Newsreels on Spain 1930-39

1930/04/02 SPANISH DICTATOR TRIUMPHS IN DEATH. Nation united in homage to Primo de Rivera - Madrid pays highest military honors. (HNR Vol.1-No.253)
1930/05/03 SPANISH ROYALTY WELCOME ZEPPELIN. King Alfonso and his family attend arrival of German dirigible on survey flight to Seville. (HNR Vol.1-No.262)
1931/03/07 SPAIN'S INTERNAL STRUGGLE SHOWN FOR FIRST TIME. (no narration) Metrotone gets scenes of loyal troops in Madrid quelling revolt threat. Sub. 1 - Marching under the flag as a pledge of allegiance. Sub 2 - Spain's man of the hour, Admiral Aznar, the new Premier. (speaks in English) (HNR Vol.2-No.246)
1931/03/14 METROTONE FINDS ALFONSO CHEERFUL. Despite the clouds of revolt, Spain's King mingles with crowds to boost Madrid's new University City. (King speaks in English to the American public) (HNR Vol.2-No.248)
1931/04/18 KING ALFONSO LOSES THRONE OF SPAIN. (includes narration) Last of the Bourbon kings surrenders crown and retires into exile as Spain becomes Republic: Here are film highlights of Alfonso's career. Plays polo in England. King speaks in English. (HNR Vol.2-No.258)
1931/12/26 News Parade of 1931! SPANISH REPUBLIC HAILS ELECTION OF FIRST PRESIDENT - All Madrid rejoices over the official seating of Alcala Zamora. NEWS THRILLS OF 1931 - Sub. 4 - China and Japan at war in Manchuria. Sub. 8 - Spanish town goes bullfight-mad. (HNR Vol.3-No.226)
1933/12/12 NEW REVOLT PUTS SPAIN IN TURMOIL. Zamora government acts to crush Red uprising as many die in election riots. Sub. 1 - Troops clash with police in tragic aftermath of history making vote supporting present regime. (HNR Vol.5-No.223)
1934/04/04 WAR CLOUDS OVER NORTH AFRICA. Spain's Foreign Legion in Morocco is reinforced as new revolt threatens. (HNR Vol.5-No.256)
1934/05/05 SPANISH RIDERS PERFORM FOR ZAMORA. Cavalry stages breath-taking demonstration of horsemanship at Madrid in honor of Republic's Chief of State. (HNR Vol.5-No.264)
1936/08/04 ALL SPAIN TAKES UP ARMS IN CIVIL WAR. Women join men as revolt turns land into battlefield. Americans rescued. Sub. 1 - U.S. Ambassador Claude G. Bowers, at San Sebastian, declares he will stand by until all Americans are safe. Vivid scenes of refugees at Gibraltar, the French border, and the saving of U.S. tourists by Yankee warships. (HNR Vol.7-No.291)
1936/08/04 SPANISH CIVIL WAR MATERIAL. TANGIER AND GIBRALTAR. (HNR Vol.7-No.291)
1936/08/10 Complete Newsreel. LATEST FILMS OF SPAIN'S CIVIL WAR. Dramatic phases of the frightful struggle revealed in exclusive pictures taken by Metrotone cameramen as government forces shell rebel strongholds in battle for Madrid! Scenes in the capital and at the Guadarrama front as Death Battalion of women joins motley army! First views of widespread destruction in a war that threatens annihilation to all Spain. (2) UNCLE SAM ANNEXES A FORGOTTEN LAND -- no-man's territory found in the heart of Colorado, neglected over century. (3) U.S. LEADS WORLD IN OLYMPIC GAMES -- American athletes triumph as big meet opens amid spectacular scenes. Sub. 1 - Johnson and Owens lead great U.S. sweep of track and field events. (4) METROTONE SNAPSHOTS. Sub.1 HINDENBURG'S FIRST DAYLIGHT TRIP OVER NEW YORK THRILLS MILLIONS -- Great airship, on sixth crossing, skims Manhattan's towers and takes her passengers on surprise sight-seeing tour before landing at Lakehurst, New Jersey. Sub. 2 - AMERICA'S CUP CHALLENGER LOSES GIANT MAST IN COWES REGATTA -- Endeavour II and four other yachts are disabled in England's famous racing classic. Crews have narrow escapes. Sub. 3 - JAPAN GETS THE AIR RAID JITTERS AGAIN AS "BATTLES" ARE STAGED IN BIG CITIES -- Realistic fires, cannonading and skybombing keep Nipponese on the jump as they are taught preparedness. "MIXED BABY" AT 17 PICKS NEW PARENTS -- Dixie girl decides error was made in hospital at birth in 1919. (HNR Vol.7-No.293)
