The Spanish Civil War (1983) Granada Television

The Spanish Civil War: Victory and Defeat

Description: How the Civil War ended with the Republic split and Franco then victorious, the fate of refugees, and Spain's subsequent history under Franco's dictatorship. Interviewees: Frank Deegan (International Brigader), Bill Bailey (International Brigader), Enrique Lister (Republican Corps Commander), Federico Escofet (Catalan Officer), Eduardo Pons Prades (Barcelona Inhabitant), Teresa Pamies (Communist Youth), Willie Forrest (British Journalist), Enrique Miret Magdalena (Nationalist (Madrid)), Alvaro Delgado (Republican (Madrid)), Narciso Julian, Eduardo De Guzman (Anarchist), Encarnacion Bueno, Narciso Julian (Communist Officer), Tomas Garicano Goni (Nationalist), Petra Roman de Bondia (Nationalist Student), Juan Moliner (Socialist (Mas de las Matas)). People: Colonel Segismundo Casado. Places: River Ebro, Urumea River, Valencia, Tarragona, Figueres, Alicante. Terms: International Brigaders, the Spanish Cortes, One-Party State, National Unity.

Composed almost entirely of archival film clips and period photos, this four-part series is a vault of primary source material on the Spanish Civil War. In addition, scholarly commentary offers critical interpretations of key facets of the war as the series’ narrative scrutinizes every major aspect of those bleak years of struggle, atrocity, and hardship. Numerous maps provide structure to the broad battlefield arena.