THE SPANISH EARTH

Duration: 1892

Year Published: 1937

Creator: Contemporary Historians Dos Passos Hellman And MacLeish

Format: 16mm

Sound: sound

Description:

Part 1: https://youtu.be/EFY4aiC3joc

"The Spanish Earth" is a 1937 anti-fascist film created to detail the struggle of the Republic against the rebellious ultra-right wing Francisco Franco. This is part two. The film begins with a small black police car (:08). A body lay under a sheet on the side of the road (:15). Cops check his belongings (:20) and cart the body off for the morgue (:25). Civilians are ordered to evacuate from Madrid (:32). Faces clog the sidewalks (:36). Refugees cart out bedframes (1:00). Nearly a million refugees remained in the wake of war. Civilians wait in line for foods supplies (1:13). Posters of the Junta de Defensa encourage evacuation (1:35). Youth sit atop a stone wall (2:21). New recruits run across snowy grounds (2:31). Civilians appear hardened, lining the roads in front of the Madrid's national train line station (2:37). Crowds applaud in Valencia (2:56) as the president (3:04) Manuel Azana holds assembly.  Forces discuss defenses and crop production of Madrid (3:42). A typist records (3:49). Harvested crops are drug in on a wagon (4:12). The Spanish continue to rebuild walls (4:30). Roofers rethatch a farm roof (4:52). An irrigation channel is cut into dirt (5:16). A soldier known as Julian leaps from the back of an empty truck (5:52). His letter, written from the war front appears (5:58). Faces of the locals pass before the screen (7:36). Julian leads the village boys in a drill (7:46). Freshly armed and black jacketed troops march with rifle butts (8:38). 'Shock battalion' (9:08) is mentioned, often these ill equipped forces with little training experienced intense punishment upon capture by the highly trained fascist forces. Lovers part (9:26) as trucks haul off troops for battle. Walls appear riddled with cannon holes (10:11). Civilians run through streets (10:18), sirens ring out as ambulances arrive to collect the dead (10:20). Combat erupts and glass cracks (10:37). Ambulances scream in (10:47). Civilians sprint across open ground (10:54). Youth sort through the rubble (11:18) for shell fragments. Black smoke runs from a building hit (11:23). Two boys lay flat on the ground struck by a shell (11:30). German artillery is mentioned as the Nazi controlled country supported Franco’s war even authorizing the deployment German submarines (11:34). The boys lay face down (11:41), glass from shattered windows sprinkled about. Fighter planes buzz, hunting for targets (12:01). A woman slips from her home (13:05), her children peer through the window. Wounded and mangled dead lay on their backs (13:28). Survivors look over the bodies (13:36). Building walls are riddled with holes (14:06). A Junkers pursuit plane is hit and runs to the ground (14:24). German writing appears on decimated plane parts (14:33). German tags are photographed (14:40). Foreign bodies appear in a heap (14:56). A map notes an attack by rebel forces on the Madrid Valencia Road (15:21). Rebels crossed the Jarama (15:26). Villagers continue to work to build the irrigation canal (16:09). Drums beat and a horn blows (17:18) as the Spanish Republic army marches. Forces land at Valencia road (18:13). Troops unload (18:59) from open trucks with supplies. Gunners hang from T-26 tank hatches (19:32). These were the most widely used tanks for this war; both sides drove the metal beasts. Infantry men and assault forces (20:22) drive forward. Shells scream (21:20). Small groups cross open lands (21:49). Wounded are carted on litter next to the convoy (22:15). Medics tend to them (22:39). A wounded soldier smiles from his back (23:16). The counter attack is noted to have been successful as the roadway opens and the bridge is captured (24:29). Water pushes through the dirt canal (25:05). Militia men are shown to be hardened soldiers from the battle (25:50).

, A: Access CP: Composite Positive B: 800' 16/8/9.5mm 16mm Black & White Sound 1892 Joris Ivens Director: Joris Ivens Contemporary Historians Brandon Films, inc., Dramatizes the issues behind the Spanish Civil War in terms of the effect of the Fascist uprising and invasion on the ordinary citizen. Narration written and spoken by Ernest Hemingway.

