In life, people do things they are proud of, and others they are not proud of – but it is impossible not to be proud of having participated in the Spanish Civil War (1936–1939), even if the Spanish Republic and its alliance of International Brigades lost. This is one of the American veterans whose war memories – bitter, but marked by self-respect – are honoured by this film. The Abraham Lincoln Brigade consisted of US volunteers who fought against Spanish and German fascism and for democracy under adverse conditions and without party affiliations until 1939, while the US government pursued a strict and ultimately fatal policy of appeasement. A refreshingly undogmatic document with a wealth of fresh archive material.