A fleet of aircraft in flight over Madrid, Spain. View of the damaged National Museum of Anthropology (C. de Alfonso XII, 68, 28014 Madrid, Spain) with rubble and bomb damage around. A hole-riddled and damaged portrait of a woman holding a skull in her hand. Next scene shows the Palacio de Liria (Liria Palace). Many items are strewn on the lawn of the palace, having been evacuated during fire in the palace. Smoldering ruins of parts of the Liria Palace (C. de la Princesa, 20, 28008 Madrid, Spain). A statue on the lawn presumably of a member of the House of Alba (possibly Jacobo Fitz-James Stuart, 17th Duke of Alba). Chairs and furniture scattered on the lawn. A royal carriage hastily moved onto the lawn. A man sitting inside another royal carriage. Desks, chairs, cabinets, sofas, and other furniture all over the garden lawn. Views of the damaged palace. A stuffed polar bear on the lawn. Piles of books and behind them a suit of armor. Close up views of many library books piled on the lawn, having been moved during the fire.
United States Air Forces in Europe (USAFE) band and a Spanish concert band joining for the first public performance of the "John F. Kennedy March" at San Sebastian, Spain. A USAFE soldier and a Spanish concert band member both play an oboe. The bands jointly play in front of the City Council of San Sebastian, also known as the Donostiako Udala (Ijentea Kalea, 1, 20003 Donostia, Gipuzkoa, Spain). The march’s composer, Jose Maria Bastida, leads the performance as a conductor. The conductor raises his baton. Jose Maria Bastida embraces the United States Consul General to Spain. American and Spanish officials clapping. An official speaks though an Altavoces Eguia microphone. USAFE and Spanish musicians play saxophones. A USAFE conductor with baton. Spanish musician plays a wind instrument. USAFE soldiers play with a Tuba and cymbals. Spanish musician hits a drum. Spectators clapping at the performance. Spectators crowd the plaza in front of the City Council of San Sebastian. Children hang on to railings in front of the City Council building to watch the orchestra concert performance. Spanish soldiers and children standing in the plaza. Faces of children attending the orchestra performance.
The Monasterio de El Escorial in the town of San Lorenzo de El Escorial, Spain, about 45 kilometres northwest of Madrid. Dome of the El Escorial (Av Juan de Borbón y Battemberg, s/n, 28200 San Lorenzo de El Escorial, Madrid, Spain), the historical residence of the King of Spain. A carriage outside the palace, men remove dry leaves from the road outside the palace with large brooms. A stone emblem of a ruler and a statue of a man. Interiors of the palace. Murals on walls and ceilings. Furniture in rooms inside the El Escorial.
Film opens panning across buildings in a Spanish harbor and shipyard. A submarine is seen under construction in the shipyard. Workers clamber over scaffolding and wooden framework as they assemble parts of the boat. Closeup of some heavy steel framework. Riveters at work. A mechanic adjusting gear machanism. View from below, of partially built submarine. Painters at work on hull. Scene switches to a Spanish Naval officer in a classroom, discussing naval tactics with use of models. Four naval officers listen as he lectures. Students use a device that gives them simulated view through a submarine periscope. Camera captures the images seen by the students. A submarine, displaying letters "GS" on its superstructure, moves away from the dock, with crew working on deck and Captain standing in conning tower platform. As it clears the dock, the name: "General Sanjurjo" is seen on its bow. (This boat was formerly the Italian "Torricelli.") View shifts to another submarine moving at fairly high speed as it departs the harbor with its crew standing in formations on its deck. This boat displays "GM" on its superstructure. (It is the "General Mola," formerly, the Italian "Archimede.")
View of a bridge under construction over a river. View of its huge pillars. From a German newsreel.
A Team Handball game in progress between the the United States(White) and Spain(Red) during the Summer Olympics of 1972 in Munich, Germany. Sequence opens showing the score ESP-USA, 3-3. The teams play hard moving back and forth across the court, and the scoreboard records as Spain makes 4th and 5th scores. After more play, the score shows ESP-USA, 7-4. Then the U.S. scores to make it 7-5. The U.S. team scores two more goals as the sequence ends. (Note: neither team did well in this sport overall. This was the sixteenth-place consolation round, and the U.S. won it 22 to 20, over Spain.)