SPANISH CIVIL WAR royalty-free footage in our collection

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220462          08:26:10 - 08:38:00            1914 - 1919 + 1930s         b/w     Si        

WWI and short clip Spanish Civil War
08:37:22 War scenes   Spanish Civil War - child pulled out of rubble - bodies.  Child crying - refugees many children, two who have lost legs.

 

220572          23:25:40 - 23:34:25            1930s             Si         B/W   

Spanish Civil War

Aircraft over - Bomb damaged palace buildings and bullet marks in mosaics - debris on ground.  Devastated buildings, bust of ? Carriage and furniture in courtyard of building - palace ?  More damage to building.  Stuffed polar bear in courtyard - piles of books - smoking building.  Building on fire.  Interior showing damage. Fires.  Sign reads Este Historico Artistico Palacio fue Declarado Monumento Nacional [ÕThis historic and artistic palace was declared a national monumentÕ].  Shots courtyard showing damage.

23:30:09  Cemetery - grave stones destroyed.  People in streets, wide shots showing total devastation.  Poster of hand Paso el Fascismo [ÕFascism Passed ByÕ?]. 

23:31:10  Shots as men try to clear rubble - baby dug out of demolished house, man runs with child to car.  More shots clearing up operations, women rescue bits of furniture. 

23:32:16  Close up woman with little girl in arms.  Another child dug from rubble.  Refugees some with laden mules down road.

23:33:55  Refugees living in caves - family comes out, children pose for camera.   Old woman with dog. Makeshift cooking stove.

 

220572          23:41:35 - 23:43:14            1930s             Si         B/W   

Spanish Civil War
Destroyed bridge over Guadarrama river - men and soldiers carrying sandbags. Fascist troops. Men examining wreckage of small aircraft (Breguet XIX)  in field

 

220572          23:43:23 - 23:44:14            1930s             Sd        B/W   

Spanish Civil War - Russian Steam ship attacked
Russian steamer Suyuz Vodnikov - damage to ship.  Captain and crew given heroes welcome on return to Russia - given bouquets of flowers. More shots of damage.

 

220572          23:44:30 - 23:51:09            1930s             Si         B/W   

Spanish Civil War - Communist Demonstration - Harbour shots.
Men wearing black berets giving raised fist salute in park.  Man at microphone making animated speech - no sound.  Sign in background says Generalitat Catalana.  Crowd applauding.  Band playing - youth marching. Various shots groups of unidentified men sitting talking.  Wreath laid by unidentified man accompanied by naval officer.  Statue.  Ship tied up in harbour, pan round to German naval ship flying Nazi flag.  Men on patrol.
23:47:52  Demonstration, banners, can only make out word Actores on banner.  Marchers give raised fist salute. Another banner reads S.U.E.P. Autores.  Band CU drummer.  Marchers carrying pitch forks and spades.  More marchers including children.  Two young girls marching wearing life belts.  Anti Fascist banner.  Interior -  close shots many individual men, some too dark.  Demonstrators on trucks.  Pan of children

 

220572          00:23:34 - 00:32:40            1930s Si         B/W   

Spanish Civil War
Crowds gathered in city centre.  Girls in dark uniforms and Spanish troops or police stand at attention, people watching from balconies.  Crowds applaud as troops and women wearing white uniforms march past.  Spanish officer looking at papers.  Trucks loaded with soldiers.  Docks - liner comes into dock.  Crowds coming out of docks giving raised fist salute.  Catholic priests carrying trunks.  Dock area - submarines - sailors give raised fist salute.
00:25:03 Gibraltar. English policeman with children - refugees cooking on beach, Rock of Gibraltar.
00:25:20 Border. Sign on bridge La Bidassoa - crowds standing at border barrier.  Short sequence from previous shots.  Ammunition boxes, car through border. Railway yard - passenger train crosses bridge then reverses.  Border post, priests.  Dock area ship called Chella.  Wide shot docks, liner Djenne docks using tug boats. Crowds on board giving raised fist salute. Men and women disembarking carrying suitcases.  Interior customs sheds, cases searched  very dark). Smiling crowds leaving dock area and pose for camera saluting
00:28:57 Car checked at border crossing. Town square, people at attention.
00:29:26  Pan round countryside
00.29.54 Papers and car checked at border.  Partisans relax with rifles on grass. Troops and artillery in back of trucks, boxes of ammunition.
00:31:13 Crowds waving in town square as men wearing berets and carrying rifles march through followed by women in white uniforms ( nurses ? )
00:31:48 Sign Pamplona - Parada Arbitrios. Town square, sequence of shots from above. Troops march past.