1936/09/09 Universal newsreel - Terrified Civilians Flee Air Raid (1) "Cordoba, Spain: Government bombers drone through the blue over the rebel-held city, sending civilians racing in terror for cellars and other hiding places as they loose a rain of bombs. Soldiers dig trenches in the streets, fearing the Loyalist advance. - SAN SEBASTIAN: Bitter fighting between Government militia and insurgents continues, with the Republicans shown capturing a Fascist sniper. - PAMPLONA: The rebels put tiny children in black shirts and teach them to march with older girls. - PUERTO CRISTO, MALLORCA: A column of Catalan volunteers lands on the historic Mediterranean island to attempt its capture." scenes of Spanish Civil War (Universal 8-492 - some French narration in this mostly silent newsreel) - DVD51
1936/09/21 THE EPIC SIEGE OF THE ALCAZAR! Shelled for 8 weeks, 1,700 in historic Spanish fort, prefer death to surrender! (HNR Vol.8-No.201)
1936/11/09 Universal newsreel - Siege of Oviedo - "Oviedo, Spain: Convoys of food break through the iron ring of Asturian miners surrounding the long-besieged city, bringing needed supplies to the insurgents within who have been standing off dynamiting by the Loyalists for many weeks." (Universal 8-509 silent) - DVD44
1936/12/16 RUSSIAN SHIPS DEFY BLOCKADE. Barcelona rejoices as Soviet craft elude(s) the Spanish Insurgent's warships. (HNR Vol.8-No.226)
1936/12/23 MADRID UNDER SIEGE - GRIM DRAMA OF WAR! Latest films from Spain's capital depict scenes of terror as populace flees Insurgent's bombs. A heart rending document of war at its most frightful, with sudden death stalking a great city day and night. (HNR Vol.8-No.228)
1936/12/30 (3) THE NEWS PARADE OF 1936! CIVIL WAR IN SPAIN -- Graphic resume of fratricidal conflict that has so far cost 500,000 lives. (HNR Vol.8-No.230)
1937/02/10 Complete Newsreel. NO HOLIDAY FOR DEATH IN MADRID. As Insurgents take Malaga, Spain's beleaguered capital fights desperately on. (HNR Vol.8-No.243)
1937/03/03 LIFE GOES ON IN WAR TORN SPAIN. Desperate conflict raging but behind the lines it's business as usual. (HNR Vol.8-No.248)
1937/03/10 SPANISH REBELS HAIL ITALIAN RECOGNITION! Generalissimo Franco greets Mussolini's newly arrived Ambassador at Salamanca, Insurgent headquarters. Sub. 1 - On many fronts the war goes grimly on - scenes of terror in sectors near Madrid as Government planes rain death on countryside. (HNR Vol.8-No.250)
1937/05/10 Complete Newsreel. SPAIN'S HOLY CITY LAID IN RUINS -- first films of war's worst destruction as 800 killed in push on Bilbao. (HNR Vol.8-No.268
1937/05/12 THE SPANISH WAR'S SADDEST DRAMA! An army of children flees burning Bilbao - Neutral ships take 5,000 to French haven as Insurgents batter at gates of Basque capital. (HNR Vol.8-No.270)
1937/05/31 SPAIN AND GERMANY CLASH IN EUROPE'S GRAVEST WAR CRISIS! (HNR Vol.8-No.273)
1937/07/14 THE SPANISH WAR'S TRAIL OF TRAGEDY! 600,000 starving refugees jam besieged Santander as Franco's army pounds at city's gates. (HNR Vol.8-No.286)
1937/12/22 THE NEWS PARADE OF 1937! WAR! -- Crisis in the Far East as China's drama of death involves America - The bombing of defenseless Shanghai and destruction of city after city - To women 1937 brings home the fruitlessness of war both in China and Spain, where the slaughter of innocents still goes on. AMERICA! -- President Roosevelt is sworn in as nation's leader for four more years - The President re-pledges America to the cause of peace and preparedness as the fleet masses in the Pacific - The Legion's big parade brings echoes of 1917 but America marches on hopeful for peace in 1938. (HNR Vol.9-No.228)
