Spain during the civil war (1937-1939)

The Prime Minister of the Spanish Republic, Juan Negrin, addresses the fighters of the International Brigades during a banquet in Madrid, the faces of the internationalist volunteers and the Spanish military listening to Negrin's speech.

Republican soldiers in a Catholic cathedral in the guard of honor at the coffin of a fallen comrade.

The priest at the head of the funeral procession leaves the church.

The coffin is carried out of the church.

The coffin is placed on the hearse.

The participants in the funeral procession carry funeral wreaths.

A view of the funeral procession moving along the streets of the city, the coffin on the hearse.

Women and a man with funeral wreaths in their hands.

Spanish Falangist soldiers and representatives of the civil authorities at the border awaiting the arrival of the international commission.

Refugees being allowed to pass through the border post.

A car with members of the commission drives up to the border.

The faces of the members of the commission.

The members of the commission get out of the car and walk to the entrance of the building.

The members of the International Commission talk with representatives of the Spanish authorities.

General Franco F. during a conversation with one of the arriving soldiers.

Fighters of one of the international brigades during a ceremonial meeting on the occasion of their arrival in Spain.

Speakers speak during the ceremony of presenting the flag to the international brigade.

The face of one of the speakers.

Fighters of the international brigade in formation with rifles at their feet.

The flag crew of the international brigade.

The face of one of the speakers at a rally on the occasion of the presentation of the flag of one of the international brigades.

International Brigade fighters in formation with rifles at their feet.

The flag calculation of the International Brigade.

View of the rally.

Presentation of the flag to the command of the International Brigade.

The internationalists hold their rifles in the "on guard" position.

The personnel of the International Brigade march past the flag in a ceremonial march.

Internationalists who arrived to help Republican Spain, in formation on the square (above).

Prime Minister J. Negrin greets the command staff of one of the international brigades.

A Republican officer delivers a speech to the arriving volunteers, the volunteers raise their right hand with a clenched fist ("Rot-Front"), panorama of the rally.

Negrin speaks from the rostrum.

Views of the rally.

Fighters of the Hungarian Matyas Rakosi Infantry Battalion in formation.

Children on a lamppost watch the rally.

Negrin drives in a car along the line of International Brigades.

American volunteers in formation.

Leaders of the Communist Party on the podium of the rally, Dolores Ibarruri is also here.

Parade of the battalions of the International Brigades in Madrid (above).

Units of the International Brigades march along the streets and squares of Madrid.

People greet the passing internationalists.

Leaders of Republican Spain on the podium.

The coat of arms of Spain hung from the balcony of a building.

View of the rally (above).

Fighters of the International Brigades march in a ceremonial march, people throw flowers at their feet.

Spanish children greet the passing fighters of the International Brigades, hug them.

Columns of internationalists march along the streets of Madrid.

Flags hung on the walls of buildings.

A column of medical workers in white coats passes.

View of one of the rallies.

A convoy of humanitarian aid to the people of Spain moves along mountain roads.

French pickup trucks provided to Spanish medics.

Distribution of clothing to women and children.

Children at the table drinking milk and bread. D. Ibarruri speaking to children in the canteen.

The face of a girl.

Distribution of milk to children, children in line.

A tray with bread.

Distribution of bread and milk to children in a kindergarten.

A girl feeding a boy with a spoon.

Children drinking milk.

Republican units crossing the French border.

Interned Republicans moving along the road (top).

Soldiers manually rolling an artillery piece.

Artillery pieces confiscated during the disarmament of the Republicans.

A French soldier inspects the confiscated pieces.

View of part of the Republican internment camp.

Distribution of food through the barbed wire.

A queue for food along the barbed wire.

Falangist soldiers waving Spanish national flags.

General Franco's troops moving along the road (top).

Locals holding national flags in their hands greet the Falangist troops.

Planting the Spanish flag on a pole.

Spanish soldiers salute the national flag, raising their arms in a Nazi salute, the flag fixed to a concrete pole.

Meeting of the Spanish military with representatives of the French army and gendarmerie, arrested communists being led along the city street.

Falangist artillery firing in the mountains in winter.

Officers at the front line clarify the details of a combat operation.

Combat operations on a plain, an officer commands from cover.

An airplane flies by.

Soldiers run for cover, an anti-aircraft machine gun crew prepares to open fire on an air target.

A truck on the road, airplanes fly by.

Infantry attacks a hill.

View of a populated area during combat operations.

Tanks on the road.

Artillery fires.

An ambulance near a destroyed house.

View of a damaged Catholic church building.