 

LN 501-581  23:21:23 - 23:23:34            1930s             Montjuic, Barcelona;  B/W    SIL       [La Guerre Fratricide - Spanish Civil War]
Aerial over Barcelona harbor & city.  Pan from rooftop over city roofs of Montjuic.
23:21:34  Trolley #58 past pedestrians & POV from moving car past men on street, some w/ rifles.
23:21:49  Car stopped at checkpoint & papers given to soldier in black.  He lets him drive across bridge guarded by sandbagged position. 
23:22:16  Interior of ?? w/ suits of armor.  Lluis Companys, President of the Generalitat, standing outside in suit & tie smiles at camera. 
23:22:21  Men unloading bags from bus, many in uniform.  Crowd waving goodbye in front of loaded passenger train cars.  Men shaking fists in Communist salute as train pulls out. 
23:22:35  Aerial over harbor.  Freighters, tankers & navy ships from air. 
23:22:46  Playa Catalunya square or park from high angle.  Building w/ bullet holes thru windows on ground floor.  Man sitting with rifle.  Interior of bullring w/ smashed up and burned out cars.  Men w/ rifles reading papers in front of building w/ Grup del Poum on banners. 
23:23:15  Int. of art museum storage w/ paintings & church icons, statues. 
23:23:24  Railroad station crowds.  Troops leaving in cattle cars. 
Volunteers; Families; 

 

LN 501-581  23:23:41 - 23:24:11            1930s             B/W    SD        [Spanish Civil War]
Pan over desert battlefield.  Men firing rifles & machine guns from behind barricade.  Large explosions.  POV from train (?).
23:23:57  Uniformed troops parade thru city streets w/ large crowds.  CU from between columns in street.
Fighting;

 

LN 501-583  02:51:48 - 02:52:18            1936   Boston, Massachusetts;           B/W    SIL       [American Refugees Arrive Home From Spanish Civil War]
ca 05Aug36
Large ship into port past camera w/ people at rail.  Couple & young daughter on deck pose for camera.  CUs of pretty girls; other women.

LN 501-581  23:24:17 - 23:27:54            1936   15Aug1936    Seville; Sevilla; Algeceras;    B/W    SIL       [Re-Establishment of Bi-Color Flag, Spanish Civil War]
High angle, Church exterior w/ crowds as icon carried thru streets.  La Giralda Tower & bells ringing. 
23:24:47  Statue of virgin seen past heads of monks & Spanish Civil War soldier w/ rifle.  Soldiers standing,  but laughing.  Altar boys & men in black shirts giving fascist salute.  Flags in background.  Officers & others.  Enormous crowd. 
23:25:30  High angle of crowded street & many people on balconies.  Girls in uniforms; boys in uniforms w/ fascist salute; army soldiers marching past include Moroccans (?).
23:26:15  Generals watching.  Sevilla Town Hall balcony w/ Falangist shield; General Gonzalo Queipo De Llano speaking & gesturing.  Possibly General Franco on right.  Large bi-color Spanish flag unfurled.  Crowd below looking up.
23:26:59  Old fortress-like building w/ window glass broken out.  Embassy (?) crest on iron railing, flag above.  Hole in end from shelling.  Other heavy damage to roof of a building.
23:27:20  Workmen removing timbers & bricks from destroyed houses or shops.  Soldiers outside destroyed Algeceras railway station; patrolling other destroyed buildings.
Destruction; Spain; Nationalists; Fascists;

LN 501-583  02:58:11 - 02:59:36            1936   Barcelona;       B/W    SD        Spanish Loyalists Rush Fresh Troops To Northern Front
ca 24Aug36
Aerial over Barcelona harbor of foreign ships from plane.  Plaza Catalunya from high angle.  Hotel Colon w/ bullet holes in windows & security guard w/ rifle in chair outside. 
02:59:09  Bullring w/ many wrecked cars from bombings etc.
02:59:20  Ext. of Grup del Poum, Marxist & Union, w/ men sitting around on sidewalk.  Train station & soldier kissing fiance goodbye; troops waving from train & giving Communist salute & train pulls out.
Spanish Civil War; Republicans; Loyalists;

LN 501-583  03:00:36 - 03:02:22            1936   Seville; Sevilla           B/W    SD        [Spanish Civil War Offensive Opened by Loyalists]
ca 31Aug36
US Navy ship USS Kane, DD 235, w/ sailors at rail moving thru harbor.  Spanish troops at re-establishment of bi-color flag w/ youth giving fascist salute & Gen. Gonzalo Queipo De Llano & possibly Gen. Franco.   Reviewing troops.  People on balconies, girls in uniform.  Troops march.
03:01:12  Troops running & firing in field.  Charging w/ bugler.  Behind ditches on rocky field & running ahead.
03:01:40  Women peeling potatos & eggs, men at base. 
03:01:47  Monoplane lands on rocky field.  Pilots talking; into large bi-planes w/ gunners & taking off.  Men viewing plane wreckage & treating injured.
Fighting;

LN 501-583  03:05:16 - 03:06:40            1936   B/W    Sd/Sil  SpainÕs Civil War Flares Violently On Many Fronts
ca 09Sep36
Women running on city sidewalk towards camera; plane diving, people looking up at it.  Street shots of people carrying goods; men digging trenches.  Troops run out of underground shelter.
03:05:45  Communist troops in boat give salute, off ship into boat.
03:05:58  Artillery firing towards mountains.  Loading artillery & firing, explosions. 
03:06:10  Men w/ belongings on cart across stone bridge.  Sign:  La Bidassoa  N10.  Sign:  Douanes Francaises.  Refugees crossing border.  Tilt down dirt hillside to front of house built into cave.
03:06:28  Man picks up heavy shell.  Prisoner taken away.  Wounded tended.
Spanish Civil War; Loyalists; Republicans; Fighting;