1938/03/21 Complete Newsreel. FIRST FILMS OF AUSTRIA'S SEIZURE IN EPOCH-MAKING EUROPEAN UPHEAVAL! The death of a nation portrayed in remarkable pictures as Austria surrenders to invaders and wild jubilation hides reign of terror soon to follow. Sub. 1 - Crisis brings new Cabinet in France! Sub. 2 - Czechoslovakia's President keeps cool! Sub. 3 - Anti-Nazi riot stirs Britain! Sub. 4 - King George speeds up Britain's air defenses! Sub. 5 - Insurgents smash forward in Spain! (HNR Vol.9-No.253)
1938/04/01 FIRST FILMS OF BOMBING OF BARCELONA! Horrifying scenes of destruction in streets of Spanish Loyalists' capital, victim of worst aerial attack by Franco's "eagles" since beginning of the war - the cost, 1,300 civilians killed, 2,000 mangled. (HNR Vol.9-No.256)
1938/04/13 Complete Newsreel. FRANCO PRESSES GREATEST DRIVE TO END SPANISH WAR. Latest films of the struggle show capture of Fraga and Lerida by the insurgents, key cities to their goal - Barcelona. Over the border into France flee thousands of refugees, civilians and troops but the soldiers find no haven there. 4,000 Loyalist militiamen are sent back into Spain. (HNR Vol.9-No.260)
1938/07/07 WITH ITALIAN TROOPS IN SPAIN. First pictures from Barcelona front reveal Il Duce's followers fighting for Franco under own flag. (HNR Vol.9-No.284)
1939/02/06 Complete Newsreel. THE FALL OF BARCELONA! Capture of Loyalist capital by Franco's army after smashing of defenses. Sensational pictures show occupation of Spain's largest city. Sub. 1 - Mass flight to France! First of thousands of Barcelona refugees - mothers, babes, soldiers - cross border at Le Perthus in pitiful exodus. (HNR Vol.10-No.241)
1939/03/29 DAWN OF PEACE IN SPAIN! Thirty-two months of terror in Madrid is ended - and famished populace looks to former foes for bread instead of bullets. (HNR Vol.10-No.256) 1939/05/24b (2) SPAIN FEEDS STARVED WAR BABIES! Newly-organized Government kitchens supply bread for 100,000 youngsters in Madrid alone. (HNR Vol.10-No.271)
1939/12/23 THE NEWS PARADE OF 1939. 1939 HISTORY-MAKING YEAR IN REVIEW. Screen saga of peace and war! Headline events of twelve epochal months packed with international sensations, surprises and tragedies. HAPPY NEW YEAR! -- 1939 dawns with most of the world at peace and is wildly hailed from Piccadilly to Broadway. (2) PEACE COMES TO SPAIN! -- After 32 months of strife, war that cost a million lives ends - famished refugees are fed. (3) NEW POPE OF PEACE! -- Pius XII is elevated to Throne of St. Peter in Eternal City as 262d Supreme Pontiff. (4) WORLDS OF TOMORROW! -- From coast to coast, Fairs are dedicated to peace and progress - San Francisco's Pageant of Pacific - New York's $155,000,000 wonderland. (5) BRITISH RULERS VISIT NEW YORK! -- America acclaims King George and Queen Elizabeth on triumphal tour as war clouds gather in Europe. (6) ZERO HOUR STRIKES! --Germany invades Poland! Berlin Blitzkrieg blasts country to bits - Warsaw is consumed by torch of conquest. (7) RED SENSATION! -- Stalin allies himself with Hitler - Nazis and Reds divide up Poland - Mussolini keeps Italy neutral. (8) U.S. GUARDS OWN PEACE! -- President lifts arms embargo - Navy sweeps sea and air on neutrality patrol. (9) DEATH RIDES THE SEAS! -- Britain battles U-boat challenge and sky attack as Nazis try desperately to break blockade. War on Western Front deadlocks vast armies in Maginot and Siegfried Lines. (10) WORLD OF TERROR! -- Legions of little children with gas masks lead armies of refugees in a Europe gripped by manmade madness. (11) NEW YEAR RESOLUTION! -- America resolves and prays there will be no "blackout of peace" in the Western Hemisphere. (HNR Vol.11-No.229)

Source: Hearst Newsreel Collection at UCLA