Complete Record:

Part 1: https://youtu.be/EFY4aiC3joc

"The Spanish Earth" is a 1937 anti-fascist film created to detail the struggle of the Republic against the rebellious ultra-right wing Francisco Franco. This is part two. The film begins with a small black police car (:08). A body lay under a sheet on the side of the road (:15). Cops check his belongings (:20) and cart the body off for the morgue (:25). Civilians are ordered to evacuate from Madrid (:32). Faces clog the sidewalks (:36). Refugees cart out bedframes (1:00). Nearly a million refugees remained in the wake of war. Civilians wait in line for foods supplies (1:13). Posters of the Junta de Defensa encourage evacuation (1:35). Youth sit atop a stone wall (2:21). New recruits run across snowy grounds (2:31). Civilians appear hardened, lining the roads in front of the Madrid's national train line station (2:37). Crowds applaud in Valencia (2:56) as the president (3:04) Manuel Azana holds assembly.  Forces discuss defenses and crop production of Madrid (3:42). A typist records (3:49). Harvested crops are drug in on a wagon (4:12). The Spanish continue to rebuild walls (4:30). Roofers rethatch a farm roof (4:52). An irrigation channel is cut into dirt (5:16). A soldier known as Julian leaps from the back of an empty truck (5:52). His letter, written from the war front appears (5:58). Faces of the locals pass before the screen (7:36). Julian leads the village boys in a drill (7:46). Freshly armed and black jacketed troops march with rifle butts (8:38). 'Shock battalion' (9:08) is mentioned, often these ill equipped forces with little training experienced intense punishment upon capture by the highly trained fascist forces. Lovers part (9:26) as trucks haul off troops for battle. Walls appear riddled with cannon holes (10:11). Civilians run through streets (10:18), sirens ring out as ambulances arrive to collect the dead (10:20). Combat erupts and glass cracks (10:37). Ambulances scream in (10:47). Civilians sprint across open ground (10:54). Youth sort through the rubble (11:18) for shell fragments. Black smoke runs from a building hit (11:23). Two boys lay flat on the ground struck by a shell (11:30). German artillery is mentioned as the Nazi controlled country supported Franco’s war even authorizing the deployment German submarines (11:34). The boys lay face down (11:41), glass from shattered windows sprinkled about. Fighter planes buzz, hunting for targets (12:01). A woman slips from her home (13:05), her children peer through the window. Wounded and mangled dead lay on their backs (13:28). Survivors look over the bodies (13:36). Building walls are riddled with holes (14:06). A Junkers pursuit plane is hit and runs to the ground (14:24). German writing appears on decimated plane parts (14:33). German tags are photographed (14:40). Foreign bodies appear in a heap (14:56). A map notes an attack by rebel forces on the Madrid Valencia Road (15:21). Rebels crossed the Jarama (15:26). Villagers continue to work to build the irrigation canal (16:09). Drums beat and a horn blows (17:18) as the Spanish Republic army marches. Forces land at Valencia road (18:13). Troops unload (18:59) from open trucks with supplies. Gunners hang from T-26 tank hatches (19:32). These were the most widely used tanks for this war; both sides drove the metal beasts. Infantry men and assault forces (20:22) drive forward. Shells scream (21:20). Small groups cross open lands (21:49). Wounded are carted on litter next to the convoy (22:15). Medics tend to them (22:39). A wounded soldier smiles from his back (23:16). The counter attack is noted to have been successful as the roadway opens and the bridge is captured (24:29). Water pushes through the dirt canal (25:05). Militia men are shown to be hardened soldiers from the battle (25:50).