LN 501-583  03:13:10 - 03:14:22            1936   Toledo  B/W    SIL       SpainÕs Bloody Revolt
ca 21Sep36
Man firing artillery on desert.  Town w/ castle-like structure & explosion (Siege of Alcazar, Toledo).  Other firings & explosions amid wreckage.  Heavily damaged church, pan to countryside beyond town.  Soldiers w/ rifles seen looking out of barred windows, river below.  Heavy destruction & soldiers behind sandbags in partially destroyed buildings.  Men at machine guns, some reading.  Collapsed brick walls. 
03:13:55  Nuns standing in heavily damaged hospital.  Prisoners walking in jail under gaurd.  Wounded and dead.  Prisoners accompanied into jail.
Spanish Civil War; Fighting; Horrors of War;

LN 501-584  04:15:52 - 04:16:22            1936   Madrid B/W    SIL       Rebel Army Hurls Its Might Against Madrid Defenders
Ca. 05Oct36
High angle pan over desert, troops fighting w/ machine guns & rifles behind low ditches.  Explosions.  Moving shots.  Troops march & parade thru city streets.
Spanish Civil War; Republicans; Loyalists;

LN 501-584  04:29:02 - 04:29:32            1936?                        B/W    SIL       [Spanish Civil War]
ca 1936 
Troops marching & people giving fascist salute; Moroccan troops. 
04:29:07  Troops running over hillside w/ rifles; troops riding & dismounting.  Troops in black running to barn.  Destroyed building; troops on ground w/ rifle. 
04:29:23  Airplane wreckage w/ people around it.  Carrying stretcher w/ wounded to truck.
Spain Nationalists; Fascists; Pro-Franco;

LN 501-584  04:29:35 - 04:34:36            1936?            Bordeaux; GibraltAr; La Linea; AlgecIerAs;   B/W    SIL       [Spanish Civil War]
ca 1936 
Sign:  St. Jean de Luz w/ river & bridge beyond.  People bicycle past.  LS of sandy beach & tents, harbor w/ small boats at anchor. 
04:29:43  View from water of boat w/ British (?) flag.  Large ship D72 w/ British flag.  CU of large flag w/ three vertical stripes flying from stern of ?? moving past.
04:30:05  Belongings  at border, people, refugeees crossing or loading onto cars.  Talking.  Sign:  Chambre de Commerce de Bordeaux... re airport.
04:30:27  Airfield w/ twin-engine DC-3 (?) on runway w/ biplanes behind.  Nose says Granada.  ÒLineas Aereas Postales EspanolasÓ on side of plane. 
04:30:38  Tri-motor Fokker F.XII (?) plane in hanger w/ French police around.  G-ADZK markings; mcu of police.  Other planes in hanger & outside.
04:31:10  View from boat off shore.  Gibraltar & police.  Women cooking & washing kids on beach.  Cars crossing.  Police holding baby.  Allowing cars & wagons to cross from La Linea.  Rock of Gibraltar above Spanish border post.  Car leaves Gibraltar & police standing around.  View towards road to La Linea or Algecieras.  More border crossing scenes of carriage & horses.  Ship, Ciudad (?) de Cadiz, & tug moving in harbor to dock. 
04:33:59  Small boat, Tetuan, w/ Spanish flag.  Gun mounted on front deck.


221223          05:28:24 - 05:34:26            193?   Sd/Sil  B/W

[Spanish Civil War, Misc. Communists & Fascists]

Note:  footage on reel is very mixed up.

Spanish border w/ ??  Military by crossing gate.  Ship in harbor.  Falangistas past camera, some in uniform.  Three submarines w/ Spanish flag & crew w/ clenched fists.  One sub w/ C #6?  

05:28:52  Gibraltar w/ policeman, child.  Unid. location, people applaud marching men; women marching in white w/ white berets.  Military VIP checking papers of journalists (?).  Troops (German?) in back of open trucks; others, rebels or ?? by roadside.

05:29:20  Ship docking, people on deck & out of docks saluting w/ clenched fist.  Posing.  Small single-stack yacht in harbor; Communist men on submarines saluting.  Border; bridge sign:  La Bidassoa  N. 10.  CU ship Chella.  Liner Djenne docking w/ tugs, people w/ clenched fists & down gangway, leaving docks past camera. 

05:30:52  Checkpoint w/ police, motorcycle & cars & checking papers at bridge (La Bidassoa?).  Men w/ rifles on ground relaxing by sign Ciprian.  Soldiers w/ mortars on trucks, rifles.  Box of cartridges for Mauser rifles. 

Men marching. 

05:32:09  Sign:  Pamplona   Men into trucks; people on balconies watching marching.

05:32:33  Fighting, burning vehicles; tracked vehicles over rough ground.  Men into camouflaged twin-engine plane (German?) & taking off; flying over.  Vehicles across country; tanks w/ fascists & trucks w/ fascists saluting & saluted as going thru village.  VIP fascist in open collared military shirt acknowledged by crowd. 

05:33:27  Soldiers dance w/ women in street.  Black smoke from airplane crash?  CU sign:  Castellon.  People running through street, troops past & people waving; greeting of soldiers marching in and family welcome w/ kisses.

Note: some shots  same as 220572    00:23:34 - 00:32:40

 

200552          03:24:38 - 03:26:25            1936   SIL       B/W   

Military Revolt Plunges Spain Into Civil War
Military parade on town square incl. nurses. 
Officer talks to civilians.   Soldiers with German style helmets in trucks.  Republicans sleeping or resting on ground.   Ocean liner at harbour; people at dock make raised fist salute.   Refugees? cross checkpoint.  Republicans? on submarine make raised fist salute. 
Gibraltar -  Women and children at refugee camp.

