The smoldering Palacio del Infantado in Guadalajara, Spain. It is partially destroyed and still burning from bombing and fire during the Spanish Civil War. Damaged arches and carvings of the palace. Smoke rises from the ground. Debris and rubble inside the building. Carvings on the walls. Piles of debris and burning logs. A stone inscription on the wall dated 20 April, 1914, declaring the Palacio to be a National Monument. Damage in the cemetery next to the palace building.
Bomb destroyed residential buildings and shops in Madrid, Spain during Spanish Civil War, along the Gran Via in Madrid. Damaged and broken walls of buildings. A wrecked vehicle. Signs for the Fernandez Aldao Joyeria y Plateria y Relojeria (The Aldao Jewelry, Silver, and Watch shop) in the background. Civilians walk on the street with debris and wreckage all around. A board on a building reads 'Paso El Fascismo!" along with what appears to be a bloody hand print atop the image of a burning city in ruins. In the upper left corner of the poster is a star with a Soviet hammer and sickle symbol.
Under exposed film opens showing Spanish politicians at a gathering in the town hall of Valencia, Spain, during the 2nd Republic era, at the outbreak of the Spanish Civil War. Views of the politicians engaged in numerous conversations. Two Spanish military officers in smart uniforms converse near a window inside the building. Outside, Army soldiers and volunteers are seen standing with right fists raised, a gesture adopted by Republicans. The front of the Town Hall is silhouetted behind them in the background. The camera pans left, across many of them. Suddenly a tank or armored vehicle comes past the camera with many persons riding atop it. More views of persons riding on military vehicles. Next, the camera pans across school age children all posing with their right fists raised. (one little girl raises her left fist.)
United States President Franklin Roosevelt stops at Port-of-Spain in Trinidad as he returns from his trip of Argentina. Men stand at the harbor. President Franklin Roosevelt sits on a chair. Several men stand around him. Military troops lined on the street. President Roosevelt sits in an open car. The car passes through a crowded street. The crowd cheers. Buildings in the background.
A train arrives at a station in France early in Spanish Civil War. Passengers leaving Spain, to escape the rebellion there, get off the train carrying their luggage and enter a room to undergo customs inspection. A sign outside the room reads 'Douane' ( Customs, in French).
Spanish Civil War. Forces of Spanish Republic fight hard to keep a territory under their control. Soldiers fire and cavalry units march forward towards the enemy. Bomb shells burst on the shore. Destroyed building of a maternity hospital. Women handle guns and rifles. Men clean guns. Women try to aim and fire guns.
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