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Part 2: https://youtu.be/rjYyiyeG2HA

"The Spanish Earth" is a 1937 anti-fascist film created to detail the struggle of the Republic against the rebellious ultra-right wing Francisco Franco. It is presented by Contemporary Historians (:10). The film was originally narrated by Orson Welles; later re-recorded by Ernest Hemingway (:25). The music score was composed by Marc Blitzstein and Virgil Thompson (:30). Hemingway had close ties to the bloody battle, crafting 31 dispatches from Spain for the North American Newspaper Alliance. His experience led to the publication of the 1940 novel ‘For Whom the Bell Tolls’.  Created by Joris Ivens (:19), opening shots move over silver images of Spanish earth (1:01). This is the first of six reels. Farmers travel to source water back to the dry lands of the village of Fuentiduena (1:35).  By 1939; the close of the war, the Spanish terrain was ravaged by drought and war. The town arises (2:50), Spanish riders head out with goods for the market (3:55). Bread loaves are pulled from the oven and stamped with the Union label (4:55). The village is situated off Taco River (5:30). Locals run off the main road running between Valencia and Madrid (5:34). Farmers run a hoe through dirt (6:01). A pair discuss irrigation plans (6:35) and trace the ditch (6:51). Gun fire pops, the camera view run overs hilly terrain (7:38). Fuentiduena is noted on a map (7:43). Troops move ammunition and supplies (8:37). A phrase of the villagers is shared over the sound of gunfire (9:23). Troops blow a cannon (9:46). The front line is traced around Madrid (10:28). Forces wade through the trenches as gun fire rolls around (10:52). Doors are pulled and stacked from bombed out homes (11:02). Daily life of the soldier show a man getting a face shave (12:24). Music streams from the loud speaker of the Spanish Republican’s army (13:21). A soldier readies his rifle (13:37). Many were unaware how to hold a gun prior to this conflict (13:56). University City is noted on a map (14:13) followed by a panoramic shot of the city encircled by mountains (14:18). Architecture of Madrid’s University is highlighted (14:32). The stunning structure was the location of the battle of Ciudad Universitaria which forced the battle front in Madrid to stabilize for much of the war. Commander Martinez Cabrera (14:54) maintained control over the Cartagena naval base successfully preventing it from falling into rebel hands. Gunfire rings out as rebels try to relieve the clinic (15:16). House to house combat shots show bombed out city buildings (16:00) and gun snouts aiming out a small stone window (16:25). A boy scribes a letter for home (16:46). A soldier licks a paper to roll a tobacco smoke (17:05). Militia regiments assemble around sand bags (17:22). Men salute with clenched fists (17:38). Banners of the People's army (17:47) hang as Enrique Lister; the Spanish commander and military officer, addresses the assembly (17:54). Carlos Asensio Cabanillas; commander of the fifth regiment, follows (18:24). Jose Diaz (19:22) speaks as the General Secretary of the Communist Party of Spain. The German writer and journalist; Gustav Regler follows (19:38). Dolores Ibarruri; ‘the passionate one” addresses the table (20:18). Her voice wheels out from the speaker for the rebels (20:34). Incredible shots of house to house combat returns (21:28). Close shots follow of a bombed out cellar housing enemy forces (22:01). A battalion heads out on leave (22:33). Wasted remains; the interior of the bombed out cellar (23:07), remains of the Duke of Alba’s Palace (23:19) and a lone female statue stands among rubble (23:25). Government militia work to salvage Spanish culture (23:33) including a copy of Don Quixote (23:46). Madrid (24:03) operated as a natural fortress due to it’s position. Forces work to rebuild its defenses (24:10). Civilians filter through as militia men stack cement stones (24:34). A railcar runs by a Spanish cinema (24:57). Troops ride atop a medic bus (25:05). A medic sign is tacked below the metro sign (25:09). The bus line was converted for medical use during the battle. Civilians wait in line for food supplies (25:22). A dead body hangs under a blanket on the street corner (25:47). 

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, Dramatizes the issues behind the Spanish Civil War in terms of the effect of the Fascist uprising and invasion on the ordinary citizen. Narration written and spoken by Ernest Hemingway. NOTE: Two (or more) records have been merged together to create this data.