220293          12:59:56 - 13:02:03            1936   Sd        B/W   

25 Years Ago Today
Spanish Civil War - Spanish government troops march down street - King Alfonso - partisans

 

220448          15:00:08 - 15:01:53            1936 ?           Sd        B/W   

Spanish Civil War           Report from Special Envoy Roger Moulinet                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                 Anti Fascist troops en route to San Sebastian Lorry with sign countryside with cattle drawn artillery. Battle scenes in San Sebastian ?  Artillery firing. Damaged buildings.  Troops relax after battle.  Troops continue through countryside. Injured man Zabalza Transports. Troops moving along roads and through attended to by medics (out of focus). Soldier in bombed out building.

 

220448          15:03:26 - 15:05:22            1936 ?           Sd        B/W   

Spanish Civil War
POV train coming through tunnel.  Steam train into station. Frontier between France and Spain. Customs.  Sign Somosierra Altitude 1444ms.  Military vehicles and equipment on road.  Burnt out car at side of road. Bullet holes in Obregordo House, former HQ.  Colonel Escamez looking at map with General Cabanellasm prexy of Government of Burgos.
Seville -  Troops in truck through city streets. Soldiers marching in town square. Young Andalusian recruits receive training - practising with machine guns  (not firing) and artillery.  General Chapo de Llano, rebel chief out of building. Troops in trucks.

 

220448          15:05:32 - 15:06:06            1936  Sd        B/W   

Durruti Funeral
Barcelona Top shots huge parade - crowds on pavement giving raised fist salute. Anarchist leader DurrutiÕs Coffin carried by pall bearers. Flag with F.A.I. (Federaci—n Anarquista IbŽrica). Man throws flowers on top of coffin. women crying.
Spanish Civil War related

 

200552          03:22:38 - 03:24:29            1936   Sd/Sil  B/W   

Civil War Engulfs More of Spain As Fighters Press On
Spanish Civil War fighting from both sides.   Nationalist troops & cavalry on battlefield.  Republicans running, firing rifles and machine guns.   Convoy through town.  Car pockmarked with machine-gun bullets.   Men clean guns; women shown how to use gun.  Little girl with gun posing with grandmother.

221097          10:00:01 - 10:01:18            1936   SIL       B/W   

Siege of Oviedo Leaves The City Badly Damaged
Many shots of severe damage to city of Oviedo, Spain - some buildings in ruins, gutted by fire - damaged church - wreckage of cars - train station canopy riddled w/ bullet holes & carriages damaged.  CU officer / town official.  Spanish insurgents [?] towards camera w/ plates of food [after relief convoys broke through ring of Asturian miners around city ?].  Wounded man helped from car.  North African [?] troops in unusual uniforms march through city.  Convoy of Spanish troops inc. truck pulling gun carriage.

 

221097          10:50:00 - 10:54:36            1936 c            Sd/Sil  B/W   

[Early Spanish Civil War Scenes]
[Sd. - French narration.]  Civilians run through streets of town & look up to sky at bombers passing overhead; North African [?] soldiers.  Troops dig trenches in town square.  Anti-Franco troops arrive by boat.  Heavy guns fired in countryside - shell loaded.  Refugees over French border w/ belongings on cart; CU street sign of Basses-Pyrenees region - ÔLa BidassoaÕ; CU French customs sign ÔDouanes FrancaisesÕ.
10:50:59  [Si.]  Vars shots of defences built into hillsides - trenches & bunkers.  Man picks up shell casing.  Top shots soldiers arresting guerrilla?  Wounded man helped.  Intertitle over painting ÔCe Que Goya NÕAvait Pas VuÕ [ÕWhat Goya Never SawÕ].   
10:51:21  [Sd.]  Men wearing white armbands in street - firefighters w/ hoses.  INT fascist leader Mirandas [?] - replacement for Jose Antonio Primo de Rivera; EXT new chief leads Nationalist troops out of Falange HQ past civilians giving fascist salute. 
10:51:40  Road between Seville & Cordoba - volunteer troops on horseback.  March through Pamplona [?] - banner across street ÔPamplona - Navarra - Espana Por Santa Maria La RealÕ.  Young kids in fascist uniform marching past ÔFalange EspanolaÕ banner on building followed by young women in uniform - Seccion Feminina ?
10:52:22  Funeral of fascist Colonel Ortiz de Zarate - coffin in hearse past crowd giving fascist salute - coffin lowered into grave. 
10:52:56  Truck w/ coffin of fascist General Goded after execution by government of Catalonia [?].
10:53:05  Troops in village of Puerto Cristo - Majorca ?
10:53:19  Refugees into France?  People on French beach look through telescope to Spain across bay.
10:53:45  [Si.]  Shots of hillside defences & capture of guerrilla / insurgent repeated.  Heavy artillery fired.  Burned-out & damaged cars in unid. town square - civilians & soldier wearing berets in BG.         
Falangists.  Fascism.  Revolution.  Spain 1930s.

