Madrid (1937)

Documentary №87242, 3 parts, duration: 0:25:38
Production: Misc
Director:I. Nieto, A. Martines
Screenwriters:M. Lopes
Sound producer:F. Gomes

Annotation:

The film tells about the defense of Madrid during the Spanish civil war.

Reel №1

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Part of the map of Spain.

A man's face.

The hand puts an x on the map on the road to Madrid.

A woman with a child in her arms.

A woman with children runs around the corner of the house.

Toledo is marked with a cross on the map of Spain.

Refugees walk along the road.

Designation on the map of the movement of francoist troops to Madrid.

People are being evacuated from the city, carrying belongings on hand carts.

Panorama of blocks and street views of Madrid (top).

View of one of the squares during the rally.

Views of the Parliament building in Madrid.

Buildings of museums and libraries in Madrid.

Architectural monuments in the streets and squares of Madrid.

Clouds in the sky.

A shepherd tending sheep.

Faces of adults and children listening to the message on the radio.

Hands cocking rifle bolts.

Feet of people walking in formation on the paving stones.

Clouds in the sky.

The tiles and pavement are wet from the rain.

The head of the junta of defense of Madrid, General Jose Miaha delivers an address to the population of the city during the meeting (synchronously).

Republican army soldiers on the streets of Madrid, refugees are coming to meet them.

Republicans are firing from behind barricades.

Construction of fortifications on the streets of the city, children bring stones.

The installation of the barbed wire.

Republican poster.

A truck with soldiers of the Republican army should be on the front line.

Republicans in the trenches.

Republicans on the barricade are preparing to repel the francoist attack, the artillery crew is preparing to open fire.

Republicans open fire, the gun is firing.

One of the Republican posters.

View of one of the barricades (top).

Hands with rifles raised.

Planes fly in the sky over Madrid.

Panorama of a part of one of the squares.

Planes in the sky over Madrid.

People on the streets are watching the plane, running to bomb shelters.

Bomb explosions.

People go down to one of the metro stations, run to shelters.

Fires in the city as a result of an air RAID.

People are being rescued from burning neighborhoods, fire trucks are passing by.

Corpses of civilians who died under the bombs of the francoists.

Panorama of the burning quarter.

Fires in Madrid as a result of air raids.

Views of one of the streets after the air RAID, fallen trees and destroyed buildings.

View of the destroyed building.

Personnel:

Miaha Hose -- Spanish military commander

Calendar: 09.1936-10.1936

Locations: Madrid [873] Spain [205]

Seasons: Autumn [826]

Reel №2

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Views of bombed buildings on Atocha street in Madrid.

Broken building of the hospital.

Ruins of residential buildings.

Views of the destroyed Church of San Sebastian on Atocha street.

View of one of the streets of Madrid with dilapidated buildings.

Panorama of square of Madrid during clearing them of debris.

View of a bomb crater in one of the squares of Madrid (top).

Destroyed buildings in Madrid, the remains of walls.

Panoramas of the rubble after the bombing, people sort out the rubble.

Finished wooden coffins in the workshop.

Poster Of The Republican Police.

Republican Militia fighters on the streets of Madrid.

The clock shows 12.00.

The number of people killed in three months of bombing, figures against the background of the chronicle footage.

Ears of ripe barley.

Farmers harvest in the field manually.

Harvesting with tractor reapers.

Republican artillery in firing positions.

Panorama of the Royal Palace in Madrid.

Damage to the walls and Windows of the Palace.

Types of montaña barracks after the suppression of Franco's coup of General Fanhole.

Horse-drawn transport on the streets of Madrid.

Views and panoramas of destroyed buildings, furniture taken out to the street from the destroyed building.

Calendar: 1936

Locations: Madrid [873]

Seasons: Autumn [826]

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Faces of laughing girls and boys, views of the streets of Madrid with traces of destruction.

Shop Windows and cafes protected by bags of earth.

Bags of earth cover the entrance to the Bank.

Crawl pointer on one of the bags.

Concrete defensive lines along the streets.

Machine gun nests on the streets of the city.

People are Queuing for food.

Sale of cereals and flour on the street.

Children play on a barricade made of stones.

Monuments and historical buildings damaged by air bombs in Madrid.

Monument in the scaffolding.

The entrance to the building is decorated with stone carvings and sculptures.

Sentry on duty.

Defensive positions of the Republicans, the faces of soldiers and officers.

Observer in the trench.

Views of streets and squares in Madrid.

People read Newspapers on the stand.

Headlines of national Newspapers and magazines.

View of a Newsstand.

Women sew soldiers ' underwear.

Assembly of artillery pieces in the shop of one of the factories.

Assembly of small arms.

Production of artillery ammunition.

People on the square listen to the next address of the Republican government.

Rifles and ammunition manufactured in Madrid.

Republican units are moving to the front lines.

Republicans in the ranks with rifles on their shoulders.

Soldiers of the Republican army at a halt.

Officers specify the route on the map.

The pilot is preparing to take off.

The plane's propeller rotates.

The plane flies over a column of Republican infantry.

Officers at the observation post.

Artillery pieces in position.

Aiming guns.

Firing during artillery preparation.

Soldiers of the International brigade are fighting, officers at the observation post.

Republicans are moving forward under enemy fire.

Panorama of the center of Madrid.

Calendar: 1936

Locations: Madrid [873]

Seasons: Summer [824]

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