Stricken Spain 1936

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Full title reads: "Striken Spain - Latest War scenes".

Barcelona, Civil War in Spain (aka Spanish Civil War).

Various shots of antifascist republicans guarding street barricades with machine guns and rifles. According to narrator they are from the Popular Party. They wave through...

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Cataloguer:
Amelia
Stock:
Black & White
Sound:
Sound
Media URN:
13120
Sort Number:
36/069
Time in/Out:
01:42:44:00 / 01:44:08:00
Canister:
36/69
Film ID:
891.21
Issue Date:
27/08/1936

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  • "(one car has letters C.A.I painted on it)" - actually the letters on the car are CNT-FAI.

    CNT is the Confederacion Nacional del Trabajo, while the FAI shows their affiliation with the Federacion Anarquista Iberica.

    jamied 21st Sep 2012

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