221097          10:54:48 - 10:56:41            1936 c            SIL       B/W   

[Early Spanish Civil War Scenes]
Pan along line of troops w/ bayonet rifles outside prison.  INT soldiers on guard - view through bars across window to valley below - bridge across river.  Prisoners yard - troops chatting - personal possessions inc. ladiesÕ handbags laid out in line on ground.  Street scene w/ queue of women & children.  Countryside - heavy gun firing.  Destruction in city - ruined buildings - man crouches in debris of street cafe, trying to tune in radio ? - troops relax behind makeshift brick wall, rifles lodged in cracks.  Brief shot body w/ missing head / limbs.  More destruction.  Nationalist troops march past civilians giving fascist salute.  Brief MS Franco.
Falangists.  Fascism.  Revolution.  Spain 1930s.

 

221098          01:04:18 - 01:13:39            1936   SIL       B/W   

[Bomb Damage In Oviedo]
Many shots of severe damage to city of Oviedo, Spain - some buildings in ruins, gutted by fire - damaged church - wreckage of cars - train station canopy riddled w/ bullet holes & carriages damaged.  CU unid. officer / general on balcony [fat w/ moustache & glasses] .  Spanish insurgents [?] towards camera w/ plates of food [after relief convoys broke through ring of Asturian miners around city ?].  Wounded man helped from car.  North African [?] troops in unusual uniforms march through city.  Convoy of Spanish troops inc. truck pulling gun carriage.  More shots troops & bomb damage - wrecked train carriage - convoy past, some soldiers make fascist salute. 
01:07:17  Two official cars across bridge outside city.  Snipers behind wall in countryside & helmeted troops w/ surveying equipment.  Bombed farmhouse.  Dead horse & destruction in Oviedo.
01:09:18  Same general seen earlier w/ troops outside city - talks to civilian woman.  Destroyed bridge.  CU same general / officer on balcony.  Troops resting & eating.  Damage at railroad station inspected.  Pan up damaged facade of cathedral.  More troops in countryside.
01:12:09  Oviedo street scenes - gutted official building & apartment blocks.  High pan across town.  Troops signal w/ flags from rooftop. 
Spanish Civil War - Siege of Oviedo.  1930s Spain.

 

221098          01:23:10 - 01:24:19            1936 c            SIL       B/W   

[Women Fighting In Spanish Civil War]
High angle shot town in valley w/ column of smoke above; snowy mountains in BG.  Troops run through snow & CU jump out of trench inc. woman soldier?  Fire rifles from behind wall.  LS troops advance through village.  Female soldiers in trench w/ rifles then over the top & run across snowy field.  Probably anti-Franco Republican troops.
Winter.  Spain 1930s.  Women At War.

 

221098          01:52:28 - 01:59:55            1936 c            SIL       B/W   

[Republican Activity Around Barcelona]
Cavalry troops practice drawing swords on horseback.  Man w/ neckerchief smoking cigar poses for still photographer.
01:53:28  Pan along shipÕs hull marked Ô[SS?] Uruguay - BarcelonaÕ.  Troops on horseback past giving closed fist salutes - some very young boys - Republicans? - tracking shot [slightly out of focus] follows cavalry - one rider w/ flag marked w/ Communist hammer & sicle emblem & ÔPOUMÕ [Partido Obrero de Unificacion Marxista].  POUM group continues down street giving salutes - low angle shot horses almost gallop over camera. 
01:55:33  CU man in car shows handgun w/ extra long bullet clip - passengers armed - longer shot car stopped for inspection.  Man w/ arm in plaster.
01:56:38  Coffin on horse-drawn white carriage past camera.  Republican troops & civilians fill sandbags in city - truck marked PSU [Partit Socialista Unificat [de Catalunya] - Unified Socialist Party of Catalonia ?] - probably Barcelona.  Car w/ sign in windshield ÔOrdre PublicÕ.  Truck past in BG marked CNT [Confederacion Nacional de Trabajo - National Confederation of Labour ?].  Car w/ sign ÔFuerzas LealesÕ [Loyal Forces].  ÔBÕ on car license plates - indicates Barcelona.
01:58:54  Pan round three men sitting at table on shipÕs deck, one w/ Republican badge.  Guards pose for camera on deck overlooking port - Barcelona ? 
Spanish Civil War.  Spain 1930s.

 

221110          22:02:54 - 22:09:51           1936   SD        B/W   

Spain In Arms  [Reel 5]
High pan across Madrid - street scenes w/ traffic - Republican preparations for siege under Prime Minister Francisco Largo Caballero (not seen) - streets fortified & civilians dig trenches on outskirts - women collect firewood.  International Brigades arrive in Madrid w/ supplies sent from abroad - CUs foreign soldiers.  International Brigades man positions against Nationalist attack - battle montage w/ heavy artillery fired - troops through trenches - grenades thrown - CUs rifles fired.
22:08:36  Capture of University City by Nationalists Nov36; map of Madrid.  Bridge across Manzanares River separating Nationalist-held University City w/ Republican Army in Casa del Campo & rest of Madrid.  Pan across no-manÕs land.
Spanish Civil War.  Fascism.

