The Spanish Earth (Reel 3 of 6)
Channel: PublicResourceOrg
Date: 2011-04-06

The Spanish Earth (Reel 3 of 6) - National Archives and Records Administration 1937 - ARC 5717241, LI 226-G-6398 - DVD Copied by Ann Galloway.  Joint Chiefs of Staff. Office of Strategic Services. Field Photographic Branch. (01/04/1943 - 10/01/1945).  This documentary film uses footage of war and glimpses of rural Spanish life in its portrayal of the struggle of the Spanish Republican government against a rebellion by right-wing forces led by General Francisco Franco and backed by Nazi Germany and fascist Italy. The film was written by Ernest Hemingway and John Dos Passos (among others) and was narrated by Hemingway.