Generalissimo Francisco Franco welcomes the Portuguese President Francisco Lopes in Madrid, Spain. President Lopes is in Spain for an official six-day state visit. Moorish Guards flank the motorcade of the Portuguese president and Generalissimo Franco. Colorful display in a parade to welcome the President. People on houses, trees and streets see the parade. Boys sit on top of trees to watch the motorcade. Portuguese and Spanish military officials welcome President Lopes. President Lopes and Franco review marching troops. A sign: 'Viva Espana'. Spanish troops march.
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.
A group of visitors view the Medieval armor and weapons on display in the Royal Armory Museum (La Real Armeria, Royal Palace of Madrid, C. de Bailén, s/n, 28013 Madrid, Spain) in Madrid, Spain. A guide takes a group of visitors for a tour inside the Armory. Guide shows ancient books on display behind a glass case. Visitors view Medieval and Renaissance armors and weapons on display. Many of the artifacts show evidence of damage inflicted in actual armed combat. Armor of knights and horses is shown, along with various weapons.
From captured German newsreels in World War II. The Columbus Monument (Plaça Portal de la Pau, s/n, 08001 Barcelona, Spain) in Barcelona, Spain. Spanish officers and dignitaries arrive at the monument. Falangist youth in uniform stand at the foot of the statue. Officers and uniformed Spanish Falangist youth lay a wreath on the Columbus Monument commemorating the discovery of America by Christopher Columbus. The Falange youth perform a Nazi-like salute after laying the wreath. A large crowd gathered around to watch the event. Guards around the monument. The monument statue and column. The Spanish officers review a parade. Dignitaries greet the visiting officers.
The marriage ceremony of Carmen Franco, the daughter of Generalissimo Francisco Franco of Spain, to Cristóbal Martínez-Bordiú, 10th Marquis of Villaverde. General Franco takes his daughter to her wedding. Wedding guests trail behind the bride and her father to the church. The Roman Catholic Archbishop of Toledo, Enrique Pla y Deniel, officiates the wedding. Carmen Franco kneels beside the groom during the wedding. The couple sign marriage documents. The lavish wedding ceremony takes place at the Palace of El Pardo in Madrid (Palacio del Pardo, C. Manuel Alonso, s/n, 28048 Madrid, Spain). Many guests attend the wedding.