 

221110          21:00:00 - 21:07:46            1937   SD        B/W   

The Spanish Earth  [Reel 1 of 6]
Directed by Joris Ivens / Co-written & Narrated by Ernest Hemingway
US documentary produced by Contemporary Historians group*) recording the effects of the Spanish Civil War on the peasants & townspeople on the Republican side. 
21:00:00  Scenes of dry Spanish countryside w/ VO re need for water & irrigation to grow food for defenders of Madrid. Village of Fuentedue–a - people baking bread, washing linen, sweeping streets - men off to work in the fields on mules - women collect bread stamped w/ Union label - ploughing fields - irrigation channels being dug.  High pan across valley w/ sound of gunshots & artillery heard.
Spanish Civil War.  Anti-Fascism.
*) Contemporary Historians was a group of American intellectuals supporting the Republican cause, inc. Lilian Hellman, John Dos Passos [who co-wrote narration], Archibald Macleish & Herman Shumlin.

221110          21:07:51 - 21:17:22            1937   SD        B/W   

The Spanish Earth  [Reel 2 of 6]
Directed by Joris Ivens / Co-written & Narrated by Ernest Hemingway
Map showing the village's position near the main highway from Madrid to Valencia.  Republican soldiers walking across countryside to front line - preparing weapons & ammunition - firing heard - loading shells & firing heavy guns - officers look through binoculars.  Map shows front line 25 miles away from Fuentedue–a.  Front line outside Madrid, shells landing in distance.  Men digging trenches, reinforced using doors of bombed houses.
21:12:00  Republican troops eating, reading, getting shave & haircuts.  Loudspeaker van of People's Army driving out gates of Madrid - record put on turntable - men listening to music - new recruits given rifle instruction.  Map of Madrid, showing University City taken by Rebel forces.  Battle for the clinic in the University City; Commander Martinez de Arag—n seen talking with officers; various shots of sniper activity - target building seen through gun slits, gunfire.  Young soldier writes home.

221110          21:17:26 - 21:23:59            1937   SD        B/W   

The Spanish Earth  [Reel 3 of 6]
Directed by Joris Ivens / Co-written & Narrated by Ernest Hemingway
Soldiers in groups smoking; giving Republican clenched fist salute; Republican meeting, with vars speakers [non-sync.] & applause, inc. German writer Gustav Regler & La Passionara ( Dolores Ibarruri ); cut to her voice heard broadcast from loudspeaker van. 
21:21:03  Street fighting in Madrid - shells fired at enemy positions in ruined building - VO re aid from Germany & Italy prolonging war.  Republican soldiers go home on leave past bombed buildings inc. Duke of AlbaÕs Palace - artworks salvaged by government militia.

221110          21:24:05 - 21:34:02            1937   SD        B/W   

The Spanish Earth  [Reel 4 of 6]
Directed by Joris Ivens / Co-written & Narrated by Ernest Hemingway
Propaganda broadcast over shots of Madrid devastation.  Statue of Don Quixote & Sancho Panza.  Civilians help build Madrid defences.  Street scenes of life in besieged city - women queue for food - body of civilian killed by shelling under blanket in street - hearse arrives.  Posters urging civilians to evacuate - women & children waiting to get into lorries to be evacuated.  Men enlist in Republican Army.
21:29:50  President Aza–a arrives in Valencia - addressing council meeting [voice w/ English subtitles] against Fascist overlords wishing to deprive Spanish people of the earth they have the right to hold and cultivate. 
21:30:34  In Fuentedue–a irrigation plans continue - plans finalised - building a pump house - digging channels & cultivating soil. 
21:32:46  Young soldier returns home from Madrid - his father called in from the fields. 

221110          21:34:07 - 21:42:30            1937   SD        B/W   

The Spanish Earth  [Reel 5 of 6]
Directed by Joris Ivens / Co-written & Narrated by Ernest Hemingway
Father returns home to greet his son - villagers gather round.  Soldier drills village boys.
21:35:36  Drilling of battalion of bullfighters & athletes in Madrid.  Soldiers bid farewell to girlfriends & families.  Sandbags along roadside - air attack on Madrid - people running in street - explosions & panic - ambulance w/ siren - boys look for shell fragments among debris - dead bodies in hallway.
21:38:51  Bombing of village - German Junker planes spotted overhead - bomb hits - women weeping - rubble in street - CUs corpses of dead women - young boys in soldiersÕ uniforms.  Wreckage of downed Junker.  Dead Italian troops - VO says they signed up to work in Ethiopia.

221110          21:42:38 - 21:53:27            1937   SD        B/W   

The Spanish Earth  [Reel 6 of 6]
Directed by Joris Ivens / Co-written & Narrated by Ernest Hemingway
Map showing attack of Rebels on a bridge on the Madrid-Valencia road.  Fighting continues while villagers work on irrigation scheme.
21:44:25  Republican troops leaving Madrid city gates, tanks going through - infantry and tanks travel to bridge area - shells falling.  Wounded being treated.  Bridge not hit - successful counter-attack for Government troops - Valencia Road saved.  Soldiers return to Madrid; irrigation work continues; water flows across the parched earth.  CU soldier firing rifle.
Spanish Civil War.  Anti-Fascism.

221110          21:58:22 - 22:02:28            1937   SD        B/W   

Spain In Arms  [Reel 3B]
High pan across Malaga - Nationalist fleet in harbour - heavy guns fired - Nationalist volunteers capture prison ship Marques de Chavarro & free captives who give open-handed salute - greeted by crowds on dock.  Malaga ÒliberatedÓ 08Feb37 - FrancoÕs army through streets - refugees return to city.
22:01:23  Damaged hospital interior - nurses gather broken glass - EXT Worried-looking civilians search rubble - dead bodies - injured women & children lowered from damaged building onto street in harness during rescue operation.

