Salute Spain

A film about heroic soldiers and commanders of international brigades who fought in Republican Spain. Newsreel: parade of international brigades in Barcelona. On the podium, D. Ibarruri and Jose Diaz. City of Madrid. Cafe. At the table are talking pilot Adolfo de Arellano, who fought for the republic, and the mayor of Valencia, Elias Hernandez. E. Lister - one of the commanders of the Republican army rides in a car. Newsreel: the militias are being trained to shoot, a fascist rally, there are columns of international brigades. E. Lister speaking. Soviet veteran - member of the international brigade V. K. Ivanov. Newsreel: the German legion "Condor", German pilots are bombing a Spanish city, people are running down the street, the corpses of those killed are lying. Demonstration in support of republican Spain in Moscow, Leningrad. This is Vladislav Vlachil, a Czech inter-brigade commander. Newsreel: a meeting of E. Daladier, N. Chamberlain, the training of the international brigade. This is Kirillov-Ivanov, a Bulgarian inter-brigade commander. Newsreel: the soldiers of the international brigade go into battle, shoot, line up of tankmen, tankers run to the tanks, remove their disguises. Former Soviet inter-brigade officer P. Milin speaks about the fate of Soviet tankmen in Spain. Photos of Marshals A. I. Rodimtsev, K. A. Meretskov, R. Ya. Malinovsky, who fought in Spain. Newsreel: unloading a Soviet ship in a Spanish port, inter-brigade men handing out food to the children sitting at the table, dancing. Chamberlain reads out the Naval Agreement between England and Germany; N. Chamberlain and B. Mussolini. This is John Tett, Inter-Brigade Officer. Newsreel: the inter-brigade members are running, shooting, carrying the wounded. Kirillov-Ivanov is speaking. Newsreel: children are hugging the international brigade.

Color

6

1985