Animated map shows the front line of battle, between Republican and Nationalist forces, running West of Madrid from West Park through University City, during the Spanish Civil War. Camera pans across landscape, from a high vantage point, and then focuses on buildings of University City, where Nationalist forces have taken up positions in a palace with two pointed towers, and near a ruined clinical hospital. Republican troops are seen entering through a gate at the hospital, where the bearded Brigade Commander Jesús Martínez de Aragón is seen consulting with his staff. (Narrator notes that he died in the attack on the Casa del Campo soon after this scene was filmed.) Views of sandbagged buildings inside the hospital compound. The Brigade Commander is seen with some of his soldiers, while rebels are trying to move further into the clinic compound. His soldiers take up defensive positions inside clinic buildings, carrying heavy arms up the stairs. Republican defenders firing machine guns from inside the building, and moving through rubble to other positions. Views inside the clinic and sound of glass breaking. Continuous sound of machine gun fire. Two soldiers fire through a small hole in a concrete wall. View, from Republican defensive position, of a battle-scarred multistory building across the way. One of the soldiers writing a letter home (dated May 4, 1937). Another soldier rolls a cigarette.
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.
Adolf Hitler arrives by train in Roma Ostiense station in Rome, Italy (Partigiani Square, - 00161 Rome). King Victor Emmanuel III of Italy greets Adolf Hitler with a military salute. Italian Premier Benito Mussolini and Foreign Minister Count Galeazzo Ciano greet Adolf Hitler with Roman Salute upon arrival. Adolf Hitler shakes hands with King Victor Emmanuel III, Benito Mussolini and Count Ciano. Adolf Hitler addresses cheering Italian crowds from the Bernini balcony of the Quirinial Palace, the royal residence of the King of Italy (Piazza del Quirinale - 00187 Roma (RM)). In Rome’s Roma Termini Station (Piazza dei Cinquecento - 00185 Rome), Adolf Hitler says goodbye to Benito Mussolini and Count Ciano before he boards the train heading for Florence and Germany. Adolf Hitler waves at crowd from train window.
Crowds gathered in the Saint Peter’s Square (Piazza San Pietro, 00120 Città del Vaticano, Vatican City) in the Vatican City to celebrate Rome’s liberation from Germany during World War II. Pope Pius XII blessing the crowds gathered in Saint Peter's Square from the balcony of Saint Peter’s Basilica. Crowds cheering in front of the Saint Peter’s Basilica. Bells from Roman Catholic churches ring to celebrate liberation.
United States Air Force Lockheed U-2 aircraft on high altitude sampling missions code named Crow Flight during Project Hasp at Laughlin Air Force Base in Texas, United States. A Lockheed U-2 taxis on a runway. U-2 number 66718 takes off.
United States Air Force Lockheed U-2 aircraft on high altitude sampling missions code named Crow Flight during Project Hasp at Laughlin Air Force Base in Texas, United States. A U-2 pilot in a cockpit as a airman fastens a restraint strap. He checks a list and goes down a ladder. A captain checks the cockpit, closes the canopy and climbs down the ladder. The U-2 taxis on a runway followed by a jeep and an Air Force station wagon. U-2 number 66718 in flight.