 

220197 & 181611   02:18:41 - 02:29:35            1937   Sd        B/W   

Reel 12
German Sailors killed in Spanish Civil War brought home on the Deutschland  18/6/37
Battleship - coffins - Naval ceremony - Naval officer makes speech surrounded by flags covered with Swastika flags: Hitler lays wreath

221098          01:24:29 - 01:28:53            1937 c            SIL       B/W   

[Spanish Civilians Evacuated - Destruction in Madrid]
High pan down facade of British Embassy in Madrid w/ roof damaged after bombing by Spanish rebels - Union Jack flag hanging above gate.  CU plaque ÔHis Britannic MajestyÕs Embassy & ConsulateÕ.  INT shots showing bomb damage - British Ambassador to Spain ?
01:25:03  Troops w/ rifles advance through woodland - crawling.  Soldier in trench throws grenade, others fix bayonets to rifles. 
01:26:04  Women & children in train carriage marked Madrid-Mondejar - evacuating refugees.  Soldiers help load more kids into goods carriage.  Train leaves station watched by men on platform.  Mother kisses kids through train window.  Refugees wrapped in blankets on platform.  Pan down apartment building in city [ Madrid ?] w/ damaged blinds at windows - sandbag roadblock across street.  Refugees onto truck & through streets w/ belongings.  Civilians salvage possessions from rubble - little boy w/ broken scooter.  Pan down apartment building w/ most of facade collapsed.  Civilian women & children in ruined streets. 
[NB Some shots out of focus.]
Spanish Civil War.  1930s Spain.

 

221098          01:34:00 - 01:41:57            1937 c            SIL       B/W   

[Spanish Civil War - Railroad Repairs & Republican Troops]
Scenes of devastation at railroad station - wrecked carriages among debris - bomb crater - burned-out goods wagons.  Sign ÔPozuelo AlarconÕ - small town near Madrid.  Damaged railway track - men begin repairs laying sleepers & track.  Locomotive on its side.  CUs railroad reconstructed.  High angle shot railway goods yard burning? - clouds of smoke pouring from locomotives & wagons [could be stoking up after repairs?].  Train driver in cab gives Republican salute w/ closed fist.  Armoured train pulls out of tunnel - troops inside - CUs bugler & soldiers - troops line up the march along street w/ Madrid flag - probably Republicans [ anti-Franco ].
Spain 1930s. 

 

221098          01:42:04 - 01:52:10            1937 c            SIL       B/W   

[Spanish Civil War - Fighting In Countryside]
Heavy gun firing - bomber overhead - column of smoke - troops running.  Republican troops past on truck convoy - salute at camera w/ closed fists.  Troops chat w/ civilians on hillside.  Motorcycle troops.  Kids salute passing buses w/ closed fists.  LS convoy along mountain road.  Motorcycle troops through town.  Snipers out of foxhole; shoot w/ rifles & machine gun from behind sandbag wall.  Officers look through binoculars & consult map - one has tassel on front of cap - Nationalists ?  Heavy artillery fired - shells loaded - officer makes notes.  Biplanes overhead - air to air combat?  Smoke from bomb or crashed plane.  Troops run across field.
01:49:35  CU officer w/ binoculars & distinctive triangular badge w/ crossed swords.  CUs troops run for cover under aerial bombardment watched by officer.
01:50:30  Republican officers wearing leather jackets & distinctive hats watch through binoculars - chief w/ heavy moustache.  Motorcycle soldier brings food & drink.  Dead soldiers on ground.  Prisoners marched at gunpoint - all give Republican salute to camera then given cigarettes & shake hands w/ officers - defectors ?
Spain 1930s.  Guerrillas.

 

221110          22:10:13 - 22:15:49            1937   SD        B/W   

Spain In Arms  [Reel 7]
Apr37  Nationalist troops head North.  Map of Basque Country showing Guernica.  Sign on wall ÔGuernicaÕ - steel frame of bombed building - VO suddenly veers back to Nationalist-propagandist angle: ÒGuernica was not bombed from the air but burned to the ground by retreating RedsÓ.  Reconstruction Corps of Nationalist Army repair bridges & roads.  Map of advance on Bilbao.
22:11:08  Nationalist troops & armoured cars advance from South.  Artillery prepares - attack on Brigades of Navarre - montage heavy guns firing - machine gunners.  Jun37  Bunkers of ÔIron RingÕ outside Bilbao captured by Nationalists.  Troops advance up railway line.
22:13:51  Sign ÔBilbaoÕ; high pan across city.  Nationalist troops pour into Bilbao 19Jun37.  Map showing decreasing Northern stronghold of Loyalists around Gijon.  Gasoline tanks burning at night.  Nationalist troops marching.
Spanish Civil War.  Fascism.

 

220509          01:35:41 - 01:36:08            1938   Si         b/w    

Italy, Naples - Fascist Volunteers Return From Spain
Troopship heavily laden with troops arriving in Naples Harbour. Soldiers disembark. Inspected on dockside. Military parade - thousands watch as troops parade down street
Spanish Civil War

 

220649          13:22:00 - 13:33:30            1938   Si         b/w    

Celebration of British Empire Day
Playing field - Union Jack flying. Exterior school - children come out into playground - raise fists in republican salute. Spanish Civil war related?

