Manila, Philippines. Pilots lined up on airfield in front of Philippines Army Stearman PT-13 trainer aircraft. Stearman PT-13 trainers take off. Philippines Army Stearman PT-13 trainers fly in formation. One aircraft does looping in air.
United States Army Air Corps exercises in Sunnyvale, California. Airship or blimp TC-13 taken into hangar and disassembly begins on it (before it's transfer to the U.S. Navy). Man on a ladder. Army soldiers near a net. Men attach helium gas hose into airship to retrieve and store its helium. Narrator notes that the helium gas is valuable and potentially wanted by Germany for its Zeppelin program. Exteriors of the helium storage room. The helium bottles from which dirigible is filled. Airship during dirigible in hanger.
Spanish Civil War in Catalonia, Spain. Aerial view of the region in Spain. Wing of aircraft seen while in flight. Troops on battlefield in battle between Republican and Nationalist forces. Troops walk in columns on road. The injured being carried into an ambulance. Injured men being carried on litters. Bombed out buildings. Ruins of the bombed out buildings. A wounded woman being treated by medics. Two guards in what appears to be a church guarding art works, paintings, sculpture and antiquities. Narrator mentions "Gaudi" (famous architect of the region). Refugees carry belongings and walk on a mountainous road. Car of Francisco Franco on road in a city being escorted by Moroccan Regulares cavalry soldiers (also called "Army of Africa") on horses. The troops wear traditional white cloaks and turbans. People cheer. Head of State of Spain Francisco Franco disembarks from a car. He waves towards people from balcony of a building.
The Spanish civil war ends in Madrid, Spain. Aerial view of the houses in the city. A wrecked building. Damaged window panes of a building. A bombed out building. People on street. Captured ammunition being kept on ground. People carry a basket of bread. Civilian refugees of war in a chow line. A child eats food while wrapped in a blanket. A man eats sitting on a bench. Nationalist Cavalry troops march. Nationalist Head of State of Spain Francisco Franco disembarks from a car. People salute to Francisco Franco. He waves to people from a balcony of a building in Madrid. People gather. Next scene shows a railroad train station in Paris France, as Dolores Ibárruri (Isidora Dolores Ibárruri Gómez or also called "La Pasionaria"), a Communist Party, Spanish Republican heroine, exits the train station to a waiting car. She is in exile from Spain, and on her way to Russia.
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