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Activities in Republican areas of Barcelona and Valencia, at onset of Spanish Civil War

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.

Location: Spain
Date: 1936, July
Duration: 2 min 11 sec
Sound: No
Color: Monochrome
Clip Type: Unedited
Language: None
Clip: 65675063419
Hogan aircraft takes off and lands on a water surface in the United States.

Hogan aircraft in flight above a lake the United States. It takes off and lands on the water surface. A man, a woman, a child and a dog get into an aircraft parked on the ground.

Location: United States USA
Date: 1938
Duration: 3 min 50 sec
Sound: No
Color: Monochrome
Clip Type: Unedited
Language: None
Clip: 65675063423
United States and Chinese officers and troops at Chinese Training Detachment Headquarters in China.

Chinese troops at Chinese Training Detachment Headquarters in China during World War II. The troops stand in a line. United States aircraft parked in the background. United States and Chinese officers march. Soldiers with the flags of the United States and China. A fleet of aircraft in flight. U.S. troops carrier aircraft parked on the ground. Chinese soldiers stand at attention.

Location: China
Date: 1945
Duration: 2 min 20 sec
Sound: No
Color: Monochrome
Clip Type: Unedited
Language: None
Clip: 65675063426
French General Charles De Gaulle honors United States Army General Dwight D. Eisenhower in Africa.

French General Charles De Gaulle in Africa during World War II. General De Gaulle and French General Henry Giraud converse with each other. Charles De Gaulle shakes hands with French officers and reviews United States troops. General Giraud decorates and honors United States Army General Dwight D. Eisenhower. The assemblage salutes the American flag. U.S. troops march with the American flag in hand. A number of ships at sea and some ships docked at a harbor. Anti aircraft guns on the ships. U.S. troops unload an invasion barge via roller belts and stack supplies. An aerial view of African coastline. United States Army Air Force B-17 Flying Fortress in flight. An aerial view of targets on the ground.

Location: Africa
Date: 1943, June
Duration: 1 min 47 sec
Sound: No
Color: Monochrome
Clip Type: Edited
Language: English
Clip: 65675063429
Soldiers march on the streets in Europe while civilians cheer and applaud.

People gathered in an open ground in Europe during World War II. Women and soldiers stand in formation. People watch from the balconies of their houses. The soldiers march with rifles in hands. Civilians cheer and applaud as a procession moves ahead.

Location: Europe
Date: 1944, September
Duration: 44 sec
Sound: No
Color: Monochrome
Clip Type: Unedited
Language: None
Clip: 65675063436
German and Russian troops battle in the Soviet Union during World War II.

German film 'France Libre Actualities' shows the plans and preparation made by the Germans for the campaign in North Africa during World War II. Animated map shows the territories occupied by the Allies and the Axis powers during the war. German troops in a battlefield in Caucase, Soviet Union. Explosions and gun fire. The map shows the troops entering Stalingrad in the Soviet Union. German artillery, aircraft and infantry in action. A number of German tanks advance in a counter offensive near Stalingrad. Aircraft in flight. Damaged German aircraft on the ground. Russian and German troops battle in extreme cold conditions with tanks firing at the enemy. A fleet of aircraft in flight. Troops on horseback and foot.

Location: Soviet Union
Date: 1942, October 27
Duration: 5 min 5 sec
Sound: Yes
Color: Monochrome
Clip Type: Edited
Language: English
Clip: 65675063437
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