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Spain

Reel Number: 221248-51

Color: Black and White

Sound: SD

Year / Date: 1952

Country: Spain

Location: granada,Madrid,Seville

TC Begins: 06:59:54

TC Ends: 07:10:03

Duration: 00:10:09

Spain Road & street scenes of old stone buildings, castles, fountain & square. 07:00:19 Map of Spain, Europe & North Africa w/ animation. LS Madrid, city buildings from above & newer buildings (1950s). Street activities, trolleys, trams & pedestrians. People into subway. Roman aqueduct near Segovia. Alcazar fortress in Almeria; Alhambra Palace in Grenada w/ reflecting pools & ornate architecture. 07:02:11 Tomb of Ferdinand & Isabella. Tilt up monument to Columbus. Tourists touring castle grounds & shots of castles. 07:02:54 People into church, sidewalk cafe, women knitting in courtyard. Park & lake, bullfighting w/ fighter gored. Prado seen from above, Don Quixote statue; flamenco dancing. Int. of Moorish architecture in Cordoba Cathedral. People kneeling at candle decorated Christ statue. 07:03:58 Catholic Religious parade w/ penitents. Rural mountains, agriculture & oranges, dates, olive picking. Poling boat w/ bags, waterwheel & burrow turning. 07:05:05 Cadiz sherry wine cellars w/ barrels, workers. Fishing & men pull in nets on beach. Logging in Pyrenees w/ aerial cables. Mining copper & refinery for refining to sulphuric acid for munitions. 07:05:56 Spanish Civil War & rioting in streets (speeded up), fighting. Franco, marching, giving diplomas, w/ Nazis, saluting & marching after war. Troops training, reviewing w/ cavalry & armored forces. 07:08:16 Falangist symbol outside welfare building where women, children & old are fed, clothed & housed. Classes. Women sewing. Children swimming & marching in military training. Pan over Madrid. 07:09:13 “United States support of the Spanish dictatorship in our current struggle against totalitarianism has been explained as a matter of military necessity. Spain’s strategic location makes her valuable to the democratic world as a possible air, naval base & beach head should the east & west ideologies come to a military showdown. So the democracies weigh carefully their relations w/ Franco’s Spain; aware that it cannot be ignored in Western defense plans.” Shots of military ships, planes & Moroccan Guard. Shots of Seville & ?? Travelogue; Government Propaganda; Educational Films; 1952;

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