200552          03:12:36 - 03:13:16            1938   SIL       B/W   

[Worldwide News Events - Spanish Civil War Refugees in Luchon]
Spanish refugees cross the Pyrenees at Luchon, France.  Herded by village.  CU man with beret Basque eating and smiling.   Boarding train and train drives off with men leaning through windows.

 

221097          10:22:53 - 10:23:22            1938   SIL       B/W   

World-Wide News Events: New York, NY
Young men of Abraham Lincoln International Brigade arrive home from Spain after fighting with Loyalist troops against General FrancoÕs Nationalist Insurgents.  Huge welcoming committee w/ banners & march through NYC streets.
Spanish Civil War.  1930s

 

200552          03:18:18 - 03:19:22            1938   SD        B/W   

[World Wide News - Spanish Civil War]
Amposta - Fighting scenes on Catalonian front with Italian legionnaires attacking  Loyalist positions.  VIP visits front.

 

LN 501-583  03:15:36 - 03:17:10            1939   Le Perthus      B/W    SIL       Pathetic Scenes Mark Flight Of Spanish Refugees
08Feb39
High angle shot of mass of cars & people in small French village in valley.  Police at border holding back crowds.  Men, women & children outside border police station.  Many with bags of goods.  Wounded walking, searched by police.  Girl crying in mcu.  Man passing out coffee or soup.  Woman carrying bags & boxes, kids carry baskets.  Woman balacing bundle on head.  One legged children w/ canes & crutches.  People being fed on long tables.  Kids given innoculation shots.  CUs.  Families walking hand in hand.
Spanish Civil War Refugees; Despair; Hopelessness; Horrors of War; Pre-WWII; Homeless; Displaced Persons;

220584          09:05:02 - 09:06:12            1939   Si         b/w    

World Wide News Events - Catalonia, Spain
Franco routs Loyalist Army - Spanish Civil War. Graphic scenes as General FrancoÕs insurgent forces sweep northward into the Catalonian corner following the capture of Barcelona.  Military vehicles on road, destroyed bridge in background. Artillery and supplies on mules moving up. Troops through destroyed town - barricades on streets. Prisoners of war.

221097          10:13:47 - 10:14:06            1939   SIL       B/W   

World Wide News Events: Paris, France
Sen. Leon Berard, special envoy to Burgos, Spain, arrives back in Paris for talks w/ French Foreign Minister Bonnet after agreement to recognise Franco regime.  L-R Bonnet & Berard pose at microphones outside official building for news cameras, reporters taking notes.
Spanish Civil War.  French Foreign Policy.  1930s.

 

221097          10:27:50 - 10:28:13            1939   SIL       B/W   

World-Wide News Events: Cadiz, Spain
Italian legionnaires prepare to leave Spain after fighting for General Franco - march through huge crowds to docks past building w/ banners spelling out ÔD-U-C-E  F-R-A-N-C-OÕ.  Civilians on dock give fascist salute. Legionnaires onto ship w/ belongings, one carries Italian flag.
Spanish Civil War.  Italian Foreign Policy.  1930s.

 

221097          10:36:42 - 10:37:05            1939   SIL       B/W   

World-Wide News Events: Naples, Italy
20,000 Italian troops given heroÕs welcome on return from fighting w/ FrancoÕs forces in Spain.  CU helmeted troops hold up combat knives in salute; King Vittorio Emmanuel past reviewing troops.  High angle shots soldiers march through Naples; MCU King Vittorio salutes troops from podium.
Spanish Civil War.  Italian Foreign Policy.  Prewar Italy.  1930s.

 

 

220295          16:37:33 - 16:38:05            1940   si         B/W   

On the War Front - Italy - Mussolini presents medals to heroes of the Spanish Civil War.
Outdoor ceremony - Mussolini on dias presents medal - kisses. Military march past  (goose stepping) .

 

 

 

 

The following items are available on viewing tape. Masters can be obtained with four to six weeks delay approximately.

 

 

Universal Newsreels

 

 

16Dec36                                Sd                                 

Nazi Propaganda Plane Crash.

 

29Dec36                                                                     

Loyalists Battle in Snow of Pyrenees, Yesero.

 

Dec36                                                                          

Spanish Civil War (repeated footage from previous releases)

 

06Jan37                                                                     

Spanish ships win embargo for war planes. Barcelona harbour?

 

17Feb37                                                                     

European nations plan blockade of Spanish War zone. Images from the front and daily life.

 

22Feb37                                Sd                                 

Spanish Civil War battle. (not verified)

 

10Mar37                                                                    

Madrid receives armoured train. ÒMar CantabricoÓ ship captured by fascist.

 

14Apr37                                Si                                 

Spanish Civil War: Madrid ruins, artillery shelling in field, tank.(01:17)

 

06Oct37                                 Sd                                 

FDR warns of war, images of Spanish Civil War (00:40).|

 

11Apr38                                                                     

Italy honors dead in Spain.

 

02May38                               Si.                                

Spanish Fascist troops arrive in Bosbot through the valley of Aran.|

 

01Jun38                                Si.                                

French liner ÔNormandieÕ arrives in NYC with Spanish Loyalist gold.|

 

10Aug38                                Si.                                

Spanish Civil War, fascist rebels parade in Valladolid.|

 

20Feb39                                Sd                                 

French aid Spanish refugees.|

 

 

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