Transcription

[Music] oh oh [Music] this Spanish Earth is dry and hard and the faces men who work that Earth are hard and dried from the Sun this worthless land with water will yield much for 50 years we've wanted to irrigate but they held us back now we will bring water to it to raise food for the Defenders of Madrid [Music] [Music] the village of fent Dua where 1500 people live and work the land for the common good [Music] irrigating the Wasteland of the village can give 10 times as much grain for bread as well as potatoes wine and onions from Madrid [Music] the village is on the taco River and the main high road that is the lifeline between Valencia and Madrid all food for Madrid comes on this road to win the war the rebel troops must cut this road [Music] PA [Music] [Applause] [Music] [Applause] [Music] [Applause] [Music] they plan the irrigation of the dry fields [Music] [Music] they go to trace the ditch n [Music] [Applause] [Music] [Music] f [Music] this is the true face of men going into action it is a little different from any other face that you will ever see [Applause] men cannot act before the camera in the presence of death G the villagers in fent duia hear this noise and say our guns e [Music] [Music] [Music] [Applause] the front line Curves North to Madrid a [Music] these were the doors of houses that are empty now those who survived the bombardment bring them to reinforce the new trenches [Music] [Applause] when you are fighting to defend your country War as it lasts becomes an almost normal life you eat and drink and sleep and read the papers a [Music] [Applause] [Music] the loud speaker of the People's Army it has a range of 2 km la [Music] [Music] [Applause] [Music] when these men started for the Lions 3 months ago many of them held a rifle for the first time some did not even know how to reload now they are instructing the the new recruits how to take down and reassemble a rifle [Applause] [Music] this is a Salient driven into Madrid itself when the enemy took University City after repeated counter attacks they are still in the cassid of Alaska the palace on the left with the two pointed towers and in the ruined clinico Hospital [Music] the bearded man is Commander martinz the Aragon before the war he was a lawyer he was a Brave and skillful commander and he died in the attack on the cad Del compo on the day we filmed the battle there [Applause] [Music] Rebels try to relieve the clinic [Music] [Applause] [Music] [Applause] [Applause] [Music] [Applause] Julian boy from The Village writes home [Music] Papa I will be there in 3 days tell our mother [Applause] [Music] [Music] the troops are called together the company is assembled to elect representatives to attend the big meeting to celebrate the uniting of all the militia regiments into the new brigades of the People's Army the clenched fist of Republican Spain [Music] Enrique list a stone Mason from Galicia in 6 months he rose from a simple soul Soldier command of a division he is one of the most brilliant young soldiers of the Republican Army [Music] [Applause] [Music] Carlos one of the first commanders of the fifth regiment he talks of the army of the people how they are fighting for Spanish democracy and for the government they themselves have chosen fighting together we should win a new Jose Diaz he used to work 12 hours a day as a typ Setter before he became a member of the Spanish Parliament Gustav regler one of the fine writers of Germany who came to Spain to fight for his ideals he was Gravely wounded in June regular praises the unity of the People's Army the defense of Madrid will remind men always of loyalty and courage [Music] [Music] the most famous woman in Spain today is speaking they call her La pasionaria she speaks of the New Spain it is a nation disciplined and brave it is a new nation forged in the discipline of its soldiers and the enduring bravery of its women the loudspeaker broadcast to the rebels goodto those M have where Target [Music] wo [Music] Lego Li living in the cellers of that ruined building are the enemy they are mes and civil guards they're Brave troops or they would not have held out after their position is hopeless but they are professional soldiers fighting against a people in arms trying to impose the will of the military and the will of the people and the people hate them for without their tenacity and the constant Aid of Italy and Germany the Spanish Revolt would have ended 6 weeks after it began this Battalion goes on leave and julan who is with them has 3 days leave to the Village [Music] the Duke of Alba's Palace is destroyed by Rebel bombardment [Music] Treasures of Spanish art are carefully salvaged by government militian [Music] Madrid by its position is a natural Fortress and each day the people make its defenses more impregnable [Music] [Applause] [Music] the [Music] [Applause] [Music] [Applause] [Music] [Applause] you stand in line all day to buy food for supper sometimes the food runs out before you reach the door sometimes a shell Falls near the line and at home they wait and wait and no one brings back anything for supper [Music] unable to enter the town the enemy tried to destroy it [Music] this is a man who had nothing to do with the war a bookkeeper on his way to his office at 8:00 in the morning